Top Democrats want the party’s nominee to drop out of the U.S. Senate race in Maine. Graham Platner has been involved in controversy throughout the campaign, but a new allegation of sexual misconduct had former allies speaking up. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
The Trump administration on Tuesday revoked a waiver that allowed Iranian oil sales, a key source of revenue for the regime, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The Treasury Department said that “General License X,” which was issued two weeks ago as part of an interim peace …
The U.S. Postal Service on Sunday will raise the price of a first-class Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents, the latest in a series of increases aimed at stemming the agency’s mounting financial losses. The USPS announced the increase in April, saying the higher price was intended to bolster its finances. Over the past five …
An unstable building under construction in Midtown Manhattan has forced evacuations and street closures, firefighters said. More than 100 fire and EMS personnel responded to reports of bricks falling just before 8 a.m. on Tuesday at 235 E. 42nd St. The call initially came in as just bricks falling from the 37-story building, but when …
Washington — Democrats are facing a rapidly closing window to replace Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on the ballot amid a sexual assault allegation — if he decides to drop out. At stake is one of the most closely watched and heavily contested Senate races of the year, as national Democrats seek to deny Republican …
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles on Tuesday announced criminal charges against the prominent leader and eight associates of the Indian organized criminal group known as “Bishnoi,” tying them to the 2023 assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. The indictment accuses Lawrence Bishnoi and another defendant of ordering the killing of “H.S.N.” — the …
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, will denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv this week and deliver a bracing message that the country’s relationship with the United States is “at a crossroads.” “It cannot stand or survive as it has been,” Emanuel will say at Tel Aviv …
NATO must unite air defense capacities for Ukraine to defeat Russia, Ukrainian politician says – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet at a NATO summit in Turkey. Ukrainian Parliament member Halyna Yanchenko looks ahead to the discussion and stresses the breadth of support Ukraine is hoping for.
Damascus — France’s President Emmanuel Macron escaped what may have been an attempted assassination Tuesday during a visit to Syria’s capital. The French presidential palace, the Elysee, said in a statement that Macron was safe and would continue his visit to Damascus after two bombs exploded outside the hotel where he spent the night. Macron …
Washington — President Trump began the NATO’s summit in Turkey alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Tuesday with a clear message that Turkey is a better friend to the United States than many of its traditional Western allies. “I was very disappointed with NATO,” the president told reporters alongside Erdoğan. “And frankly, if it weren’t …