At a White House dinner for donors backing his ballroom project, President Trump unveiled a model for an 'Independence Arch,' a monument resembling Paris's Arc de Triomphe and informally called the 'Arc de Trump.' He praised its design, noted three possible sizes, and favored the largest, telling CBS News the...
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, fell in a Capitol hallway Thursday as he headed to Senate votes, as two Sunrise Movement volunteers approached and asked about Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. He did not answer, appeared unsteady, then rose with help from his detail and waved to them. The Senate...
President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a monumental arch in Washington—quickly nicknamed the “Arc de Trump”—telling wealthy guests at a White House dinner it was planned as a gateway to Washington from northern Virginia, near Arlington Memorial Bridge. He flashed 3D models topped with a gold Lady Liberty and said...
Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday it will permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, citing ongoing violence and 'stray bullets' hitting the building near combat zones. The Turgeau site had temporarily shut in March after armed men fired on four MSF vehicles evacuating staff, causing minor injuries. The loss strains...
Florida authorities say 17-year-old Caden Speight staged his own abduction, shot himself in the leg, and triggered a large-scale search before being arrested. Investigators found a bullet hole in his truck’s windshield, suspected blood, drag marks, and bicycle tracks, and allege he bought a bike and camping gear at Walmart...
President Donald Trump said he plans another meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Budapest to try to end the war in Ukraine, after a phone call he described as making "great progress." U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Russian counterparts next week before the leaders'...
Russia unleashed roughly 320 drones and about three dozen missiles across Ukraine overnight, hitting civilian energy sites and a State Emergency Service facility in Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said. Most were intercepted, but 37 drones and 14 missiles got through; Zelenskyy reported wounded and ongoing recovery efforts. He urged continued Western...
As candidates head into Thursday’s first general-election debate, New York City’s mayoral race is static but charged. Independent Andrew Cuomo is running an attrition play, pitching law-and-order to peel off Curtis Sliwa’s voters and stall Democrat Zohran Mamdani, who sits in the mid-40s in polls yet pushes for a 50%...
Kenyan police fired tear gas as thousands packed a 60,000-seat Nairobi stadium to view the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died Wednesday in India at 80 after collapsing during a morning walk. Mourners had escorted the body on foot from the airport; when some breached the presidential...
NFL analyst Todd McShay cheered Penn State’s firing of James Franklin, blasting his leadership as driven by “image, selfishness, agenda” and saying it lasted “entirely too long.” The move, which triggered a $49 million buyout and a campus uproar, came during a skid of three straight losses. McShay opposed betting...
