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President Donald Trump is pictured walking to Marine One to depart the White House in May, with the Washington Monument in the background. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Trump said he is considering taking over the police force of Washington, D.C., after a former member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was injured in an attempted carjacking over the weekend. “He went through a bad situation to put it mildly, and there’s too much of it. We’re going to do something about it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval…

Inside Trump’s tariffs against India Inside Trump’s tariffs against India for buying oil from Russia 03:09 Washington — President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday imposing an additional 25% tariff on goods from India because it continues to buy oil from Russia.The announcement by the president comes just a week after he said he would be slapping a 25% tariff on imports from India, as well as an unspecified “penalty,” because of its purchases of Russian military equipment and energy. The additional tariff are set to take effect in 21 days, according to the directive. The latest action brings…

Politics / August 6, 2025 The Florida migrant gulag is what happens when the depravities of colonialist foreign policy are turned inward. Ad Policy A Florida Highway Patrol officer looks on as protesters gather to demand the closure of the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 22, 2025.(Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images) They’re calling it “Alligator Alcatraz”—a sprawling migrant detention center deep in the Florida wetlands, surrounded by flood zones, razor wire, and a sense of menace. Crawling with both literal and governmental predators, it…

Washington — President Trump and Apple announced a new $100 billion commitment by Apple to boost manufacturing in the U.S.”Today, Apple is announcing it will invest $600 billion…in the U.S. over the next four years,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday afternoon. “That’s $100 billion more than they were originally going to invest. And this is the largest investment Apple has ever made in America.”He said the investment would create 20,000 new jobs at Apple and said the tech giant planned to build a smart glass manufacturing line in Kentucky.Mr. Trump called the investment “a significant step toward the ultimate goal of…

The Trump administration said Wednesday it was sanctioning Mexican musician Ricardo Hernández, known as “El Makabelico,” over allegations that the artist was laundering money for a drug cartel.The move comes after the administration has stripped the visas of some of Mexico’s most famous musicians, targeting those whose genres often explore themes related to cartels.The U.S. Treasury Department accused Hernández, a musician they refer to as a “narco-rapper,” of being associated with the Cartel del Noreste, CDN, an evolution of the former Zetas Cartel. According to the department, he laundered money for the criminal group through concerts and events. The CDN…

Politics / Hiding in Plain Sight / August 6, 2025 Stephen Miller’s dystopian immigrant-hunting system is picking up pace, and asylum seekers like Mohamed Naser are increasingly vulnerable. Ad Policy Fifty-year-old Libyan asylum seeker Mohamed Naser was detained in a privately run immigrant detention facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, an eight-hour drive from his home.(Andrea McCormack) Three weeks ago, Helen Parsonage, a North Carolina immigration attorney, received a call from a Greensboro community member informing her that unidentified government agents were trying to grab an immigrant father of five from out of his home. The man the agents wanted to arrest…

On Oahu’s North Shore, where powerful Pacific swells crash into some of the world’s most dangerous beaches, an elite team of lifeguards stands between thousands of visitors and tragedy.Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguards patrol 43 towers across the Hawaiian island, but none face more treacherous conditions than those along the seven-mile stretch home to the legendary Banzai Pipeline.”It’s been said … if you were able to harness the energy from a single wave, it could light up the city of Honolulu for a week,” said Lt. Dave Wassel, a 20-year veteran. “If you’re in the wrong place, wrong spot, that wave…

CBS News Live CBS News Texas Live Some of the Texas Democrats who left the state in protest of a redistricting bill were temporarily evacuated Wednesday from their Chicago-area hotel after a bomb threat, according to one of the representatives.”Early this morning, a bomb threat forced us to evacuate our hotel. Thankfully, no one was harmed,” said state Rep. Ann Johnson in a statement. The hotel is in St. Charles, Illinois, west of Chicago. The St. Charles Police Department said first responders “conducted a thorough search and no device was found.” “In response to the threat, 400 people were immediately evacuated and…

Kari Lake, who is overseeing the U.S. Agency for Global Media, holds up a photo of the Voice of America newsroom as she testifies during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the future of the agency on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The conflict over Voice of America’s future is coming to a head as a federal judge demands answers from Kari Lake, who is overseeing its federal parent for the Trump White House. The stakes were sharpened Monday when Michael Abramowitz, the director of the government-funded…

Washington — Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday announced a bid for Tennessee governor, pledging to make the state “America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next.””Trump is back, America is blessed and Tennessee — better than ever,” Blackburn said in a video announcement Wednesday. “Here in the Volunteer State, we always lead the way. And that’s why I am announcing my candidacy for governor.”Blackburn came to the Senate in 2019, after representing Tennessee in the House since 2003. Her 2018 Senate bid gained added national attention when Taylor Swift, who had previously stayed out of politics, criticized Blackburn’s…