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Months before President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was forced to abandon his re-election campaign, his top White House aides debated having him undergo a cognitive test to prove his fitness for a second term but ultimately decided against the move, according to a forthcoming book.The account illustrates the degree to which Mr. Biden’s top aides harbored deep fears about how voters viewed his age and mental acuity. The book, “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,” by Tyler Pager of The New York Times, Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal and Isaac Arnsdorf of…

At least one person was killed and “multiple” others were in critical condition on Sunday after a family barbecue in Houston erupted in gunfire, police said.Officers received calls reporting a shooting just before 1 a.m. local time on Cherryhill Avenue, in the southeastern part of the city, said Assistant Chief Patricia Cantu of the Houston Police Department. The officers arrived minutes later to find ongoing gunfire and multiple victims, who were relocated to a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant to be assessed and transported to local hospitals.The incident began after midnight when an “uninvited guest” arrived at the family…

When former Idaho State Trooper Dan Howard called 911 from his home in Athol, Idaho, on the night of Feb. 2, 2021, he was crying so much that it was hard to understand what he was saying. “My wife … she shot herself,” Dan Howard told the operator. “She’s in the bathtub dead … I go upstairs and she’s dead. She’s dead … she’s gray, she has no pulse, nothing … she’s cold.”Dan Howard later told authorities that he had been downstairs and heard something hitting the floor upstairs. Dan Howard said that when he went upstairs over an hour…

Samples of insects that agricultural specialists look for when inspecting flowers for harmful pests are seen at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on February 7, 2024. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images As the Trump administration marches forward with its plan to dramatically slash the federal workforce, agencies are bidding farewell to employees who have agreed to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September. But at least one agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is already scrambling to fill some of…

What is correct is that the president’s war on academia has focused intensely on the Ivy League, the richly endowed collection of eight schools, most founded in the colonial era, that cost $90,000 or more a year, send a disproportionate number of graduates into America’s leadership class and accounted for less than 1 percent of the nation’s undergraduate enrollment in the fall of 2022.Mr. Trump’s attacks on this elite group — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania — have endeared him to his political base. He is withholding, or threatening to withhold, billions of…

Trump’s AI photo of him as pope sparks worldwide outrage – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s attempt at papal humor sparked worldwide outrage on Saturday. With the conclave just days away, the White House released an AI-generated photo of him in full pope attire. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Activism / April 29, 2025 Trump supporters may think they’re hardcore, but they seem to be afraid of op-eds, books, and history they can’t even bear to read. Ad Policy Tom Morello and Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine perform as part of a free concert at Finsbury Park on June 6, 2010, in London, England.(Christie Goodwin / Getty Images) I saw Rage Against the Machine in concert at a packed Capitol One arena in Washington, DC, in 2022. Lead singer Zack de la Rocha performed the show in a wheelchair, because he’d shattered his ankle on…

Seven months before fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s water managers were formulating a plan to revive an old reservoir to temporarily boost the area’s limited water capacity.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was exploring the option because the neighborhood’s main reservoir — the Santa Ynez Reservoir — had been taken offline as a result of a torn cover, which officials had begun preparations to repair early in 2024. The repair project was still months away from completion this January when the fire broke out, and with the reservoir empty, firefighters ran…

5/3: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News Warren Buffett steps down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, says Greg Abel should be successor; Kentucky distillery defies historic flooding and reopens for “Derby Week” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The United States imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts on Saturday that could sharply raise prices for new and used vehicles as well as for repairs and insurance.The latest tariffs, which President Trump ordered in March as part of his plan to promote domestic manufacturing, come after the 25 percent levies on imported cars that took effect in early April.This second round of duties on imported parts will have a broader impact because even cars made in the United States often have engines, transmissions, batteries or other components produced in other countries.The administration said on Tuesday that the…