Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met privately with former President Donald Trump for several hours on Sunday morning to talk, in part, about fundraising ahead of the 2024 general election, several sources familiar with the meeting tell CBS News. The meeting was made at the request of DeSantis, according to a senior Trump source with knowledge of the meeting. It was …
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Multiple tornadoes tore across Oklahoma on Saturday night, leaving a wide trail of destruction, leveling homes and buildings and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents and businesses. At least four people were killed in the state, including a child. The region remained on high alert for severe weather after thunderstorms and tornados rolled through Friday and Saturday …
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An election-year roast of President Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Mr. Biden’s handling of the conflict and the Western news’ media coverage of it. Mr. Biden, like most of his predecessors, used the …
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Dueling demonstrations on the UCLA campus by pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups turned physical Sunday after demonstrators breached the physical barrier the school said it established to separate the groups. In a statement by UCLA, Mary Osako, vice chancellor for Strategic Communications, said that a group of demonstrators had breached a barrier intended to separate the two groups of protesters. Osako …
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Nvidia’s groundbreaking innovation — the graphics processing unit — is powering humanoid robots, the design of virtual movie sets and the creation of protein-based drugs to fight diseases. Insatiable demand for Nvidia’s GPU-powered technology, used for artificial intelligence, pushed the company into the stock market stratosphere, where it joined Microsoft, Apple, and Alphabet – the parent company of Google – …
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he stands by comments he made in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol that former presidents, including Donald Trump, are “not immune” from criminal prosecution. “Face the Nation” moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan asked McConnell if he still believes former presidents are not completely immune from …
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Embattled Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell will be removed from her committee assignments and caucus meetings while burglary allegations against her play out in both a Senate and legal investigation, the Senate majority leader announced Sunday. “This is a tragic situation, and there are still questions that need to be answered,” Sen. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, …
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Two years after a fuel leak at a Navy storage complex contaminated drinking water at Pearl Harbor, the city of Honolulu is guarding against contamination to its own water supply. For decades at Pearl Harbor, an underground facility called Red Hill stored millions of gallons of fuel for the U.S. military. Red Hill, which was quickly built ahead of the …
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More than70% of Americans saya rewarding career or job is extremely important for them to live a fulfilling life — more important than family, friends or wealth. CBS News interviewed a broad array of workers who chose unique jobs, for a series we call:Unique jobs, extraordinary lives. Have you ever heard of an intimacy coordinator? Most people don’t know they …
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A field of 20 horses is set to launch from the starting gate for the 2024 Kentucky Derbytoday. The 150th Run for the Roses is expected to see 19 colts and a gelding dashing down the dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville to try to win the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown before tens of thousands of …
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