The New York Times sued the Defense Department on Monday for the second time in five months, arguing a requirement that journalists be escorted while on Pentagon grounds violates the First Amendment. The lawsuit casts the escort policy as part of “a series of escalating steps designed to stop unfavorable coverage” and “dramatically curtails longstanding …
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has faced a barrage of attacks from President Trump heading into Tuesday’s primary against former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who has the president’s endorsement. But Massie doesn’t appear to be sweating it, even after several of Mr. Trump’s perceived adversaries have suffered primary defeats stemming from the president’s ire …
Musk says he’ll appeal dismissal of lawsuit against OpenAI – CBS News Watch CBS News A California jury on Monday unanimously dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports.
More than a dozen candidates are challenging Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in June’s primary. While Bass holds a comfortable lead in most polls, two candidates, Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman, have gained ground in recent months. Raman joins “The Takeout” to discuss the race and her candidacy.
The use of the death penalty skyrocketed last year, with documented executions reaching a worldwide high not seen since 1981, a new report found. A majority of the increase came from Iran, where the annual execution rate doubled, according to the report by human rights organization Amnesty International. At least 2,707 people were executed globally …
At least three adults were killed when a pair of gunmen opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. The two teenage suspects were found dead inside a nearby car, officials say. CBS News’ Anna Schecter has the latest.
The year is 1955, and the world is a decade removed from the Allied victory in World War II, a monstrous conflict of never-before-seen carnage and slaughter. To avoid a third world war, the great powers tried something new: a meeting to explore trade relations, peace talks and arms control. Nikole Killion introduces CBS News …
When President Trump and the Justice Department settled the president’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department Monday over the leak of his tax returns, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced, as part of the agreement, the creation of a $1.7+ billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which he said would “provide a systematic process to …
In February 1996, three small civilian planes took off from a Miami-area airport, operated by a Cuban exile group that searched for people seeking to flee the island nation in rafts. Two of the planes were shot down by a Cuban fighter jet, killing four people. Now, 30 years later, the deadly shootdown appears to …
American doctor working in Congo tests positive for Ebola – CBS News Watch CBS News An American doctor working in the Congo amid an Ebola outbreak has tested positive for the virus. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has the latest.