West Palm Beach, Florida — Former President Donald Trump Friday night celebrated his 78th birthday in a packed Palm Beach Convention Center filled with supporters — including Republican Sen. Marco Rubio — while he continued his familiar attack lines on President Biden regarding immigration and foreign policy. “Under my leadership, we had no wars,” Trump declared. “Instead of a globalist …

A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones′ personal assets, but also dismissed the bankruptcy case of Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems. The decisions leave the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain, as Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Judge Christopher …

Washington —The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a federal rule enacted during the Trump administration thatoutlawed bump stocks, devices that greatly increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons. The6-3 rulingfound that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it issued the ban in 2018, following the2017 mass shootingat a music festival in Las Vegas, …

A barrage of missiles this week exchanged between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon have made U.S. officials increasingly concerned that the escalation could spiral the war-torn region into a broader conflict between the U.S. ally and Iranian-backed militia. Since Oct. 7, the Biden administration has been furiously working behind the scenes to lower the chances of a conflagration that could …

London —Catherine, the Princess of Wales, offered a rare health update Friday, saying in a statement that she is still undergoing chemotherapy for an undisclosed form of cancer and has “a few more months” of treatment left, but that she is making “good progress.” Princess Kate, as she’s often known, also announced her first formal step back into public life. …

The Biden administration is making plans to announce one of the largest immigration relief programs in recent history,developing a policythat would offer legal status to hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the country without proper documents, four people familiar with the plans told CBS News. A program being developed by White House officials would offer work permits and deportation …

In the history of U.S. corporate pay packages, there have been plenty of massivepayoutsworth almost $1 billion in today’s dollars. But none comes close to the $46 billion pay deal Tesla shareholders on Thursday handed to CEO Elon Musk. The results of the shareholder vote, which concluded today, were announced during Tesla’s annual meeting, prompting a standing ovation from shareholders …

Ariana DeBose, known for her Academy Award-winning performance of “Anita” in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story,” will host the Tony Awards for a third time on Sunday. She is also serving as a producer, and will choreograph the opening number with her longtime collaborator, Julius Anthony Rubio. “We conceived this whole idea for how we wanted to open …

The State of Colorado is celebrating 50 years of Pride for the LGBTQ+ community. For one local drag queen from Denver, expressing Pride means accepting everyone’s backgrounds and culture. Yvie Oddly is a Denver native who won RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 in 2019. She is also the first-ever Colorado winner. Oddly met up with CBS Colorado Your First Alert …

Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, theU.S. Justice Departmentsaid Thursday. The government found a “pattern or practice” of the violations, saying the police department unlawfully detains homeless people and disposes of their belongings and discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities …

MINNEAPOLIS — Celebrations commemorating the end of slavery are spreading nationwide since Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Minnesota made Juneteenth a state holiday in 2023, and cities across Minnesota are hosting festivities. Lee Henry Jordan takes pride in telling the story of Juneteenth. “When you think about the history of America, it’s not just some overnight thing that …

The price of gold has been soaring in 2024, with prices hitting a new record high in late May. While prices have retreated a bit below the $2,400 per ounce mark since then, gold prices are still up so far this year by around 13.5% through early June, according to World Gold Council data. These recent price increases have been …

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Wednesday that if elected president, he’d slash the military budget by half. “I will push for [a] 50% reduction in military expenditures in my first four years in office, with more cuts to come thereafter,” Kennedy said. “A way to keep the dollar strong is to keep the country strong. We can …

The Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday that preserves nationwide access to the abortion medication mifepristone was a narrow one, and with some states already preparing other litigation, the political debate about the pill continues. What Trump has said about the abortion pill Former President Donald Trump has kept quiet about his position on the medication, which was used for over 60% …

Tel Aviv— Since this weekend, when Israeli special forces carried out the mission to rescue four hostages — Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir, and Noa Argamani — dramatic video of the raid shared by the Israeli military has been seen around the world. What’s been less visible, however, is the aftermath of that operation, and the Palestinian civilians who …