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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial continues next week in New York City. His ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura wrapped up her testimony Friday after four days on the stand.The hip-hop mogul is accused of running a criminal enterprise since at least 2004 that manipulated women into participating in commercial sex acts with him, and sometimes male sex workers, during what prosecutors described as drug-fueled parties called “freak offs.”Combs has been jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn since his arrest last September. He faces five counts from four different women, including Ventura. So far, jurors heard from a former security manager at…

A backlot on the Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles is built to look like New York City. Seinfeld shot here in the 1990s. Eilish M. Nobes/Radford Studio Center hide caption toggle caption Eilish M. Nobes/Radford Studio Center On a Hollywood backlot in Los Angeles, you can find a replica New York City street — complete with a diner, a newsstand, brownstones, a bodega and a subway entrance. It’s part of the Radford Studio Center, a sprawling production hub in Studio City. In 1928, silent film actor and director Mack Sennett built the studio on what was once a lettuce…

Why Trump’s budget plan is hitting resistance from his own party – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s domestic policy bill hit a major snag after conservatives blocked it from advancing out of the House Budget Committee. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports and Marc Goldwein joins for analysis. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Hiding in Plain Sight / May 16, 2025 Ad Policy The motorcade of President Donald Trump is parked next to an almost 13-year-old Qatari Boeing 747 on the tarmac of Palm Beach International airport on February 15, 2025.(Roberto Schmidt / AFP) If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a president accepts a half-a-billion-dollar bribe in broad daylight and no one in his party objects, is it still corrupt? The answer to both questions is “yes.” If there’s any such thing as objective truth, then the acceptance…

Horse racing excitement is set to continue tonight when the second part of the Triple Crown launches at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes, also known as the annual run for the Black-Eyed Susans, comes just two weeks after the season kicked off with the Kentucky Derby. The winner of that May 3 race, Sovereignty, will not be partaking in Saturday’s race, eliminating the chance for a Triple-Crown winner this year. Still, excitement is high for this year’s Preakness Stakes as nine horses are set to hit the track. Do you want to know how, where and when…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is “not ready” for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News— as FEMA contends with staff cuts and a push by President Trump to eliminate the nation’s disaster relief agency.The powerpoint presentation was created after FEMA’s new acting leader, David Richardson, ordered the agency to review hurricane preparedness, with storm season roughly two weeks away. In a series of slides, dated May 12, FEMA identified apparent problems at the disaster relief agency, including a need to “refocus on its core mission while preparing for the 2025 Hurricane Season.””As FEMA…

President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East. There were opulent palaces, fighter jet escorts, a parade of camels and much more. It was exactly the kind of pomp that makes Trump, with his love of a gold-plated lifestyle, envious. His focus, he said, was on securing money and deals for the United States. The Gulf states obliged, trying…

At least five people died and authorities were searching from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis.The storms Friday afternoon tore roofs off buildings, blew out windows, ripped bricks off siding and yanked up trees and power lines. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said more than 5,000 homes were affected and about 100,000 customers remained without electricity on Friday night.”The loss of life and the destruction is truly, truly horrendous,” Spencer said. “It truly is a hard night for many, many people and many, many families…

The former president’s stubbornness and narcissism led to disastrous Trump victory. Ad Policy Reaping what they sowed: Biden and Harris at Trump’s inauguration.(Saul Leob / AFP via Getty Images) Democrats have long needed an honest reckoning with Joe Biden’s failed presidency, which ended with his humiliating decision to abandon his reelection bid at nearly the last possible moment in July 2024—which in turn led to a hobbled campaign by Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump’s return to the White House. A disaster on that scale calls for at least some self-reflection. When dealing with a collective entity such as a political…

Snippets from a 2023 interview that led Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur to describe former President Joe Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” were obtained and published by Axios Friday, showing Biden’s halting tone of voice and difficulty remembering dates.CBS News has confirmed the audio matches the transcript of the interview released by the Biden White House in 2024.In one four-minute clip, Biden was asked by Hur’s team — which was investigating Biden’s handling of classified records — about where he kept his documents shortly after leaving office as vice president. Biden’s response is marked by…