Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday sent Congress a long-awaited supplemental funding package to help cover the cost of the Iran war. The administration is asking for about $87.6 billion to address “urgent needs” related to the Iran war, as well as other funding to respond to the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa and…
The federal government and a growing number of U.S. states are clashing over the regulation of prediction markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees prediction markets, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Kentucky over its efforts to crack down on Kalshi and Polymarket for what state officials allege are violations of…
President Trump’s meeting with Republican senators on Wednesday turned testy, and at one point, he sternly told Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy to sit down, after questions arose about the War Powers Resolution, according to sources directly familiar with the meeting. Cassidy had been trying to respond to the president, telling the president he should sit…
Authorities have finally solved the murder of a Las Vegas man who was strangled to death with a telephone cord inide his home more than 20 years ago, thanks to modern DNA testing. The case dates back to Dec. 29, 2005, when an apartment manager reported a foul smell emanating from a Las Vegas property….
The Trump administration intends to ask Congress to allow E15, an ethanol-gas blend, to be sold at the pumps year-round, a U.S. official familiar with the matter told CBS News. The 15% ethanol blend is usually only available part of the year under a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency as temperatures rise to help…
A well-known French TV host has apologized after she criticized a soccer star’s decision to leave the World Cup to attend the birth of his first child. The controversy started after Belgium forward Jérémy Doku announced that he planned to fly to London so he could be with his wife for the birth of their…
Slate Auto is aiming to accomplish what Ford Motor couldn’t — to get drivers to swap their gasoline-powered pickups for an electric truck. Slate on Wednesday began taking $300 preorders for its base $24,950 electric pickup truck, a price that is less than half the roughly $57,000 average cost of a new electric vehicle and well below…
Dorinda Medley, who appeared in the “Real Housewives of New York City” for six seasons, talks to CBS Mornings’ Vladimir Duthiers about her decision to join the Bravo series, why she has no regrets and what draws people to reality TV. Source link
Microsoft founder Bill Gates told members of Congress that he believes Jeffrey Epstein sought to leverage Gates’ extramarital affairs for influence. Gates testified June 10 for nearly six hours before the House Oversight Committee, which is examining the government’s handling of the Epstein case and those with ties to him. A transcript of his testimony,…
Behind-the-scenes look at how Kidz Bop got its start – CBS News Watch CBS News Since Kidz Bop started, it has racked up 45 No. 1s on the Billboard kid albums chart. “CBS Mornings” goes behind the scenes as Kidz Bop celebrates 25 years and meets a Broadway performer who credits the company for his…
