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Eye on America: Mental health support for veterans, sustainable leather alternatives, and more – CBS News Watch CBS News We highlight possible solutions to help veterans struggling with mental health. And we go inside innovative companies developing animal-free and sustainable alternatives to leather. Watch these stories and more on Eye on America with host Michelle Miller. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

For those taking part in the Washington social whirl leading up to the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, it is helpful to know a few basic facts: There will be ample canapés and cocktails, and the occasional broken glass, at the parties before the big night; there will be plenty of television anchors, reporters and talking heads holding forth on current events; and, inevitably, you will run into Bill Nye, the science guy.Mr. Nye, a Georgetown resident and affable advocate for all things scientific, was a fixture at the festivities in advance of Saturday’s dinner, which has been buffeted…

President Trump flew briefly this weekend into a European continent he has thrown into chaos in recent months, paying respects to Pope Francis at his funeral, but also meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a critical moment that may decide both the country’s boundaries and its fate.Mr. Trump was on the ground in Rome for about 14 hours, and left immediately after the services for the pope in St. Peter’s Square, stopping only for handshakes or greetings with a few of the presidents, prime ministers, royals and religious leaders who came to the ceremony.It was a startlingly fast…

A federal judge says a 2-year-old Louisiana girl and U.S. citizen may have been deported to Honduras this week with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process, according to court documents obtained by CBS News. In an order Friday, Judge Terry Doughty for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana wrote there was a “strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.” When Doughty sought Friday afternoon to arrange a phone call with the mother of the girl, identified in court documents as “V.M.L.,” Justice Department lawyers informed him that…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and President Trump talk as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP VATICAN CITY — President Trump met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican Saturday morning, right before attending Pope Francis’ funeral.  Trump has been working to broker peace talks to try to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. His last meeting with Zelenskyy in February abruptly ended after they argued in front of television cameras and Trump criticized Zelenskyy for being ungrateful for U.S. aid. The…

On the night of the 2024 presidential election, Ken James, a retired engineer from Calgary, Alberta, was at his second home in Palm Springs, Calif., watching with dismay as the results rolled in.Mr. James, 68, called his wife back in Calgary. “If he gets back in, I’m selling,” he recalled her saying of Donald Trump.Mr. James is among hundreds of thousands of Canadians, many of them snowbirds, who each year flock to Palm Springs, a sunbaked resort city about 110 miles east of Los Angeles that is known for its midcentury architecture, otherworldly desert and art scene. For nearly five…

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to federal murder and stalking charges at his arraignment Friday in Manhattan federal court. He is accused in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. The murder charge is eligible for the death penalty, which Attorney General Pam Bondi said prosecutors will seek in Mangione’s federal trial, which is likely to start in 2026. Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in NYC federal murder caseMangione’s court appearance drew a crowd of onlookers to the courthouse in Lower Manhattan.     Federal prosecutors indicted him last week on two counts of stalking, a firearm offense and murder through the…

Politics / April 25, 2025 In his first three months in office, Trump’s ire has been particularly ferocious on two policy areas: immigration and higher education. Ad Policy Protesters hold signs as they march toward the White House during a “Hands Off!” protest of President Donald Trump’s policies and executive actions in Washington, DC, on April 19, 2025.(Richard Pierrin / AFP via Getty Images) Over the last three months, the Trump administration has taken a blowtorch to constitutional limits in two policy areas in particular—that of immigration and that of the federal government’s relationship with institutions of higher education. On…

Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41.Ms. Giuffre (pronounced JIFF-ree) died by suicide, according to a statement by the family. She wrote in an Instagram post in March that she was days away from dying of renal failure after being injured in an automobile crash with a school bus that she said was traveling at nearly 70 miles per hour.In the…

4/21: CBS Evening News Plus – CBS News Watch CBS News How the world is mourning Pope Francis; Reporter’s Notebook: Pope Francis’ parable on accepting others Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link