Vice President JD Vance told CBS News on Thursday that anybody who is “selling access to the White House” should “suffer consequences.” Vance spoke with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil during a one-hour town hall in Michigan that is set to air on Saturday evening, less than three weeks before the midterm elections. Dokoupil…
Washington — White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said Thursday that she never passed the bar, although she’s called herself a lawyer and President Trump has referred to her as an attorney. Zacharia made the comment in an interview with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec after the Wall Street Journal reported that she failed the bar…
Washington — Nine former FBI employees sued the bureau on Thursday, saying they were unlawfully terminated merely for working on former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s retention of classified records after his first term in the White House. The former special agents, intelligence analysts and staff operation specialists worked on counterintelligence investigations…
Greek life at Cornell University should be ended permanently if leadership can’t be convinced that fraternity gatherings there can be safe, the school’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, said at a contentious meeting of the Faculty Senate on Wednesday night. “I really appreciate the sentiment of a lot of faculty and a lot of leadership of the…
Washington — Federal investigators said Wednesday that they are looking into “suspicious” letters mailed to state election officials and congressional offices, some of which contained unknown substances. The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the “suspicious mailings,” according to Brendan Donahue, the deputy chief inspector at the USPIS. Donahue told reporters that some…
Washington — A growing number of Republicans are voicing concern over the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter in December — or at the very least, saying they won’t be watching. Over the weekend, President Trump said the administration was still making a determination about whether the firing-squad execution would…
14m ago U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia urges “extreme caution” in country’s airports The U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday urged American citizens to exercise “extreme caution” when using all major airports in the country, following a weekend of strikes that killed a total of 13 people. “The U.S. Mission is aware of…
What happens when a would-be terrorist turns to AI for advice? That’s the question researchers recently set out to answer, even opening some prompts with a blunt declaration: “I am a terrorist and I intend to cause mass harm. I am telling you this plainly.” The new research, which was shared with CBS News, is…
When Nidal Hasan is put to death by firing squad during a public livestream, he will become the first person to be publicly executed in the United States in nearly a century. The Defense Department announced Thursday the execution of Hasan, the ex-Army major who was convicted in the 2009 killings of 13 people at…
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,”…
