Author: Benjamin Hughes
Presidential campaigns ramp up as protests continue
Presidential campaigns ramp up as protests continue – CBS News Watch CBS News Democrats are rallying behind President Biden’s response to pro-Palestinian protests, while Republicans pounced on Biden’s position. Speculation is also increasing over who Trump will pick as his running mate. Skyler Henry reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
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Trump campaign woos donors at Florida retreat, says Biden is running “Gestapo administration”
Palm Beach, Florida — The Trump campaign told donors at a private GOP retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, that $76 million was raised in April between the campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to two sources who were present for the briefing. The retreat brought together wealthy GOP donors and potential vice presidential contenders
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Gov. Kristi Noem says “I want the truth to be out there” after viral stories of killing her dog, false Kim Jong Un claim
Washington — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said on Sunday that she’s “not retracting anything” after facing backlash for stories about killing her young dog and a false claim about meeting with Kim Jong Un, although she said the latter story will be adjusted in her book. “I’m so proud of this book and what
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Black men in Georgia were crucial to Biden’s 2020 victory. Can he keep the momentum in 2024?
James Butler, a Black, 42-year-old Atlanta-based Democrat, is planning on casting his ballot for President BIden in November — but he isn’t so enthusiastic this time around. “I guess it’s the best we got,” he said about the 2024 election. Butler’s not alone among Black voters in Georgia in his lack of enthusiasm in voting
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Bernard Hill, actor known for “Titanic” and “Lord of the Rings,” dead at 79
Actor Bernard Hill, known for his roles in “Titanic” and “Lord of the Rings,” died early Sunday, family members confirmed. Hill was 79. He was with his fiancée and his son when he died, his agent Lou Coulson said. The actor’s career began in 1974, with roles in several TV shows. One of Hill’s most
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Madonna’s biggest concert brings estimated 1.6 million to Rio’s Copacabana beach
Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro’s vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which kicked off in October in London. The “Queen of Pop” began
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When and where you can see the Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak
Get ready for one of the best meteor showers of the year, astronomy fans: the Eta Aquariids are about to peak, according to NASA. The shower will peak overnight on Sunday into Monday, though meteors from the shower will be visible throughout the week, NASA said. The peak is happening near a new moon, which
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Long-delayed Boeing Starliner ready for first piloted flight to the International Space Station
Years behind schedule and more than a billion dollars over budget, Boeing’s Starliner capsule is finally poised for its first piloted launch Monday, a critical test flight carrying two veteran astronauts to the International Space Station and in so doing, demonstrate an alternative to SpaceX’s already operational Crew Dragon. While SpaceX has launched 50 astronauts,
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Ingenuity, NASA’s “little ‘copter that could” (and did!)
In 2020, NASA’s Perseverance rover launched for Mars with a stowaway: a tiny drone, created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The drone, named Ingenuity, was likened to a Wright Brothers’ plane on Mars, making the first flight on another planet. The entire drone had to be very light, because Mars has only
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