Washington — A coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to block a new rule from the U.S. Postal Service that imposes requirements for mail voting ahead of the November midterm elections. The final rule, published by the agency last Friday, came in response to an executive…
Washington — President Trump hasn’t settled on a replacement for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, whose last day is Friday, according to administration officials close to the situation. Responsibilities for holding White House press briefings will rotate for now, the sources said, with top administration officials heading to the podium, not members of the…
August 12, 2023, New Haven, Indiana. Shortly before morning broke in the home he rented with his wife Alison, at the base of a steep stairway, Kevin Davis‘ blood seeped onto the floor. OFFICER GARRETT SHANEBROOK | New Haven Police Department (bodycam video): Where’s that blood coming from? CORPORAL CADE HETRICK | New Haven Police…
A Dallas judge has delayed a custody decision, extending a temporary restraining order another two weeks as the legal fight over custody of a baby with a rare heart defect born to a surrogate continues. The hearing on Tuesday gave the public its clearest look yet at the growing, high-profile fight over surrogacy and abortion. Anti-abortion…
A man accused of terrorizing at least a half dozen people while wearing a Chucky-style mask near Philadelphia City Hall earlier this month was arrested in Las Vegas, authorities said Tuesday. Zymire Hughes, 22, was arrested around 8 p.m. at an apartment complex in southeast Las Vegas and is being held in the Clark County…
Three U.S. Secret Service employees have been placed on leave pending an investigation into “potential misconduct,” the agency confirmed late Tuesday. The impacted staffers include Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi and two other members of the Secret Service’s communications office, U.S. officials told CBS News. As part of the probe, the staff members lost their…
The language used Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he announced a new raft of sanctions against Iran was apocalyptic. The measures are part of the Trump administration’s plan to use economic pressure to force Iran to capitulate, to bring an end to the nearly six-month war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The…
On a 2-acre property in Mississippi, 52-year-old Krystal Polk’s family lived off the land for generations, raising chickens and pigs, growing onions and herbs and trading their peaches for pears. The land, on the border with Tennessee in the city of Southaven, was her family’s survival, Polk said. “We lived a very simplistic life,” she…
A U.S. airman says he is facing criminal charges for criticizing President Trump over the Iran war, which is believed to be the first major in history of the U.S. military has been charged under the uniform code of military justice for contemptuous words against officials. Major Jason Watson has been detained twice in recent…
South Carolina Republicans will decide Tuesday who will replace Sen. Lindsey Graham on the ballot in November’s midterm election, after a rushed campaign in the wake of his sudden death in July. Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham, faces Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s runoff vote. The two candidates were the top two vote-getters in the special primary…
