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Four senior officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political interference in the agency’s scientific work, particularly regarding vaccines.Two of those — Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s Chief Science and Medical Officer, and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases — stepped down on Wednesday, hours after the White House announced the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez.Monarez, confirmed by the Senate in late July, was removed less than a month into her tenure. White House spokesman Kush Desai…

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the aftermath of a landslide in Wrangell, Alaska in November 2023. U.S. Coast Guard via AP hide caption toggle caption U.S. Coast Guard via AP When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. “We’re on an island, and there’s one road, and everybody that lived south of that road lost everything — they lost their electricity, internet, television, phones,” says Cindy Sweat, the general manager of KSTK, the community’s public broadcaster. What was left, Sweat says,…

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a judge on Thursday to bar top Trump administration officials — including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi — from making “baseless public attacks” against their client, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year.The motion was filed in Nashville federal court less than a week after Abrego Garcia was released from pre-trial custody — only to be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and processed for possible deportation just days later. Abrego Garcia is now in the custody of ICE, though a Maryland judge has blocked…

Politics / August 28, 2025 The best counter to Trump’s authoritarianism is a renewed commitment to secure full representative democracy in Washington. Ad Policy Members of the National Guard patrol at the National Mall on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong / Getty Images) The District of Columbia is not a state. It’s the legally enigmatic, underrepresented, and officially disempowered creation of a federal government that has a history of neglecting the needs and the potential of the nation’s capital city. Now Donald Trump has taken full advantage of this circumstance to flood Washington with heavily armed soldiers…

A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased in his belief that at least one of the men was in a gang.U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman issued the order for a new trial for Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who were found guilty in October 2024 of obstruction of justice through witness tampering. The ruling marks the latest setback for prosecutors in a case that…

Jim O’Neill has been chosen to serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source familiar with the matter confirmed Thursday — one day after the CDC’s Senate-confirmed leader was ousted.A former tech investor, O’Neill currently serves as deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, working under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.CBS News has reached out to the White House for comment.He will take over the CDC after a tumultuous 24 hours for the Atlanta-based public health agency. Susan Monarez was terminated by the White House on Wednesday after just weeks on the job, leading…

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled on Thursday that administration official Kari Lake had overstepped in firing the director of Voice of America. In this photo, Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, in February in Oxon Hill, Md. Jose Luis Magana/AP/FR159526 AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP/FR159526 AP A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Trump administration official Kari Lake can’t unilaterally fire the director of Voice of America, saying she’s breaking the law in trying to do so. Instead, by law, Lake must have the explicit backing of an advisory panel set up…

How to find work-life balance How to avoid burnout and find work-life balance 04:09 The social upheaval caused by the pandemic sparked a national conversation about the sacrifices of American workers and the proper balance between work and life. Then we moved on.  An April study by career services firm Glassdoor found that employee mentions of burnout have surged 32% since early last year and are now at their highest level since 2016. Such evidence of persistent stress on the job is perhaps no surprise given that the U.S. ranks No. 59 in an analysis of work-life balance in different countries, according…

Politics / August 28, 2025 The president’s targeting the Federal Reserve governor over a technicality is blatantly politically motivated. Ad Policy Lisa Cook is sworn in during a Senate Banking nominations hearing on June 21, 2023, in Washington, DC.(Drew Angerer / Getty Images) The day after President Donald Trump declared that he intends to unseat Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the White House unfurled a giant banner emblazoning Trump’s visage across the front of the Labor Department. Below it was the legend “American Workers First!” This latest foray into dictator branding was clearly meant to burnish Trump’s image in a…

CBS News Live CBS News Texas Live Mark Teixeira, whose 14-year MLB career began with the Texas Rangers, announced Thursday he is running for Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.Teixeira will run as a Republican in the 21st Congressional District, which covers parts of the San Antonio and Austin suburbs and much of the Hill Country and cities like Fredericksburg and Kerrville.”As a proud Texan and lifelong conservative who loves our country, I’m ready to fight for the principles that make Texas strong and America exceptional,” Teixeira said in a statement.Teixeira made his Major League debut with the Texas Rangers…