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The leaders of India and Kazakhstan recently made unusually direct remarks to the Russian president about ending the war At a heavily scripted summit in Central Asia recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to break from the choreography momentarily to chastise President Vladimir ...

Political party committees can continue accessing discounted television and radio advertising rates, thanks to the Supreme Court on Friday, handing Republican campaign organizations a victory ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The order comes as campaigns prepare for the November midterm elections and could allow party committees to stretch their advertising dollars further. The decision also follows a separate Supreme Court ruling that removed limits on coordinated spending between...

A Pennsylvania judge on Friday ruled that a Green Party candidate be removed from the ballot after the state party sued, alleging the hopeful was a "spoiler candidate to distract progressive voters." Andrew Tupone had filed a petition to run for the state's 7th Congressional District as a Green Party candidate to take on Democratic nominee Bob Brooks and incumbent Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), but voter records showed Tupone was registered as a Republican for years and regularly voted in GOP ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump granted clemency this week to 30 people, including Emory Jones, a longtime associate of rap mogul Jay-Z, White House "pardon czar" Alice Marie Johnson posted on Friday. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and William Mallard Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

Marcia Kramer joined CBS News New York in 1990 as an investigative and political reporter. Prior to CBS2, she was the City Hall bureau chief at the New York Daily News. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing questions about the city's use of an encrypted messaging channel to send information to social media influencers. A report from the Initiative for Policy Dialogue says the mayor's office uses the encrypted messaging app Signal to communicate with a group of over 200 social media ...

At least 45 Republican lawmakers are also reportedly planning to skip the two-day convention. First lady Melania Trump will reportedly not attend next week's Republican Party midterm convention in Dallas, adding to a growing list of prominent figures also expected to be skipping the event. A White House official told The Independent on Friday that the first lady is not expected to appear at the two-day event, aimed at bolstering the GOP's chances in the midterm elections. The news was first...

Nevada Democratic election chief says Trump administration hit his office with seven DOJ subpoenas Nevada Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar accused the Trump administration on Friday of flooding election offices with demands ahead of November after his office confirmed it received seven voter-related Justice Department subpoenas over the "last three months." "The right to vote is written clearly in the constitution, and we cannot take that right away without the highest confidence...

Ecuador has defended a US operation this week that sank three vessels accused of sustaining drug-trafficking operations in the Eastern Pacific. Ecuador's government said on Friday the interception and sinking of the Ecuadorian vessels were part of joint investigations ⁠with Washington targeting drug-smuggling activities linked to criminal gangs. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Reimberg told broadcaster Teleamazonas the vessels were refueling...

Follow live updates in the trial. The judge in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury woman charged with murder in the killings of her three young children in 2023, was about to declare a mistrial in the case on Friday after jurors again said they were deadlocked, but granted Clancy's defense attorney one hour to appeal the decision to the state's highest court. Read the petition that was filed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Catherine Carlock can be reached at ...

A former police officer in North Texas was ordered to serve three consecutive life sentences in prison after investigators found him in possession of over 300 videos and images of children being sexually abused, according to a statement from Johnson and Somerville Counties' district attorney. Former Itasca Police Department Officer Daniel Joseph Bates was convicted Wednesday of possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor after a civilian set him up in an entrapment ...

Direct hit on SBU headquarters in Kyiv targeted intelligence chief; airline suspends Moscow flights after Zelenskyy warning. What we know on day 1,655 Two ⁠US peace negotiators ⁠will visit Ukraine ⁠on Sunday after visiting ⁠Moscow, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on ⁠Friday. Ukraine's president said Kyiv would guarantee the safety of Russian airspace during the visit of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow, after which they are expected to travel on to Kyiv. He called on Russia to also ...

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet's need to maintain its editorial independence. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President Donald Trump. ruled that the journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their First Amendment free speech rights. He said...

Section chiefs in the antitrust division were also instructed to provide lists outlining areas of cooperation with Canada NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The antitrust division was directed earlier this week to pause all work with the Canadian government as the trade dispute between the neighboring nations intensifies, according to a report. The chief of the antitrust division's international section, Lynda Marshall, ordered officials on Wednesday to halt all cooperation on cases...

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice to reveal the masterminds behind the now-dead $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund intended to compensate people who claim the federal government improperly targeted them in investigations. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis ruled that the DOJ must turn over the names as part of a lawsuit challenging the fund, which Attorney General Todd Blanche has since said is canceled. Recommended Stories "Who came up with it? That's what ...

A U.S. naval blockade has prevented Iran from shipping any oil from the Persian Gulf since July.View more DUBAI -- By squeezing the Strait of Hormuz, both the U.S. and Iran expected to outlast their foe, believing time would work in their favor. Now, it looks like the trend is moving against ...

