Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a new congressional map for the 2026 election after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map in a landmark ruling last month. The new map will eliminate one of the state’s majority Black, Democratic-leaning districts while keeping one Democratic-leaning district. The district now favors Republicans in five districts …
President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Accompanying the president are several high-profile business and tech CEOs. Chris McGuire, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins CBS News to discuss.
As smartphones become more advanced, are batteries keeping up? CNET senior mobile expert Abrar Al-Heeti joins to explain how you can improve your phone’s battery life.
Members of the U.S. military who helped to rescue 11 people who were on board a plane that crashed about 80 miles off the east coast of Florida on Tuesday spoke about the dramatic incident and said it was “miraculous” that no major injuries were reported. The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles off …
Artificial intelligence is fabricating references to medical research that does not exist, according to recent findings. A recent audit found that, among millions of biomedical papers, more than 4,000 contained citations to non-existent research, according to an article in The Lancet. Such fabricated citations can undermine the clinical guidelines that health care professionals rely on …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve. President Donald Trump had picked the former Fed governor to replace Jerome Powell, believing that Warsh can deliver the booming economy the president had promised voters. Warsh takes over a divided central bank wrestling with the economic fallout from …
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, coming as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned himself as an ally willing to help the Trump administration accelerate deportations, a central priority. The U.S. deported …
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will spend $16.5 million to install transponders on its airport vehicles after a fatal collision in March at New York’s LaGuardia airport between an Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck. The fire truck did not have a transponder but the Port …
A judge on Wednesday sentenced Kouri Richins, a Utah mom who wrote a book about grief, to life without parole for the murder of her husband. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
President Donald Trump opposed the idea of suspending federal gasoline taxes as recently as March. But with the average price at the pump now over $4.50 per galloninflation on the rise and amid widespread disapproval of his handling of the economy, he has come around. That doesn’t mean you’ll get a break. On Monday, Trump …