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6/29: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News GOP Sen. Thom Tillis says he won’t seek reelection after clash with Trump on budget bill; Pair of owls become San Francisco celebrities Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

June 24, 2025 A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics. Ad Policy Sins of the father: Drop Dead City, a documentary about the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, is an entertaining watch, but codirector Michael Rohatyn’s determination to burnish the myth of his father, Felix, (right) as the “man who saved New York City” leaves it a long way from reliable history.(NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images; UPI / Bettmann Archive / Getty Images) Drop Dead City, a documentary about the 1975 New York…

Washington — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday that he won’t seek reelection in 2026, hours after President Trump threatened to back a primary challenge against him when he refused to support his massive spending and tax bill which he dubbed the “big, beautiful bill.””It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election,” Tillis said in a statement Sunday. He noted that he hasn’t “been excited about running for another term,” citing the choice between “spending another six years navigating the political theatre and partisan gridlock in Washington” or spending time with his family.The…

Legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas dies – CBS News Watch CBS News D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame horse trainer with 15 Triple Crown race wins, has died. He was 89. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., announced Sunday that he will not run for reelection following a series of attacks by President Trump over Tills’ decision to vote against a massive GOP-written tax and spending bill. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection next year. Tillis was one of the most high-profile Republicans to say he could not support President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” Republicans’ massive tax and spending bill, in its current form. Trump on social media had attacked him as “a…

Washington — The Senate is debating President Trump’s massive tax bill Sunday ahead of what’s expected to be a marathon overnight session as the chamber efforts to pass the centerpiece legislation of Mr. Trump’s second term agenda.The House narrowly passed the bill last month, and Senate Republicans have since been working to put their mark on the legislation, treading carefully so as not to throw off the delicate balance in the lower chamber. The House will need to approve the Senate’s changes to the bill before it can head to the president’s desk for his signature. And lawmakers are moving…

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now.  We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The…

Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, on Sunday condemned what he described as an “outrageous” pressure campaign by the Trump administration amid a federal investigation into the University of Virginia, which led to the resignation of its president, Jim Ryan.”This is the most outrageous action, I think, this crowd has taken on education,” Warner told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “We have great public universities in Virginia. We have a very strong governance system, where we have an independent board of visitors appointed by the Governor. Jim Ryan had done a very good job; just completed a major capital…

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of VirginiaRep. Michael McCaul, Republican of TexasScott Gottlieb, former FDA commissionerRafael Mariano Grossi, director general of International Atomic Energy AgencyAmir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United NationsClick here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: Putting last week’s dramatic military strikes aside for a moment, President Trump turns his focus to getting his Big Beautiful Bill through Congress.President Trump warned his party Saturday that refusing…

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP KYIV — Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which added that one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots was killed in the attack. Air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat told NPR on Sunday it was the largest air attack in terms of the number of weapons used. In a statement on social media, the air force said Russia used 537 drones and missiles…