ICE has arrested 380 Haitian illegal immigrants in Springfield, Ohio: Mullin Federal immigration officers have arrested 380 Haitian citizens in the small city of Springfield, Ohio, following the conclusion of a federal program that had allowed illegal immigrants from the Caribbean nation to avoid deportation. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced during a roundtable event in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday afternoon that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested hundreds...

Jack Fink covers politics for KTVT-TV CBS 11 and has been with the station since September 2003. Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is dismissing criticism by President Trump and Republicans just as he's likely to face more of it in the coming days and weeks. In an interview with CBS News Texas last Sunday, Talarico didn't go after the President, but sought to attract those who voted for him two years ago. "There's a lot of people in our state, including a lot of the...

The president failed to mention that he reached out to Apple directly to ask for the name change. President Donald Trump said Friday his political organization could spend $400 or $500 million dollars on the midterm elections amid growing skepticism from GOP operatives the president will significantly support their efforts. "I have close to a billion dollars in the super PAC and I'm allocating probably four or five hundred million dollars," he told reporters in the Oval Office. "We're going...

Americans who may be planning a trip to Libya are being urged to reconsider those plans, as the U.S. State Department has issued its strongest possible travel warning. The department recently updated Libya's Level 4 "Do Not Travel" advisory, warning Americans not to visit the country for any reason due to crime, terrorism, health concerns, unrest, kidnapping and landmines. The overall advisory level did not change. "Do not travel to Libya for any reason," the advisory states. The State ...

A man on Staten Island survived a lightning strike last week, and Friday, the kind stranger who helped him was honored. On Aug. 27, Thomas Fahmy was walking back to his car on Todt Hill Road in Castleton Corners after a dentist appointment. He was walking near a tree on the sidewalk when he says he saw a bright white flash. Video from Stefanie Homan's front door shows the lightning strike and Fahmy falling to the ground. "The initial sensation throughout my body was numbing, tinglingness,...

An Indian state has given taxi and tuk-tuk drivers one more year to learn the local language after a new rule making it mandatory sparked protests. Transport officials in the western state of Maharashtra had begun testing drivers' ability to conduct basic conversations in Marathi, the state's official language, on 20 August. Those who failed were given a month to learn the language, after which they risked having their licences suspended or cancelled. The government said the requirement was...

Joe Buczek is manager of digital content and promotion at CBS Detroit. He previously worked at WWTV, the Grand Traverse Insider, the Leader and the Kalkaskian, the Oakland Press and the Morning Sun. A Chinese national accused of operating an international human trafficking ring in Macomb County will spend years behind bars. Jingyu Jin, 46, was sentenced Thursday to 40 months to 20 years in prison after pleading no contest in July to conducting a criminal enterprise, Michigan Attorney General...

New Jersey Democratic Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell is reportedly the subject of internal investigation over allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women and potential ethics violations. The probe was launched by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill's office and is being led by former New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino, according to multiple outlets. Porrino's team is currently interviewing witnesses and complainants and is probing whether Caldwell inappropriately offered people state...

A 9-year-old boy shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old boy on the city's South Side Friday afternoon, police said. The 9-year-old was inside a residence on the 5200 block of South Wells Street in the Fuller Park neighborhood with a firearm when he fired one shot and struck the 13-year-old just after 4 p.m., according to Chicago police. The 13-year-old was transported to UChicago Medicine in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, police said. One handgun was recovered on...

Washington -- Some of the highest-ranking officials in the U.S. military were subjected to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping leak probe after highly sensitive classified details about the nation's stockpiles of sophisticated weapons were reported in the media, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News. President Trump was furious about the leaks, according to three of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. A very small set of people had access to the classified details...

Mladic's body arrives to full military honours in Serbia | AJ Shorts The European Union's enlargement chief Marta Kos has cancelled her upcoming visit to Serbia over what she called the "glorification" of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic following his death. Kos took to X on Friday to condemn the "glorification surrounding his death", saying it "is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built". Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Mladic's body was flown from The...

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states begin sending out mail ballots. The preliminary injunction from U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani replaces a temporary order she granted blocking the Postal Service's plan. The Trump administration had already asked the...

Tom Ignudo is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Before he joined CBS Philadelphia in 2021, Tom covered high school and college sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covers breaking news, sports and more. A crash on Black Horse Pike in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, left a 54-year-old man dead and two others injured early Friday morning, police said. The crash happened just after midnight in the area of South Black Horse Pike and East Malaga Road, according to ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. -- Republican Michele Tafoya is trying to leverage her celebrity from a long career reporting on the sidelines of sporting events to propel her to the U.S. Senate. It won't be easy. A flyer handed out at her Minnesota State Fair booth says she's "stepping off the sidelines" to ...

The mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the 36-year-old Massachusetts mother who killed her three children, sets up the possibility of another trial in a matter that has sown division and drawn attention to postpartum mental health. Clancy admitted to killing her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, by strangling them at home in 2023. And the jury was asked to decide whether she should be held legally responsible for her actions. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued that...