It began with a phone call. A grassroots write-in campaign had been launched weeks before Tuesday’s midterm election in an effort to keep longtime Alabama Sheriff Jay Jones in office. Jones was ousted in May by about 300 votes in a bitterly fought Republican primary in Lee County by a former sheriff’s deputy, Cameron Hunt. …
Public servants going into government to clean things up? Sounds cliché! But at the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that’s job number one (and number two). As our guide Bill Graffin explains, this 101-year-old pioneering feat of engineering treats as much as 400 million gallons of wastewater each day. So, before the…
A short interruption in the Maine senate debate from Oct. 15 is still relevant a week before Election Day. Democratic nominee Troy Jackson told five-term incumbent Sen. Susan Collins to “shut up,” after she said a protester was “obviously one of Troy’s supporters.” Jackson has since been asked to apologize, which he declined to do,…
Lewiston, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins is campaigning on a simple idea: She can sit across the table from anyone. On Wednesday, she did it literally, sharing breakfast sandwiches with Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin and a roomful of Maine voters as she makes her case to people of every political stripe. “She’s not a Trump…
London — From the upper floors of Millbank Tower, a skyscraper overlooking the River Thames in London, the U.K. Houses of Parliament are just a few hundred yards away. For decades, the building housed the headquarters of Britain’s Conservative Party, one of the world’s oldest political parties. Today, it is home to Reform UK, the…
A Sacramento mother says her son acted on instinct when he confronted and fatally shot a gunman during a deadly school shooting in Oregon, an attack that killed three children and a teacher. Police said Friday they believed the teenage gunman was targeting a class of children with special needs when he opened fire at…
High energy costs push inflation to 3.7% in September; candidates clash during Senate debates in Maine, Georgia and Iowa. Source link
New York City officials condemn ICE after agent shoots man; candidates clash during Senate debates in Georgia and Michigan. Source link
OpenAI has responded to a letter that three of its fired researchers posted on social media Thursday, defending its decision to terminate their employment for violating company protocol around handling sensitive information. “Last week we parted ways with Jasmine, Mikita, and Tomek after a thorough investigation found they violated clear policies on handling sensitive information,”…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Energy Secretary Chris Wright Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of news and surveys Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona Zach Lahn, Iowa GOP nominee for governor Brett McGurk, who served as a top Middle East adviser to former President Joe Biden…
