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Cracking open a cold one could cost you more this Labor Day. That’s the message in a new digital ad that will be released this holiday weekend by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.”This Labor Day, Republicans are making the price of beer soar,”  the ad reads in white lettering over a beer can.     The DCCC is launching the five-figure ad buy in 35 districts it says are “in play.” The ads will run on Instagram and You Tube and are aimed at young men between the ages of 18 and 44 – a demographic that proved pivotal in the 2024…

FILE – A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, June 22, 2025 Kwiyeon Ha/AP hide caption toggle caption Kwiyeon Ha/AP COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. In a lengthy written statement, the U.S. State Department confirmed that the deputy chief of mission in Copenhagen, Mark Stroh, had met with Danish foreign ministry officials. It declined to comment “on the actions of private…

Artificial intelligence is replacing entry-level workers whose jobs can be performed by generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a rigorous new study finds.  Early-career employees in fields that are most exposed to AI have experienced a 13% drop in employment since 2022, compared to more experienced workers in the same fields and when measured against people in sectors less buffeted by the fast-emerging technology, according to a recent working paper from Stanford economists Erik Brynjolfsson, Bharat Chandar and Ruyu Chen.The study adds to the growing body of research suggesting that the spread of generative AI in the workplace is likely to disrupt…

Politics / August 26, 2025 The Maine oyster farmer embodies the populist energy that Americans have been looking for. He’s the best candidate to defeat Republican Senator Susan Collins. Ad Policy Graham Platner.(Graham for Maine) “I did four infantry tours in the Marine Corps and the Army. I’m not afraid to name an enemy. And the enemy is the oligarchy. It’s the billionaires who pay for it, and the politicians who sell us out.” Graham Platner delivers these lines in the video announcing his out-of-nowhere campaign against Maine’s Republican senator, Susan Collins. In the viral clip, Platner is leaning casually…

The Department of Homeland Security has begun moving detainees out of a controversial, state-run immigration detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” days after a federal judge ruled that parts of the facility must be dismantled.The detainees are being transferred to other immigration detention centers, DHS said in a statement Wednesday, blaming a court order from an “activist judge” that it called “another attempt to prevent the President from fulfilling the American people’s mandate to remove the worst of the worst.””DHS is complying with this order and moving detainees to other facilities. We will continue…

The Powerball jackpot is approaching the $1 billion mark for Saturday night’s drawing.It’s at an estimated $950 million after no tickets came up winners for Wednesday night’s jackpot of roughly $850 million — the game’s sixth-largest ever at the time. Those winning numbers were 9, 12, 22, 41, 61 with a Powerball of 25.The estimated cash value of Saturday night’s pot of gold is $428.9 million. Wednesday’s had an estimated cash value of $383.7 million, Powerball said.  All the totals are before taxes are taken out. Jackpots can grow as more and more tickets are gobbled up.The $950 million grand…

Classes began this week for students at the University at Buffalo, a public research university in western New York, but there were about 750 fewer international students on campus than expected. The new students who did make it gathered for a welcome from the school’s dean of students. “We know you have had to overcome hurdles to be here – especially this summer, with visas,” Tomás Aguirre told the assembled students, representing more than 100 countries. “And I just wanted you to know that we are so glad you were able to make it.” The sentiment was common among the…

Washington — Whether in Washington, D.C., or back in their home states, Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten of Michigan and Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee are constantly on guard. “Mr. Burchett and I are both people of strong faith, so I can say I put faith over fear every single day, and I continue to do this job,” Scholten told CBS News when asked if she feels safe.”No, I don’t feel safe. But my head is on a swivel all the time,” Burchett added. “Trust, but verify.”Nearly 9,500 threats and concerning statements were made against Congress in 2024, according to U.S.…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense.  I’m Jon Wiener. later in the show: ‘Huckleberry Finn’ is America’s great anti-slavery novel, but there’s a secret behind it: Mark Twain wasn’t always anti-slavery and anti-racist; in fact he fought, briefly, for the Confederacy. Adam Hochschild will explain how Twain changed his mind.  But first: Trump’s strategy in sending the National Guard to Chicago – and ours.John Nichols will comment – in a minute.[BREAK]Trump is threatening to send the National Guard into Chicago soon. Of course, that’s illegal and unconstitutional, but what’s his long-term strategy here – and…

Susan Monarez, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted from her role less than a month after the Senate confirmed her to lead the public health agency, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.It’s not clear why Monarez was removed from the job. She was confirmed by the Senate in a party-line vote in late July, after previously serving as the agency’s acting head starting in January.On Monday, Monarez had to cancel an agency-wide meeting because she had been summoned to Washington, D.C., according to CDC officials.The Department of Health and Human Services later confirmed…