A former talk radio show host who promoted fringe theories and suggested dropping nukes on Afghanistan might have been a way to deal with the country is now a top official at the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control. Frank…
November 28, 2019 / 4:51 PM / CBS News The oldest living American has died at the age of 114, CBS New York reports. Alelia Murphy was born in North Carolina in 1905 and moved to New York in 1926…
President Trump showed up in Afghanistan on Thursday for a surprise Thanksgiving visit with troops engaged in America's longest-ever military conflict. Mr. Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time and spent more than two-and-a-half hours on…
Although the U.S. is on a record streak for job-creation, many Americans still feel like they can't get ahead — it's not their imagination. The last three decades have seen the economy churn out more and more jobs that offer…
Portland, Oregon — A U.S. judge in Oregon on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration proclamation that would require immigrants to show proof of health insurance to get a visa. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said…
A wind-driven brush fire that erupted in the Southern California mountains Monday quickly burned more than 4,000 acres by early Tuesday, fire officials said. The "Cave Fire" jumped a highway near the Santa Barbara city limits, CBS Los Angeles reports, in…
Denver — Just hours before millions of Americans head home for Thanksgiving, back-to-back storms may be ruining their plans. Two out of three people will feel the impact from heavy snow and rain to hurricane force finds. Snow is flying…
Savannah, Georgia — From the surface, these 22 square miles of water are unexceptional. But dip beneath the surface — go down 60 or 70 feet — and you'll find a spectacular seascape. Sponges, barnacles and tube worms cover rocky ledges…
Washington — The three House committees that led the first phase of the impeachment inquiry released transcripts of closed-door testimony from two more witnesses on Wednesday. Philip Reeker, an assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian…
Washington — The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry next week, as Democrats move quickly into the next phase of the proceedings. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler sent a letter to President Trump on…
President Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law Monday, making animal cruelty a federal crime. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, or PACT Act, bans abusive behavior including crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling and other bodily injury toward any non-human…
A federal judge has ruled that former White House counsel Don McGahn must appear before Congress. U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that McGahn must comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Soon after…
Women's suffrage's "Great Fight" President Trump, who is facing the possibility of impeachment, is expected to sign a bill on Monday that celebrates women. The divided Congress has been unable to agree on much throughout Mr. Trump's presidency, especially since…
President Trump is set to sign a bipartisan bill into law Monday, making animal cruelty a federal crime, the Humane Rescue Alliance confirmed to CBS News. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, or PACT Act, bans abusive behavior including crushing,…
Trump honors military dog at White House Washington — The Trumps may not want a dog at the White House, but they honored one there Monday — Conan, the "ultimate dog" that helped the U.S. military bring down ISIS leader…
Morris Meat Packing is recalling more than half a million pounds of pork products because they were never inspected by the government, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The problem was discovered after the…
Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins missed the final play of his first NFL win for an unusual reason on Sunday: The rookie was taking selfies with fans. Haskins, who was selected No. 15 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft, began…
President Trump's Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said he was fired in the controversy over a Navy SEAL because the president gave him an order he couldn't, "in good conscience," carry out. Secretary Spencer's removal follows a dispute that began when…
Rochester, New York, resident Willie Murphy is not your average 82-year-old. When a man decided to break into her home Thursday night, the award-winning bodybuilder used her strength to repel the intruder with the help of a table, baby shampoo…
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has resigned after a request by Defense Secretary Mark Esper over a private proposal to the White House to restore the rank of SEAL Edward Gallagher, the Pentagon confirmed to CBS News on Sunday. Esper said in…
An Alabama sheriff was shot and killed Saturday, authorities told CBS affiliate WKRG-TV. Lowndes County Sheriff "Big John" Williams was responding to a call at a convenience store and gas station when he was fatally shot. Details on the shooting…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Sunday, two days after being hospitalized for experiencing chills and fever. The 86-year-old justice received treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. "Justice Ginsburg has been discharged from…
Bloomberg apologizes for stop-and-frisk Washington — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is running for president, launching a multimillion dollar ad campaign Sunday to launch his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. A minute-long advertisement began airing Sunday in certain markets across…
Patrick Frazee sits in a grim Cripple Creek, Colorado, jail – put there by his former girlfriend Krystal Lee – for the murder of his fiancée Kelsey Berreth. "There was blood on the wall here, there was blood on the…