Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter Biden said in an interview. In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News late on Friday, Hunter Biden grew emotional…
The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July, undershooting economists’ expectations and signaling the job market may be slowing. By the numbers Economists polled by FactSet forecast employers added 95,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate in July stood at 4.1%, down from 4.2% in June. The Labor Department also revised down the May…
For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how healthcare providers communicate and address their patients’ needs. The experience informed her decision years later to launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a student…
President Trump is taking issue with recent reports of significant U.S. munitions shortages due to the war with Iran. In a post on his Truth Social platform early Thursday, Mr. Trump said, “The U.S. has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed….
A cybersecurity report from the U.K. government has exposed new examples of popular AI models taking autonomous action on the live internet in ways that raise experts’ concerns. The AI Security Institute’s report, released Tuesday, said Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol were found to have created fake identities and attempted to persuade real people to…
Washington — Former Michigan health official Abdul El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, CBS News projects, in a closely watched contest that represented the latest test of the party’s divisions. El-Sayed, 41, ran on a leftist platform and secured the backing of prominent progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and…
Geoffrey Fieger, who campaigned with the flamboyant theatrics he used as Jack Kevorkian’s lawyer, won a narrow victory in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s governor. “There’s a movement going on here, and that movement will turn out voters in unprecedented numbers,” Fieger said Wednesday at a news conference where he claimed victory. He renewed his…
Washington — Some White House officials hope embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller exits the congressional race in Ohio immediately, and President Trump has expressed a similar sentiment behind closed doors, multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter tell CBS News. Mr. Trump called Miller on Monday and raised concerns about his reelection bid following allegations…
Fast-moving wildfires driven by strong winds and soaring temperatures have prompted the evacuation of thousands of people in eastern Washington state. Some 600 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed since the Old Trails Fire started around noon on Saturday. In addition to the Old Trails Fire, there are two others — the Fairview Fire and…
The PPP and the PML-N continued lambasting each other on Saturday, extending their rhetoric from the ongoing elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to the other party’s previous tenures in power. The PPP and the PML-N — coalition partners in the Centre — have been engaged in a war of words since the PML-N…
