About 2,000 U.S. service members are supporting relief efforts in Venezuela after last week’s devastating earthquakes, according to the head of the U.S. military’s Southern Command. “The U.S. military, the Department of War, has roughly 2,000 teammates in the area on land, air and sea around Venezuela,” Gen. Francis Donovan said in a briefing…
The U.S. has decided not to extend a key trade pact with Canada and Mexico, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. July 1 was the deadline for the three countries to decide whether to extend the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, until 2042. The Trump administration’s decision means the USMCA remains…
More than 1,000 grand jury presentations are under review after federal prosecutors in Chicago were forced to dismiss charges in the “Broadview Six” case due to grand jury abuses and prosecutorial misconduct, the top federal prosecutor in the district said Wednesday. Speaking to the media in Washington, D.C., at an unrelated press conference, U.S. Attorney…
A polarizing Harvard University astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security risks posed by UFOs. Avi Loeb, a cosmologist who studied black holes and served as head of Harvard’s astronomy department until 2020, was recently…
Washington — President Trump is traveling Wednesday to North Dakota in what marks his first trip aboard the new Air Force One, a Boeing 747-8 luxury plane gifted to the U.S. by the Qatari government last year. The president unveiled the $400 million plane earlier this month, which is replacing the military-grade 747-2 that has…
Manny Rutinel is the projected winner in the Democratic primary in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. As of 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the state representative running to be his party’s nominee for the general election had 60.6% of the vote and Shannon Bird had 34.6% of the vote. Evan Munsing was on the ballot but dropped…
As beachgoers flock to water during the busy July Fourth weekend, danger could be lurking in some areas. Researchers this spring discovered flesh-eating bacteria in water in several coastal locations across New York’s Long Island, and town officials in the Hamptons vacation destination posted an alert about the findings. Eight people in Florida have been…
President Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention in Dallas ahead of the midterm elections. It’s an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. The convention will be held on Sept. 9 and 10 at the American Airlines Center. The…
Longtime labor activist Dolores Huerta says President Trump’s disparaging remarks about Mexicans show he “does not know history,” and called on Latinos in California, Texas and other states to push for change in the November elections. “I just want to say that this is our moment,” the 96-year-old told CBS News. She recalled the beginning…
Challenger Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist, is the projected winner of the Democratic primary in Colorado’s First Congressional District. The upset win for Kiros means the district, which covers Denver, will be represented by someone other than Rep. Diana DeGette for the first time since the mid-1990s. Melat Kiros participated in a League of Women…
