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5/17: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News Kentucky, Missouri and Texas hit with deadly storms; Chicken pie shop owner’s rise from dishwasher to head honcho Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

President Trump ripped into Walmart, saying on social media Saturday that the retail giant should “eat the tariffs” instead of blaming the duties on imported goods imposed by his administration for its increased prices.Walmart on Thursday warned that everything from bananas to children’s car seats could increase in price despite the softer tariffs on China.”We can control what we can control,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said on the company’s first quarter earnings call Thursday. “Even at the reduced levels, the higher tariffs will result in higher prices,” he added.The price hikes are expected to go into effect later this month.As…

Close-up photo of pinback button with text reading Reagan, Let’s Make America Great Again, for Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential election campaign. Smith Collection/Gado/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images hide caption toggle caption Smith Collection/Gado/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images Have some sympathy for the headline writers and TV chyron composers trying to describe what’s happening on Capitol Hill right now. Should they just call it the “budget bill” (yawn) or the “mega bill” (one eye opens) or the “gargantuan package deal”? Many simply succumb and adopt President Trump’s phrase “one big, beautiful bill” — the latest testament to his knack for marketing…

Chicken pie shop owner’s rise from dishwasher to head honcho – CBS News Watch CBS News Moffett’s Chicken Pie Shoppe serves up its signature dish with a giant helping of nostalgia. Its owner, Juan Garcia, began his journey washing dishes and, with the support of his family, purchased the business. Carter Evans has the story. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the phone Saturday with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to get a readout on the latest talks, as the U.S. tries to determine whether Russia is “tapping us along” in efforts to end the war in Ukraine.”We talked about a variety of things,” Rubio told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” in an interview airing Sunday. “I wanted to get his readout on his view of how the talks went yesterday. They were not a complete waste of time.”The phone call between the countries’ top diplomats occurred a day after Moscow and Kyiv…

The Government Accountability Office, which falls under the legislative branch, has rejected DOGE’s efforts to embed staffers at the agency. Government Accountability Office/GAO hide caption toggle caption Government Accountability Office/GAO When the Department of Government Efficiency comes calling, it typically starts with an email. That often includes a request to embed DOGE staffers to learn more about what the agency does and review its inner workings. In response to a DOGE staffer’s May 13 message asking “to discuss getting a DOGE team assigned to the agency,” the Government Accountability Office’s response was straightforward. “Today, we sent a letter to the…

An incident involving former NFL player Antonio Brown is being investigated by police after viral video of a fight in Miami on Friday was posted online.Officiers originally responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the area of Northeast 2 Avenue and 67 Street, according to Miami police. When officers arrived at the location, it was where a boxing event hosted by popular streamer Adin Ross was taking place.Brown wrote this on social media platform X on Saturday morning that he was attending the boxing event Friday night when several people allegedly tried to rob him.”I was jumped by multiple individuals who…

The following is the transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that will air on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on May 18, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN:  And joining us now is Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Rome. Mr. Secretary, you’ve had a very busy week. I know you have been at the Vatican, and they have offered to host a direct meeting between Ukraine and Russia. Given that Vladimir Putin was a no show at the talks he called for in Istanbul this past week, is there reason to believe that he will take up Pope…

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is seen during a press conference on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Bondi’s Department of Justice recently charged a few noncitizens for alleged illegal voting, citing assistance from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Last October, at a library in Boynton Beach, Fla., Yelyzaveta Demydenko went with her mom and stepdad to vote for the first time. Demydenko, who’s 22, told a federal investigator that she voted in the presidential election “because she wanted to make a difference.” Her mother, Svitlana, also voting for…

Disastrous systems sweeping across the Midwest have left at least 21 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in southeastern Kentucky.The storms were part of a weather system Friday that killed seven in Missouri and also spawned tornadoes in Wisconsin, left several hundred thousand customers without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a punishing heat wave to Texas.Kentucky slammed by devastating tornado, mass casualty eventIn Kentucky, some 14 people have been killed by severe weather – including a devastating tornado – in Kentucky, and the death toll is likely…