Benjamin Leon Jr. hustled to a White House security checkpoint Wednesday night. He was running late for a dinner recognizing financial backers of President Trump’s new ballroom construction project. Secret Service officers waved Leon and his wife through. Once inside, Leon, a wealthy Florida businessman and Mr. Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Spain, joined an…
October 17, 2025 Associated Press / news@whmi.com Ford is recalling more than 290,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the rearview camera system may not display images properly in certain lighting conditions, which could increase the risk of a crash. The recall includes certain 2020-2022 F-250 SD, F-350 SD, and F-450 SD vehicles. The National Highway…
Washington —John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Trump in his first term, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified information shared with two relatives in “diary-like entries” across a seven-year span. Bolton appeared at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was expected to…
Knopf We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In her posthumous memoir, “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” (to be published by Knopf on Oct. 21), Virginia Roberts Giuffre wrote about her experience being recruited at age 16 into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring,…
For the first time in more than 60 years, CBS News will close out the week without a workspace in the Pentagon after declining — along with nearly every major news organization — to sign onto new press requirements that reporters’ associations say could infringe on their First Amendment rights. CBS News had radio correspondents…
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.) Hosted by Jane Pauley Virginia Giuffre (center) is seen in a file photo with Britain’s Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. Rex Features COVER…
Washington — President Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday, a day after Mr. Trump had a long call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and announced that the two leaders will meet in Budapest. Zelenskyy is asking Mr. Trump for more military aid as the war with Russia continues. Long-range…
8m ago A history of government shutdowns: The 14 other times funding has lapsed since 1980 A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to approve funding for federal agencies. Before 1980, agencies largely continued operating during a lapse in funding with the assumption that Congress would act quickly. But in 1980 and 1981, then-Attorney…
As a reporter, you see a lot of strange things. You witness the most dramatic and traumatic parts of other people’s lives. You count on being able to control how it all affects you. But you never expect investigating someone else’s past will lead you back into your own. And that’s exactly what happened to…
An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him fleeing from the country into hiding. His ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were taking power…