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Incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the center-right Social Democratic Party Luis Montenegro gestures while addressing his supporters following Portugal’s general election, in Lisbon on Monday. Armando Franca/AP hide caption toggle caption Armando Franca/AP LISBON — Portugal’s third general election in three years has failed to deliver the result that could break the worst spell of political instability for decades in the European Union country of 10.6 million people. Sunday’s vote delivered another minority government for the center-right Democratic Alliance, which will be at the mercy of opposition parties. The significant rise in support for the hard-right populist party Chega…

5/12: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins Margaret Brennan as America’s relationship with Israel faces a serious stress test this week, with a new U.S. report that says it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel violated international law in its war with Hamas. Plus, a story about how a group of special operations veterans helped a fellow service member’s family get their mother out of war-torn Gaza. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now…

Democrats are acting more like a bickering political science department than an opposition party. Ad Policy Ken Martin, chair of the DNC, speaks to reporters during a press conference.(Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File) As the political press lit up last week with new revelations about the extent of former President Joe Biden’s physical and cognitive decline, the Democratic Party moved with alacrity to bolster the conditions that enabled Biden to dodder his way into a second Trump term. In the wake of the 2024 election debacle, seemingly chastened party leaders flirted with the idea of adopting a…

The Trump administration will pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Trump supporter who was shot and killed while in the mob breaching the House Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021.    Outgoing U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger confirmed to CBS News he was informed that the Justice Department has agreed to make the payment to Babbitt’s family to settle its wrongful death claim.Manger told CBS News he learned of the settlement amount “a few weeks ago” and the same day sent a message to the entire force expressing his dismay.”I told them I was…

Video shows escaped New Orleans inmates walking through French Quarter – CBS News Watch CBS News New surveillance video shows two of the inmates who escaped an Orleans Parish jail last Friday walking through New Orleans’ French Quarter. Seven of the 10 inmates who escaped are still at large. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 12, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP The luxury Boeing 747 gifted to the U.S. government by Qatar is standing by at the San Antonio, Texas, airport, awaiting a specialized overhaul from a defense contractor so that President Trump can use it as the next Air Force One. It’s not clear how quickly the plane — which touched off a firestorm of ethical, legal, political and security concerns just ahead of Trump’s trip to the Middle East last week — will be ready…

Washington — The Senate is expected to take a key procedural vote Monday evening on a crypto regulation bill after Democratic opposition tanked an initial attempt to advance the measure earlier this month amid concern over ties between the digital asset industry and the Trump family.The first-of-its-kind legislation, known as the GENIUS Act, would create a regulatory framework for stablecoins — a type of cryptocurrency tied to the value of an asset like the U.S. dollar. After the measure advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee with bipartisan support in March, Senate GOP leadership first brought the measure to the…

May 19, 2025 And that reality has caused the president of the United States to lose it. Ad Policy (Shirlaine Forrest / Getty Images; Win McNamee / Getty Images) It will come as a surprise to no one that Donald Trump has never liked Bruce Springsteen. Nor will it shock anyone familiar with the 47th president’s thin-skinned responses to even the mildest rebukes that Springsteen’s righteous determination to speak truth to power—most recently by decrying “an unfit president and a rogue government” that has “no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American”—would stir Trump’s ire. Still,…

A manhunt for the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet entered its fourth day on Monday, as officials increased the reward for the capture of the fugitives.Seven of the 10 men remained at large, officials said. A spokesperson for the Louisiana State Police said in an emailed statement to the Associated Press that the agency was unable to provide details about the scope and target of the investigation for security reasons. The spokesperson added that a multiagency task force was scouring the region for the remaining fugitives.In a separate statement, Louisiana Attorney…

Washington — House Republicans plan to move ahead with a vote this week on the legislation containing President Trump’s second term agenda, which includes spending on tax cuts, as well as border security and defense priorities. But fractures in the GOP conference appeared to persist over the weekend, despite the legislation’s movement out of committee, throwing its passage into question.”There’s a lot more work to do,” House Speaker Mike Johson told reporters late Sunday. “But I’m looking forward to very thoughtful discussions, very productive discussions, over the next few days — and I’m absolutely convinced we’re going to get this…