After missing its own January 2022 deadline, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday announced its long-delayed side-impact crash-test standard for child car-seats. “Side-impact collisions cause serious injuries and deaths in young children each year,” said NHTSA Administrator Dr. Steven Cliff. “By establishing more comprehensive testing requirements, we …
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror threat bulletin Tuesday warning that online forums harboring domestic violent extremist content and conspiracy theories have encouraged copycat attacks in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Analysts from DHS’ Office of Intelligence & Analysis …
Read More »Hunter Biden’s legal and investigative operation has been conducting forensic tests on a MacBook Pro the president’s son lost track of in 2019, providing CBS News with what it says is the first public photo of that once missing laptop. A team led by Kevin Morris, an entertainment lawyer best …
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President Biden on Tuesday declared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions “genocide,” the first time he’s publicly invoked the phrase since Putin began his deadly assault on Ukraine. Mr. Biden has previously accused Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine. Mr. Biden made the remarks about Russia’s actions during a speech in …
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The Biden administration on Monday unveiled the president’s budget proposal for 2023, totaling more than $5.7 trillion in spending and including a new tax on billionaires as the president looks to lower the deficit moving forward. In it, President Biden lays out his priorities for the coming year, which could …
Read More »Iowa may have trouble holding onto its status as the first state to weigh in on the Democrats running for president, if a new draft proposal by the leaders of a powerful Democratic Party committee gains support. The proposal, which was circulated Monday, outlines three criteria for selecting up to …
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The Defense Department’s investigation into the attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans at the Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport in August found that “a single explosive device” was responsible, according to CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie. On Friday, the Pentagon released its report on …
Read More »Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge mounted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy against the lower chamber’s pandemic-era rules for voting by proxy, allowing the practice to continue. McCarthy and Congressman Chip Roy, a Republican from Texas, asked the high court in September …
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Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday, December 14 to speak to lawmakers. Representative Cori Bush, a Democrat from Missouri, said she spoke to Jolie about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). “She’s so informed,” Bush told CBS News’ Nikole Killion. Bush tweeted that she is …
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A report on Maricopa County’s 2020 election ordered by Arizona state Senate Republicans and presented to them on Friday affirmed the results of the state’s certified election: President Joe Biden won Arizona. The report is similar to a draft report that was obtained by CBS News on Thursday night. The …
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