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Don Lemon seeks dismissal of criminal civil rights charges, claiming vindictive prosecution

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon asked a federal judge in Minnesota to dismiss criminal civil rights charges against him on Friday, saying he is being unlawfully targeted for vindictive prosecution. His attorneys wrote that President Trump’s animosity toward Lemon “is well documented, stretching back over a decade.”  They argued that the Justice Department charged Lemon…

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Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, resigns amid plagiarism allegations

Jason Arday, the sociologist who made history as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, has resigned from the university after weeks of mounting accusations of plagiarism and fabrications in his biography. Arday, who joined Cambridge in 2023 at the age of 37, became one of Britain’s most high-profile academics after sharing an extraordinary life story. He…

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FBI not conducting civil rights investigation into ICE shooting in Maine despite questions about use of force, sources say

The FBI is not conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of a Colombian man in Maine who was killed by a federal immigration officer in July, several sources told CBS News, though the shooting took place under circumstances that have raised questions about the use of force. The deadly encounter between an…

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Anthropic reveals Claude “gained unauthorized access” to “real-world systems” during testing

Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model Claude “gained unauthorized access” to three outside organizations on three separate occasions during testing that was supposed to keep them away from “real-world” systems, the company said on Thursday. The announcement comes just days after rival OpenAI first revealed that its models improperly accessed the internet and went rogue during security…

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Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says

Washington — The Defense Department is considering its most sweeping remake of military higher education, according to an unreleased draft memorandum obtained by CBS News that would abolish civilian tenure and overhaul course offerings at the military service academies and senior war colleges that educate future military officers.  The memorandum, labeled “Refocusing the Military Service…

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In the unbridled online marketplace for peptides, one vendor is sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the owner of a peptide company to nearly six years in prison after finding he built a massive business by deceiving customers and selling products that were adulterated with steroids. Matthew Kawa, who ran Paradigm Peptides, pleaded guilty last year to selling unapproved drugs and illegally…

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Transcript: Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 26, 2026

The following is the transcript of an interview with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on July 26, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. He sits on the boards of Pfizer and UnitedHealth. Dr. Gottlieb, it’s good…

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