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Erin has strengthened into a powerful Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday. The hurricane is not forecast to hit land, but strong winds are affecting nearby islands, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides. The storm will eventually swerve away from the continental United States, the Miami-based hurricane center said. Erin began as a tropical storm, became a hurricane Friday and quickly intensified overnight Saturday. Here’s how the storm became so powerful. What is rapid intensification? On Friday morning, Erin was only a tropical storm. It underwent rapid intensification, which means the storm’s maximum sustained winds strengthened…

Washington — Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and President Trump’s former rival on the presidential campaign trail, said Friday that if Mr. Trump secures an end to the war in Ukraine without Kyiv ceding territory to Russia, she would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize herself. Clinton made the comments on the podcast “Raging Moderates” with Jessica Tarlov, as Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska to discuss a possible end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. “Honestly, if he could bring about the end to this terrible war, where Putin is the aggressor, invading a neighbor…

President Donald Trump, right, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP/AP Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about the Aug. 15 meetings between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage. Eight pages, that appear to have been produced by U.S. staff and left behind accidentally, shared precise locations and meeting times of…

President Donald Trump said he will meet with Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday afternoon to discuss an agreement “which would end the war” between Russia and Ukraine. The Truth Social post came about half a day after Mr. Trump met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Mr. Trump said the meeting with Putin “went very well.” He also said the meeting was followed by a “late night phone call” with Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO. The call took place around 2:40 a.m. ET.”It was determined by all…

Politics / August 15, 2025 The symbolism of the Border Patrol’s gratuitous display wasn’t lost on the leadership of the Japanese American National Museum, where the event was held. Ad Policy The US Border Patrol produced a show of force outside the Japanese American National Museum where California Governor Gavin Newsom was holding a redistricting press conference on Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.(Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) We’ve seen flashes of Trump administration fascism all over the country recently, from his takeover of the Washington, DC, police department and his National Guard deployment there to the ongoing…

After a hearing in the D.C. U.S. District Court Friday, the Justice Department agreed to remove its newly named D.C. emergency police chief and to rewrite a directive ending District of Columbia rules limiting cooperation between its police and federal immigration authorities.The District of Columbia sued the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier in the day. D.C. alleges her efforts to scuttle the District’s “sanctuary” rules curbing local police cooperation with immigration authorities during the federal police takeover are illegal. Late Thursday night, Bondi named Terry Cole, the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, emergency police chief in Washington,…

8/15: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Everything we know about the high-stakes summit between Trump and Putin; WWII veteran fulfills vow to conduct a band on 100th birthday. Source link

Accompanied by California and Texas lawmakers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in support of the Texas Democratic lawmakers for their walkout to block a vote on a congressional redistricting plan sought by President Donald Trump, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday Aug. 8, 2025. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats in California’s state legislature have released a proposal for a new congressional map that could give their party up to five new seats. It’s a major step forward for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plans and the escalating race between the two major…

Democrats unveiled a proposal Friday that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year.The plan calls for an unusually timed reshaping of House district lines to greatly strengthen the Democratic advantage in the state ahead of midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending the party’s fragile House majority. It amounts to a counterpunch to the Texas Republicans’ plan to take five Democratically held seats and redraw them to favor the GOP at the urging of President Trump as he tries to avoid losing control…

Politics / August 15, 2025 Trump compels his followers to endorse obvious lies. It’s accelerating the country’s descent into authoritarianism. Ad Policy Military personnel chat on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2025.(Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images) It was 8 pm, humid, and I was by myself, across the street from where my kids went to elementary school, banging a large metal spoon against a pot. I was alone, because I had gotten the address wrong for a pots-and-pans demonstration against Donald Trump’s military occupation of Washington, DC. What I missed was a cacophonous community…