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Construction begins for UFC fight on White House lawn – CBS News Watch CBS News Construction is underway at the White House for a UFC cage match on President Trump’s birthday in June. Political strategists Kendra Barkoff Lamy and Terry Sullivan join to discuss.
In western Michigan, an overnight explosion destroyed a home and a car in a driveway. Police said one man was found dead, and a neighbor suffered burns from helping a woman who is now in critical condition. Ash-har Quraishi reports from the scene and has doorbell camera footage.
Authorities in Longview, Washington, responded to a chemical tank blast Tuesday in what first responders called a “mass casualty event.” It involved a vat of chemicals used to turn wood pulp into tissues, wrapping paper and other packaging. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Chemical tank implodes in Washington state, authorities report deaths – CBS News Watch CBS News Authorities have confirmed an undisclosed number of deaths and at least 10 injuries following the implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in Washington state. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
In the last few days, three Ebola treatment centers in the Congo have been attacked. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who spent time in Guinea as an aid worker during the West African Ebola epidemic, joins with the latest on the outbreak.
Sources say a potential U.S.-Iran deal includes a 60-day ceasefire extension, a commitment to halt fighting on every front, including in Lebanon, and assurances from Iran that it won’t develop nuclear weapons. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin joins “The Takeout” to weigh in on the possible agreement, the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund and more.
A federal court has blocked a congressional redistricting plan in Alabama, finding that the map intentionally discriminated against Black voters. Republicans say they’ll appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford breaks down the case.
The U.S. launched “self-defense strikes” overnight in Iran, which Iran called a ceasefire violation. Despite that, the Trump administration is still pushing for a peace deal. CBS News’ Aaron MacLean has analysis and Taurean Small reports.
What’s at stake in race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton in Texas? – CBS News Watch CBS News Texas voters went to the polls on Tuesday for the Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. CBS News political director Fin Gómez reports.
Two U.S. Navy pilots safely ejected when the training jet they were flying crashed Tuesday afternoon in eastern Mississippi, officials said. The crash of the T-45C Goshawk occurred at 12:30 p.m. local time on private farmland in Noxubee County, according to a statement from Naval Air Training Command. The two pilots aboard safely ejected and …