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“The Takeout” celebrates 1 year on the air – CBS News Watch CBS News “The Takeout” premiered on CBS News 24/7 exactly one year ago. Major Garrett marks the milestone.

President Trump spoke at length about the Iran war during a Cabinet meeting at the White House Wednesday, but his comments left many questions about the current state of peace negotiations. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.

Washington — The November ballot in Texas is now set, after a four-term incumbent Republican senator lost to a Trump-endorsed challenger in Tuesday’s primary runoffs. Meanwhile, Texas Democrats are angling to win their first Senate race since 1988. The Senate race was just one storyline on Tuesday night, as many downballot primary races highlighted larger …

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Shinedown’s new album is meant to surprise. The chart-topping rockers attempt something different on “EI8HT,” their aptly titled eighth studio release, out Friday. Frontman Brent Smith, guitarist Zach Myers, bassist Eric Bass and drummer Barry Kerch flaunt their musical creativity on an ambitious 18-song journey. While their last two albums — 2018’s “Attention Attention” and …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Shrey Parikh finished third in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee before making a stunning exit from his school bee last year. Now in his final year before he ages out of the competition, he’s fully committed. The 14-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, California, works with three coaches. He pays for word lists …

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Attorneys for former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon argued in a court filing Wednesday that recent examples of grand jury misconduct by the U.S. Department of Justice across the country warrant the release of transcripts from the normally secretive proceedings in his case. Lemon insists he was at the Cities Church in St. …

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YouTube is updating its policies to more clearly identify when a realistic-seeming video was made using artificial intelligence. The change comes as social media platforms are flooded with AI-generated videos, images and music. In response, Alphabet-owned YouTube said Wednesday it will more prominently feature an existing label on videos that discloses if they have been …

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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that the hourlong spaceflight resulted in a mishap based on the performance of the mega rocket’s first-stage booster. Minutes after Starship blasted off from Texas on Friday, the booster separated as normal but engines conked out as it made its way back to Earth. Instead of a controlled splashdown …

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Democratic members of Congress visited a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey on Wednesday, where protesters have been demonstrating in recent days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Manhattan Democrat, said after touring Delaney Hall in Newark that detainees were refusing to …

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President Donald Trump won a major victory in Texas on Tuesday, ousting a Republican incumbent senator he considers “very disloyal” in favor of an opponent he personally endorsed. In a highly watched runoff election for the Republican Senate nomination, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn with 63.8% of votes. Paxton gained …

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