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View of the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino. Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images Apple and Google on Thursday removed apps that alert people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby following pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi. Critics of the tech giants capitulating to the Trump administration say it shows the sway President Trump has over Silicon Valley in his second term. Apple said it yanked an app called ICEBlock from its app store after the “safety risks” of the app were made known to…

Bowling Green, Ohio — To show power and dominance, a lot of colleges use real animals as mascots to fire up the crowd at football games. Bowling Green State University in Ohio is no exception, only their warrior guide is more Fancy Feast than terrible beast.Pudge, Bowling Green’s 3-year-old Persian cat, attends every home game. His mere presence is like catnip for their dogged fans. Bowling Green’s football players say Pudge has become a phenomenon.”There’s thousands of people there just to see a cat,” one player told CBS News. Pudge, a 3-year-old Persian cat, and the new mascot for the…

Politics / October 3, 2025 Trump’s attacks on alleged drug boats are illegal acts of murder. But too many Democrats are shying away from calling the president out. Ad Policy Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on September 30, 2025.(Hu Yousong / Xinhua via Getty Images) Pity the nation where John Yoo is the voice of reason. Yoo, of course, is one of the most notorious of the many national security ghouls who served in the George W. Bush administration, where he used his legal expertise to write in 2002 the so-called “torture memos” that sought to…

Trump asks SCOTUS to review citizenship order Trump administration to ask Supreme Court to decide on naturalized citizenship, reports say 01:52 Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision and became the latest court to determine the Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional. In a 100-page ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the injunction of a district court in Boston and ruled in favor of plaintiff states and against the Trump administration and an executive order the president signed his first week in office to end birthright citizenship. Other cases challenging the president’s…

When the government shuts down, many federal workers go without paychecks, whether they are deemed essential and required to show up for work or whether they’re furloughed for the duration of the shutdown. Such employees are by law entitled to back pay once a funding agreement is reached, but independent contractors who sell goods or services to the U.S. government are not similarly protected. Dan Koh, the former chief of staff at the Labor Department under President Biden, recently said on his podcast that workers employed by companies that have contracts with the government are hurt in a shutdown. According to Koh, that’s…

A statue of President Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein holding hands returned to the National Mall on Thursday, in full view of the U.S. Capitol. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A statue of President Trump skipping hand-in-hand with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has returned to D.C.’s National Mall, over a week after it was abruptly removed in the pre-dawn hours. The bronze-painted statue, originally titled Best Friends Forever but since renamed Why Can’t We Be Friends?, turned heads when it appeared in front of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23. Its plaque celebrates…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he ordered a fourth strike on a small boat in the waters off Venezuela, according to a social media post.”Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike,” which “was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics — headed to America to poison our people,” Hegseth said in a post on X, which included a video showing a boat being destroyed at sea.In his post, Hegseth said that “our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics,…

Society / StudentNation / October 3, 2025 At a time when our politics is openly hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, communities like New Ways Ministries are offering a vision of religion not as judgment but as sanctuary. Ad Policy Sister Jeannine Gramick marching alongside individuals at Prague Pride for faith and inclusion, holding a banner that reads “LGBTQ věřící” (“LGBTQ believers”). (New Ways Ministries) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here.…

  42m ago Judge sees no basis for departure from sentencing guidelines Subramanian said that advisory guidelines suggest a sentencing of 70-87 months in jail. Combs may also face fines. The judge said he did not see a basis for departure from sentencing guidelines, and said he will make sure to impose a sentence that is sufficient but not greater than those recommendations.  —Alice Gainer, Kerry Breen https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/diddy-sentencing-hearing/#post-update-173b579c   45m ago Prosecution calls for accountability and justice The prosecution asked that Combs be sentenced to more than 11 years, or at least 135 months, in prison. The sentencing is about…

  Updated 43m ago Senate expected to vote again Friday afternoon Senate Minority Leader John Thune of South Dakota speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2025. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images The Senate is expected to hold several votes Friday afternoon, including another round of procedural votes on the House-passed Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 and a separate measure from Democrats to fund the government through October. Both measures include security funding for lawmakers and other federal officials, but the Democratic measure would also make expiring Affordable Care Act…