Nearly one in four Americans says they think the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month was staged, according to a new survey. It highlights the degree to which people who are increasingly mistrustful of institutions turn to conspiracy theories. The person detained in the April 25 attack, Cole Tomas Allen, pleaded not …
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by …
Sen. Chris Van Hollen and FBI director Kash Patel had a heated moment Tuesday as Van Hollen questioned Patel about allegations of excessive drinking that were reported on by the Atlantic. The moment came during a Senate hearing on the 2027 fiscal budgets for various federal law enforcement agencies.
“No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans.” “Colored served in rear.” “For whites only.” It’s the type of signage that hung from the doors and windows of establishments across much of the American South for many years. The words, like screaming headlines from Page One of a broadsheet newspaper, were the most visible, daily reminder of …
Many Americans are feeling pessimistic about their future job prospects, but it depends who you ask. Public opinion pollster Gallup released a report Monday indicating only 43% of young Americans consider now a “good time” to find a job, a 27-point decline since 2023. Older U.S. adults 55 years and older are much more optimistic, …
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Chinese officials agree that no country can be allowed to exact shipping tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, the State Department told Reuters on Tuesday, in a sign that the two countries are trying to find common ground on efforts to pressure Iran to give up control of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel angrily lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker at a budget hearing Tuesday, calling allegations that he drinks excessively on the job and has been unreachable at times to his staff “unequivocally, categorically false.” “I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations,” Patel told Sen. Chris Van Hollen when …
Key Takeaways President Donald Trump said he wants to pause the federal gas tax as prices soar during the Iran war. The tax – currently 18.4 cents per gallon of gas – contributes to federal road and public transport improvement. Lawmakers from both parties are on board, but it is uncertain whether enough would vote …
Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, faces a 10-year prison sentence for pleading guilty to acting as a covert agent for China. CBS News Los Angeles’ Tina Patel has more.
Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy asked Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about military options to open the Strait of Hormuz, and about reports of an apparent intelligence assessment on Iran’s nuclear capacity that may contradict President Trump’s past statements. The exchange occurred during a Senate …