Foot traffic to popular food and restaurant chains has declined as the outbreak of cyclosporiasis, linked to lettuce from Mexico, grows in scope, and consumers take steps to avoid getting sick. Cases of illness connected to the cyclospora parasite expanded to four more states, bringing the total number of affected states to nine, the U.S. Department…
Iran’s military said on Friday it carried out drone strikes against several American military facilities and bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in retaliation for the latest U.S. attacks, while explosions were heard near an American base in northern Iraq. “This morning, the fuel tanks, large equipment warehouses and silos and the barracks of the…
Washington — The Senate rejected the latest attempt to rein in President Trump’s war powers in Iran on Thursday, soon after the House adopted a separate measure rebuking the president amid escalations in the conflict in recent days. In a 47 to 49 vote, one Republican — Susan Collins of Maine — joined Democrats in…
Washington — The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor’s service history – information that has been freely offered by the service for decades. The move, which officials say is being driven by increased security threats and harassment…
Days ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Secret Service officials warned nationwide threats have reached an unprecedented level — with agents opening roughly 10,000 protective intelligence cases since January, a nearly 40% increase from the same period last year. “The numbers are numbers that this agency and certainly I have never seen in…
Washington — President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday honoring the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in the Middle East in recent days during the ongoing war with Iran. The Trump administration is investigating attacks at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that led to…
This week marks one year since actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned in Costa Rica while on vacation with his family. His widow, Tenisha Warner, filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to recover over a million dollars from the family trust, which is controlled by Malcolm’s mother, Pamela Warner. Tenisha spoke exclusively to “CBS Mornings” co-host…
Sergeant Michael Swinton, 30, was identified Tuesday as the soldier who died in Iraq during a controlled explosion of an Iranian drone. Weijia Jiang reports. Source link
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify before a Senate committee Tuesday amid escalations in the war with Iran in recent days. With a focus on the Trump administration’s supplemental funding request, the hearing comes as at least two U.S. soldiers were killed…
A 30-year-old U.S. soldier was killed over the weekend in Iraq during what the U.S. military said was a controlled explosion to destroy an attack drone. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was “killed in action during a controlled detonation” of the drone at Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said…
