Trump advisers fear GOP midterm losses as gas prices spike

White House officials have privately discussed their concerns about recent internal and public polling on the economy and President Trump and have been trying to drum up new strategies to prevent GOP losses in the midterm elections, sources briefed on the conversations told CBS News. Senior aides, including chief of staff Susie Wiles and deputy …

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Artemis II moonshot enters final hours before launch with NASA engineers optimistic

The countdown to launch of the Artemis II missionNASA’s first piloted moonshot in half a century, proceeded smoothly Tuesday as engineers and technicians prepared the agency’s giant Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule for fueling and blastoff Wednesday evening. After clearing nonessential personnel from the “blast danger area” and verifying rocket and ground …

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American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq

American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter as well as an Iraqi official. Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced that a foreign journalist was kidnapped by “unknown individuals” but did not identify the victim. The ministry said that security forces had managed to arrest one suspect …

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How NASA will define success for the Artemis II moon mission

How NASA will define success for the Artemis II moon mission – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA is just a day away from the planned launch of the Artemis II mission around the moon. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann has more.

Judge temporarily blocks construction of Trump’s White House ballroom

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom to replace the White House’s East Wing. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that a legal challenge brought by a preservation group that sued to block President Trump’s construction project was likely to succeed on the merits, because “no statute” the …

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3 gold price questions investors should ask this April

The price of gold changed in surprising ways in March, giving investors much to consider heading into April. Getty Images/iStockphoto Investors who assumed that the price of gold would continue to grow unimpeded ran into some unexpected news in March – the price actually fell. And it wasn’t a marginal decline, either. Priced at $5,312.10 …

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