Shortages of pilots, flight attendants and gate agents threaten to unravel fall and winter travel plans in the U.S., after a turbulent summer, airline unions say. There’s been a surge in fliers, according to the aviation industry, since COVID-19 concerns continue to subside. The unions spoke at a CBS News …
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One year after President Biden announced the end of America’s war in Afghanistan, the administration has yet to release its after-action reports on the end of the U.S. military presence in the country and its chaotic non-combatant evacuation after President Ashraf Ghani’s government collapsed and the country fell to the …
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A leading veterans advocate who is now sick from toxic exposure after overseas deployments in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, will not benefit from the recently passed PACT Act, according to medical records reviewed by CBS News. The legislation’s title is an acronym for “Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics,” …
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Kiawah Island, S.C. – Normally when President Biden is looking for a little R&R, he heads home to Delaware — having done so dozens of times already this year. But on Wednesday, he’s coming back to this quaint beach town, a spot less familiar to Americans who’ve tracked his …
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Washington — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against three dozen people who are accused of orchestrating health care fraud schemes across the country, with laboratory owners and company executives among those accused of ordering unnecessary or fraudulent medical tests and equipment worth $1.2 billion. The defendants are accused of …
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President Biden on Friday announced 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and former Senator John McCain are among those receiving the award posthumously. The awards will be presented at the White House Thursday, July …
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NEW YORK – A court appointed expert released a draft of new congressional maps for New York state. The maps would help Republicans by creating five districts that lean GOP and at least four others where Republicans would be competitive. The reworked maps also change the equation in Democratic districts. …
Read More »President Biden is looking at different options to forgive an unspecified but substantial amount of federal student loan debt — a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters and financially strapped students nationwide, but is a departure from campaign pledges to provide limited relief. The president shared …
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Washington — Marvin Richardson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), is being replaced, U.S. officials tell CBS News. It’s unclear when the change will be announced. For now, the leading candidate to replace Richardson is a U.S. attorney, the officials said. Richardson was …
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Henry Cuellar, a U.S. representative from Texas, is not the target of a federal investigation, his attorney Joshua Berman told CBS News Wednesday. Cuellar’s home and campaign office were raided in January, but he denied any wrongdoing. “The Justice Department has informed me that Congressman Cuellar is not a target …
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