Voters on Tuesday will be casting ballots in U.S. state and local elections with an injection of presidential-level politics, including a pair of competitive races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, the mayoral race in the nation’s largest city and a ballot measure in California that Democrats are counting on for next year’s elections…
Washington — The contours of a potential deal to reopen the government began to emerge on Tuesday as the shutdown was poised to become the longest in history, with senators discussing an agreement that would fund the government alongside long-term appropriations bills in exchange for a vote on extending health insurance tax credits that Democrats…
A Customs and Border Patrol Agent testified in federal court on Tuesday that a sandwich “exploded all over him” after a D.C. man threw a sub-style sandwich at him during an expletive-filled rant in protest of President Trump’s federal policing crackdown and National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital this summer. Sean Dunn, who was…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84 – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84. He was a major force in the Republican party for more than 30 years and served as vice president under former President George W. Bush. CBS News’ Major Garrett…
An Indigenous woman’s remains were discovered last week in a remote part of Washington state, five years after she went missing, authorities said. An investigation into Mary Johnson-Davis’ death is still ongoing, and her tribe as well as the FBI have offered a $60,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to the identification, arrest…
The U.S. Department of Transportation may need to close “certain parts of the airspace” if the government shutdown continues into next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. “You will see mass flight delays, you’ll see mass cancellations,” Duffy said at a press conference in Philadelphia. “And you may see us close certain parts of…
Tesla shareholders are voting this week on whether to award CEO Elon Musk a new pay package potentially worth up to $1 trillion over a decade, with some prominent investors in the electric car maker criticizing the compensation plan. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, which holds a stake in Tesla, on Tuesday said it would vote against…
Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits provided through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will go out only when Democrats vote to end the ongoing government shutdown. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote that SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which…
Denny’s, the breakfast chain known for classic diner food and its Grand Slam Breakfast, is going private in a $620 million deal orchestrated by a group of investors. The deal, announced Monday, values the chain at $620 million, including debt. The investors purchasing the company are private equity investment company TriArtisan Capital Advisors, investment firm Treville…
A California man is telling a miraculous survival story after disappearing for nearly three weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountains. “It was me and God every night,” Ron Dailey, 65, told “CBS Mornings,” speaking about how he leaned on his faith while stranded in the sprawling mountain range in harsh conditions and without much sustenance….