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8/25: CBS Evening News Plus – CBS News Watch CBS News Breaking down the Coast Guard’s massive $500 million drug busts; Reporter’s Notebook: When economic data outruns the narrative Source link

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan is facing another bout of legal pushback, as state Republicans filed an emergency petition asking the California Supreme Court to block a November special election on the proposal.Named Proposition 50, the redistricting measure, signed into law last week, would overhaul California’s congressional map to make five GOP-held districts more favorable to Democrats. The move is being framed by Newsom and state Democrats as a direct response to Texas Republicans redrawing their own maps — under pressure from President Trump — to create five extra GOP-leaning districts.But opponents argue that California’s plan violates the state…

President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, in an escalation of Trump’s campaign to assert more control over the central bank. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook Monday, escalating his campaign to exert more control over the central bank. In a social media post, Trump said he was dismissing Cook in response to allegations from a Trump ally that she had made false statements on a mortgage application. Under federal law designed to insulate the central bank from political pressure, Fed governors can…

8/25: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Armed National Guard troops seen in D.C. as Trump weighs where to send them next; Rare “Wizard of Oz” artifacts acquired by Library of Congress Source link

Activism / August 25, 2025 The husband, father, and union worker from Maryland is risking indefinite incarceration in Uganda to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. Ad Policy Kilmar Ábrego García and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, enter an ICE field office on August 25, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Baltimore—On Monday at 6:30 am, hundreds of people gathered outside the ICE field in Baltimore to be there with Kilmar Ábrego García and his family as he entered the building to face almost certain federal detention. The headlines say that Ábrego García will…

President Trump said Monday he has fired Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors — a dramatic move after months of public attacks against the central bank.The president announced Cook’s removal from the Fed board in a letter posted to Truth Social that accused Cook of making false statements on mortgage documents, actions he claimed were “gross negligence” and “potentially criminal.” Mr. Trump had previously urged Cook to resign, leading the economist to say she had “no intention of being bullied to step down from my position because of some questions raised in a tweet.”The move is an…

SpaceX for a second day scrubbed the test launch of its huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket on Monday due to weather conditions.It was expected to be the program’s 10th test flight, a milestone mission to put corrective upgrades through their paces after three catastrophic failures earlier this year.A successful flight would help restore confidence in the gargantuan rocket amid growing concern a moon lander variant being built for NASA may not be perfected in time for a planned 2027 landing and possibly not before the Chinese mount their own piloted moon mission at the end of the decade.But in the near term, SpaceX’s goal…

Under Chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC has launched investigations into NBC and ABC News. John McDonnell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption John McDonnell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America The nation’s chief broadcast regulator is, once more, at the center of President Trump’s culture war after the president launched a social media barrage Sunday night against ABC and NBC. While the Federal Communications Commission has historically operated with a degree of independence from U.S. presidents, its new chair, Brendan Carr, has muscularly followed Trump’s lead. Carr has launched formal reviews of nearly all the major broadcast networks — ABC,…

Ex-Mexican cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia on Monday pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his role as a co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, including drug trafficking, gun offenses and money laundering.Zambada pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of running a continuing criminal enterprise, the Justice Department said. He had originally pleaded not guilty, but last week federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing that he intended to change his plea. The Associated Press reported that in brief remarks in a court hearing Monday, Zambada apologized for his actions.”I recognize the great harm illegal…

Politics / August 25, 2025 Trump’s former national security adviser is a very hateable figure. But he still needs defending from the president’s lawlessness. Ad Policy John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home, as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Maryland.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) As a matter of principle, we must fight injustice even when its victims are personally unsympathetic. And never has anyone fit that description more than John Bolton. Bolton has been for decades one of the most repulsive figures in the American foreign policy elite. He is almost…