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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on the national park system to charge higher entry fees for foreign visitors. It instructs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — who oversees the National Park Service — to “develop a strategy” to hike entrance fees and recreation pass fees for non-U.S. residents at any national park that…
Massive fireworks supplier says tariffs forced company to eat millions in added costs – CBS News Watch CBS News With the Fourth of July comes sky-high demand for fireworks, but this year, soaring tariffs could dull the show. Elise Preston reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and…
Assateague Island, Maryland — The shoreline of Maryland’s Assateague Island is a familiar place for surfer Zack Tyndall. A former firefighter paramedic, Tyndall often helped beachgoers there — but now, as the mayor of nearby Berlin, Maryland, he says safety isn’t guaranteed. “I don’t want to see anybody drown,” Tyndall told CBS News. “We had…
As July 4 nears, here’s something a lot of Americans agree on: Many will fly the flag, they will do so out of patriotism, and seeing the flag connotes the same feeling. Images of the flag have always abounded in politics, of course, but most Americans don’t display it themselves to make a political statement…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Guest host: Mo Rocca A view of the Statue of Liberty. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images COVER STORY: How Lady Liberty became…
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that’s currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet’s official name is 3I/ATLAS. It’s officially the third known…
The Environmental Protection Agency has placed 139 employees on leave after they signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s environmental policies. The letter, titled a “Declaration of Dissent,” accuses the Trump administration of undermining the EPA’s mission of protecting the environment by promoting “harmful deregulation” and showing”disregard for scientific expertise.” The document, which was released…
The Fourth of July is usually filled with festive, fun activities for humans: hot dogs, hamburgers, parades, beer and the beach — but for dogs, the Fourth is filled with fireworks and fear. Last year, around July 4, I heard the snap, crackle and pop, pop, pop of impromptu fireworks. What did I hear next?…
Washington — There’s no filibuster in the House, but Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries essentially conducted one anyway as the House debated President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” before it passed on Thursday. Jeffries held the House floor for more than eight hours, taking his “sweet time” with a marathon floor speech that delayed passage of Republicans’…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport a group of migrants with criminal records held at a U.S. naval base in Djibouti, clarifying the scope of its earlier order that lifted restrictions on removals to countries that are not deportees’ places of origin. The high court’s…