Washington — The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers, as well as a reporter who covers the Middle East, according to people familiar with the matter. The separation notices, delivered Friday, gave Publisher Max…
Washington — Twenty-five cars traveling at top speeds approaching 180 mph will zoom around the National Mall this weekend when the racing series IndyCar takes over downtown D.C. for a race commemorating the nation’s 250th birthday. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., is expected to attract about 140,000 people on each day of…
President Trump threatened this week to wield an “unprecedented” level of economic warfare against Iran, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to “collapse” the Islamic Republic regime with the “toughest sanctions in history.” But the effectiveness of a bolstered economic campaign against Iran may rest largely on one close U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf,…
Iran has finalized a preferential trade agreement with Oman, according to the Islamic Republic’s official Trade Promotion Organization. The agreement, which Oman has not yet confirmed, still requires approval by Iran’s parliament and other authorities. The announcement, relayed by Iranian state media, came two days after President Trump heralded a shift in U.S. tactics in…
The USS Abraham Lincoln is leaving the Middle East, and its sailors and Marines are heading back home after their nine-month deployment, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. The Japan-based USS George Washington, another U.S. aircraft carrier, has arrived in the Middle East to replace the USS Lincoln. Family members have voiced worries about…
Washington — The U.S. on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on 15 individuals and entities based in Ecuador, along with 10 vessels, for their roles in an alleged maritime cocaine trafficking operation. According to the Treasury Department, the network — tied to Ecuadorian groups Los Choneros and Los Lobos, both designated by the U.S. as foreign…
The U.S. Army is planning to phase out a drone battalion tasked just last year with studying and taking on board lessons on drone warfare, including from the ongoing Ukraine war, an Army official confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. Multiple current and former U.S. officials told CBS News the decision to nix the unit…
Washington — American citizen Min Zin has been legally designated by the U.S. State Department as wrongfully detained by China. “Secretary Rubio has formally designated U.S. citizen Min Zin as wrongfully detained,” Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, said Thursday on X. “We call on Beijing to release all U.S. citizens…
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Washington — Pentagon officials have discussed firing the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes before his scheduled retirement, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the Trump administration strategizes an overhaul of the military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers. Max Lederer, who has served as the publisher of Stars and Stripes for 19 years,…
