Robert Leider, the chief counsel at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who has been overseeing a major overhaul of the agency’s firearms regulations, announced Friday he is stepping down from his role, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Leider was appointed as the ATF’s top attorney last year shortly…
Australian police charged a man on Tuesday over what they alleged was a “targeted” attack with a vehicle on independent lawmaker Helen Haines. Haines has reportedly lost one of her legs in the aftermath of the incident on Monday afternoon, in which a car rammed into her multiple times as she stood near the trunk…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said federal agents executed multiple search warrants on the same day they searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home. While appearing on a podcast Friday, Mullin described the ongoing investigation as a “strong case” while suggesting cases of coordinated immigration fraud could be prosecuted under federal racketeering laws. In an…
In Thursday’s Michigan Senate debate, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed called his opponent “weak,” “cowardly” and a “sockpuppet for the Trump administration.” Republican Mike Rogers called his opponent a “glitchy AI chatbot” who is running a “con” and will “say anything to win.” The two candidates in one of the country’s most closely watched midterm contests spent…
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées Avenue for Pope Leo XIV’s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country. The Vatican estimated that 700,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered…
Some prominent references to President Trump were scrubbed from Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds’ campaign website in recent weeks — but the Republican said Wednesday he isn’t backing away from the president’s agenda. During an onstage interview at the Sunshine Economy Summit, Donalds said his campaign has “been working on website changes for, like, two…
Former GOP Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a longtime lawmaker who guided the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and shaped landmark water policies in the western part of the country, has died at the age of 84. According to a statement released by his family, Kyl died due to complications stemming from a…
Washington — The potential danger artificial intelligence poses to humans is “probably greater” than the threat posed by nuclear weapons, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday. Sanders made the comments in an interview with CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns ahead of his speech at the Pro-Human Assembly conference on AI. Sanders said he…
Washington — Steve Bannon, one of President Trump’s earliest advisers, and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders may stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but both will be speaking at a gathering Tuesday to press for guardrails for AI. The two — along with a bipartisan group of members of Congress — will be appearing…
Sweden faced political uncertainty Monday after an election thriller that saw the left-wing opposition hold on to a slim lead with votes still left to count. Sunday’s election also served up a surprise setback for the far-right Sweden Democrats, who lost ground for the first time since entering parliament 16 years ago. The leader of…
