The Justice Department has dropped its criminal investigation into outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s renovation. The move clears a key hurdle for President Trump’s pick to replace Powell, Kevin Warsh. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
Washington — Chevron’s chief executive said it’s likely that the U.S. Navy may need to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz once it reopens in order to ensure a level of security. The standoff over the strait has intensified amid Iran’s threats against the critical channel and a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports, …
Ben Sasse is “on extended time.” The former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic pancreatic cancer in December and was told he had three or four months to live. He credits “providence, prayer and a miracle drug” — a clinical trial that has shrunk his tumors by 76% — for …
Chevron CEO explains what it would take to send ships through Strait of Hormuz – CBS News Watch CBS News Chevron CEO Mike Wirth spoke with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan about what he would need to see to feel confident sending a ship through the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, vetoed a bill that would have made it the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, saying the move would have disrupted jobs tied to a project already underway. Maine lawmakers had approved the bill last week, in …
Second round of U.S.-Iran peace talks expected this weekend – CBS News Watch CBS News Presidential negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to meet Iran’s foreign minister for round two of war talks this weekend. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe reports.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state regulators found nearly two dozen deficiencies in the emergency operations plan submitted in Camp Mystic’s bid to reopen less than a year after 27 children and counselors were killed in a devastating flood. Camp Mystic’s owners have applied for a license to reopen the all-girls Christian camp in late …
On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope from the Space Shuttle Discovery after seven years of delays. Watch CBS News’ coverage from that day.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR majority owner Jim France is stepping down as chief executive and will be replaced by president Steve O’Donnell, according to multiple reports. France will remain as NASCAR’s chairman and his majority ownership stake will not change. O’Donnell will be the first person outside the France family to hold the CEO …
Two police officers involved in a shootout with a suspect in 2024 can have their names protected from public view to prevent someone from potentially locating or harassing the officer or their families, according to a ruling Thursday by the South Dakota Supreme Court that reversed a lower court’s decision. Justices ruled that Marsy’s Law, …