Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was scheduled to head to Iowa on Monday to give remarks, speak to veterans and campaign, sources told CBS News, as Republicans try to protect multiple GOP-held seats in Congress. A parade of top Trump administration officials has been traveling to the battleground state in support of GOP candidates and for…
Trump-backed Rhett Marques won a crowded Republican primary in Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, the Associated Press projects. Republicans are seeking to defeat Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures, who won the seat in 2024 after the Supreme Court affirmed that the state’s GOP-drawn congressional map discriminated against Black voters. This year, however, the…
Severe weather cut power to nearly 1 million customers in the Midwest as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday. Tornado warning sirens howled as the skies darkened. All flights were temporarily stopped at Chicago’s two major airports, and officials warned of delays as the backlog was cleared. According to the flight…
North Carolina Republicans on Tuesday chose state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom to replace Rep. Chuck Edwards on the ballot in November. Edwards dropped his reelection bid last week when the House Ethics Committee recommended censure. Balkcom will face Democrat Jamie Ager in the fall. Ager won the primary in March, and although the district has not elected…
This report is published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Giving birth to her fourth child in January of 2021 was life-changing, says Nicole Hamann, but not in the way she ever imagined. While still at the hospital, Hamann was informed that both she and…
The initial findings of the second post-mortem examination of 25-year-old business owner Mir Raza Ali revealed multiple injuries and a congealed black substance in his mouth and throat, Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said on Saturday. Raza, owner of eatery Wafflix, had gone missing on July 28. The 25-year-old’s body was found a day later…
Washington — The Senate early on Saturday confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general, installing President Trump’s former defense lawyer as the nation’s top law enforcement official. Blanche narrowly won approval from the upper chamber in a 50-49 vote. Two Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined with all…
A student opened fire at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 20, according to authorities, who said he also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning. The 14-year-old shooter took his own life at the school, officials…
This week, CBS News received another recording from inside the notorious Evin Prison in Iran with an update from U.S. citizen and journalist Reza Valizadeh. He last reached out in June, and he wants his most recent statement to be made public, as well, according to his attorney Ryan Fayhee. Valizadeh is one of…
Nonthaburi, Thailand — A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing three teachers and three students and wounding several others, police said. The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press. He…
