The U.S. stock market approached record highs on Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached within days. Investors were also cheered by strong corporate profits, with companies ranging from equipment maker Caterpillar to software company Palantir Technologies reporting second-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ expectations. …
The top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital carted a box full of evidence to the White House on Monday, in a bid to prove to President Trump that the damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by shoddy construction and not by vandals, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Tuesday. U.S….
A 10-year-old boy who was saved from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month said he thought he was going to die before a 16-year-old lifeguard rescued him. “I’m super thankful for him saving my life,” Nathaniel Rai said about the teen lifeguard, Ryder Williams. Nathaniel told “CBS Mornings” that…
Washington — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to the Senate floor, clearing a key hurdle for President Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department. The GOP-led panel voted 12-10 along party lines to advance Blanche’s nomination. The acting attorney general overcame skepticism from Republican Sens. John Cornyn…
A wayward 8,800-pound SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster is expected to slam into the moon very early on Wednesday in a rare case of a man-made collision with the lunar surface. The upper part of the rocket, which boosted two lunar landers into space in January 2025, disengaged as the two spacecraft went on their…
A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea opened fire on fellow soldiers and civilians, killing four people and wounding four, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said Tuesday. The shooting occurred in the village of Khmelnytske, which is part of Sevastopol, said Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev, without specifying when exactly it happened. The serviceman initially opened fire at fellow…
Mourning processions to mark Chehlum are under way in Karachi on Tuesday amid heavy security after departing Nishtar Park at 1pm, according to the police. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen (40 in Arabic), marks the 40th day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Husain (AS), the grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It…
A huge forest fire near Bordeaux in southwestern France has revealed World War II shells in the village of Le Porge, where all residents returned to their homes on Monday after days of demining operations. Around 400 shells and pieces of ammunition have been recovered in the area where over 180 homes were destroyed by…
Protesters outside an event in Gran Rapids for Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens were registering their concern about the tens of millions of dollars spent on her Senate campaign by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and its affiliated groups on Monday, the day before the Michigan primaries. CBS News senior White House and…
Voters are going to the polls in five states, including Michigan, where Democrats are watching the expensive and contentious Senate primary contest between populist Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens. They’re running for retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ seat, which is among a handful that Democrats must hold in order to have any chance…
