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The building at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan was evacuated on Thursday afternoon following reports of an unknown white powder.The FDNY said a call came in just before 4 p.m. saying the powder was reported found in the mailroom on the ninth floor of the building, which is home to the Department of Homeland Security and the New York City field office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, among other agencies. First responders and hazmat units were on the scene with four minutes, authorities said.”Today’s event was under control almost immediately, without incident,” Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz…

In the more than three years of fighting in Ukraine, Russia now controls about 20% of Ukraine’s eastern territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly said the meeting taking place between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage Friday should include no discussion of land swaps to end the war. To help set expectations for the face-to-face, “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson talked to Richard Haass, a former diplomat who has worked in several administrations. Source link

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump talk during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in Danang, Vietnam on Nov. 11, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Trump has made no secret that he wants to be the one to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, touting his relationship with President Vladimir Putin as giving him the means to do so. Now, as the two leaders prepare to meet face to face in Anchorage, Alaska, their history adds to the intrigue. Trump said he’ll…

Federal prosecutors said Thursday they would seek the death penalty against a Washington state woman accused of fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in January after she was indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge.Teresa Youngblut, 21, is accused of fatally shooting David Maland on Jan. 20 in northern Vermont. Police say she opened fire on agents during a traffic stop, sparking a shootout that also left her companion, Felix Bauckholt, a German national, dead.Youngblut initially faced federal firearm charges and was ordered held without bail in January.  On Thursday, prosecutors announced that…

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in June made the 33-year-old state legislator from Queens more than just the party’s nominee to lead the nation’s largest city. For a Democratic Party desperate to reclaim political momentum, Mamdani’s laser-like focus on affordability issues offered a clear path forward. The Ugandan-born immigrant who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor also managed to overcome many of the wrenching, personality-based pitfalls of New York politics by projecting an accessible, enthusiastic, and joyful determination to open up conversations and heal past electoral divisions—an approach that starkly contrasts with Donald Trump’s…

Washington, D.C., police officers will now be able to assist federal immigration authorities by sharing information about people who are not in police custody and by transporting federal immigration agents and detained individuals, according to a new order signed by Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith and published Thursday.The order represents a shift from the Metropolitan Police Department’s previous policy, which limited cooperation between the department and federal immigration authorities. D.C. law still prohibits local law enforcement in the nation’s capital from sharing information about people being held in D.C. custody with immigration officers.Smith’s order does not alter the current D.C.…

new video loaded: Fact-Checking Trump on EpsteinBy Linda Qiu, Claire Hogan, June Kim and Zach Wood•August 14, 2025For the most part, President Trump has ignored questions about Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender who paid teenage girls for sex. He has brushed off the matter as a “hoax” without elaborating, and he has tried to deflect by attacking his political enemies. But there are a few instances when the president did address questions about Epstein. Here’s an assessment of some of those claims.Recent episodes in PoliticsShow more videos from Politics Source link

A hiker died in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park after being bitten by a venomous snake, officials said Thursday. Grundy County Emergency Management Agency personnel were dispatched to a trailhead in the park around 12:30 p.m. local time on August 8, agency director Matthew Griffith told CBS News in a statement. The unidentified hiker was about half a mile down the trail when first responders, including fire and rescue workers, EMS members and park rangers, arrived. Griffith said a witness reported the man had picked up a snake, and the reptile then bit him on the hand. The snake is believed to…

Ben Meiselas in his home studio in Los Angeles. His left-leaning media outfit MeidasTouch has surged in Donald Trump’s second term, appealing to progressives outraged by the president. Maggie Shannon for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maggie Shannon for NPR Ben Meiselas is pacing in front of his home in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles, talking on the phone with one hand, a Starbucks coffee cup in the other. He wraps his call. He has 588 unread text messages. But he’s thinking about something else: his frenetic YouTube schedule. “We will have already had a video…

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is working to make inroads with Latino voters ahead of the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election, releasing her first Spanish-language radio ad on Thursday.The former congresswoman addresses rising costs, telling voters in Spanish, “I know what it’s like for families today. I got things done to lower costs. That’s what I’ll do as governor, too.” Democrats across the country are working to regain the Latino support the party lost in the 2024 elections. President Trump made inroads with Latino voters both nationally and in key battleground states in the last election, outpacing Vice President Kamala Harris among Latino men.…