Jun 04 Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in U.S. By John Hanna, Associated Press Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there have been no other detections of the fly in the U.S., and officials were quick to say that while the fly’s larvae are a threat to livestock production, they don’t infest food. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 7:26 '60 Minutes' in turmoil after longtime correspondent Scott Pelley is fired By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins CBS News fired longtime "60 Minutes" Correspondent Scott Pelley after a contentious all-staff meeting in which he clashed with new Executive Producer Nick Bilton and accused Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the storied newsmagazine. It's the latest chapter of upheaval… Continue watching
Jun 03 WATCH: Senate starts voting on legislation to fund immigration enforcement after settlement fund abandoned By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press The Senate voted 53-46 on Wednesday to begin debate on the roughly $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. Continue reading
Jun 03 Scott Pelley fired from '60 Minutes,' deepening turmoil at CBS News By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Pelley criticized management Monday during a fiery staff meeting with Nick Bilton, the program's new executive producer installed last week, according to a detailed report on the Status website. Continue reading
Jun 03 FBI fatally shoots a man holding hostages in a California office building, police say By Julie Watson, John Seewer, Associated Press A man who was holding hostages inside a California office building for more than 15 hours was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday, police said. Continue reading
Jun 03 WATCH: Mullin returns to testify on DHS budget before House committee By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin didn't back down from his threats to pull Customs and Border Protection officers from airports on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 02 New York, 6 other states sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press The federal goverment is giving French company TotalEnergies $1 billion — essentially a refund of its leases for offshore wind projects off New York and North Carolina — if it invests the money in fossil fuel projects instead. Continue reading
Jun 02 Trump signs executive order that allows voluntary federal vetting of top AI models for national security risks By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press It was not immediately clear to what extent the order signed Tuesday differed from the one he declined to sign on May 21. Continue reading
Jun 02 Listen Again: What happens when extremists come to town By Amna Nawaz Journalist Michael Edison Hayden spent years tracking extremism in America. His book, “Strange People on the Hill,” is about what happened when a far-right group moved its headquarters to a small town in rural West Virginia. We're revisiting our conversation… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 5:14 News Wrap: More people arrested for breaking curfew at New Jersey ICE detention facility In our new wrap Monday, police in New Jersey arrested more protestors for breaking a curfew around an ICE detention facility, election denier Tina Peters was released from prison, Colombia’s presidential election is set for a runoff, protesters in Kenya… Continue watching