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Mike Huckabee condemns 'despicable act of terror' against Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, urges full investigation and imprisonment of attackers
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that she would prefer to keep sanctions pressure on Russia after President Trump waived sanctions on the country that were enacted through a bill Graham championed. Trump signed an executive order Friday waiving sanctions on Russian energy, passed under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. The...
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, condemned what he called a “vicious” and “cowardly” attack on a Washington Post photojournalist in the West Bank. The U.S. envoy shared a statement to the social platform X, calling for a full investigation into an attack by a group of Israeli settlers on Palestinians in Israel’s West...
President Trump’s new executive order on Friday evening sparked a new wave of bipartisan backlash to his administration’s recent easing of Russian sanctions. The order halted the implementation of new penalties on Russia set to go into effect under a sweeping legislative package signed into law by the president last month. It followed Trump’s controversial...
We all love our pets and wish they could be around forever. Michael George shows us how one artist has made a career out of immortalizing pets as works of fine art.
Mr. Trump heightened a battle with Mr. Zelenskyy on Friday (October 16, 2026) when he signed an executive order that waived sweeping U.S. sanctions targeting Russia’s energy revenues
Over the weekend, Masad clarified that OpenAI would replace Anthropic as its default model provider. Claude will still be available to customers on the platform.
In 2024, Elon Musk promised to give away $1 million a day to a randomly selected registered voter in a swing state. That prompted legal challenges, raised questions about its legality, and drew lawsuits from two Arizona residents claiming the lottery was a fraud. Musk has now agreed to settle the two lawsuits filed in Austin, Texas, though the details of the settlement have not been made public...
The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by International Rescue Committee CEO and Fmr. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Fmr. Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and “Unreliable Boyfriend” Author Chrystia Freeland and Northwell Health Presi...
Lawmakers from both parties blasted the executive order late Friday, the latest in a series of steps that the Republican president has taken drawing the United States closer to Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Northwell Health President and CEO Dr. John D’Angelo tells Bloomberg This Weekend that the traditional US health care model is unsustainable and that improving affordability will require a greater focus on wellness, prevention and chronic disease. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Lisa Mateo, D’Angelo discusses workforce shortages, the financial pressures facing nonprofit hospitals and how AI ...
CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue that previously went to payment intermediaries.
After nearly three decades as a bankruptcy judge, Sarah Sharer Curley writes about the legal process in her new book, "The Price of Forgiveness."
Several GOP lawmakers criticized President Trump’s move to exempt Russia from the sanctions bill he signed law last month, with Sen. Thom Tillis (R- N.C.) calling the move "beyond irresponsible." Trump signed an executive order Friday evening to waive sanctions against Russia in a legislative package that was meant to put pressure on the Kremlin...
Terez founder and CEO Zara Terez Tisch tells Bloomberg This Weekend how the growing number of women sports fans is creating new demand for fashionable team apparel and expanding opportunities for her company across professional sports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Berkshire Hathaway shares are at their highest level since Warren Buffett told shareholders at the May 2025 annual meeting he planned to step down as CEO at the end of that year.
International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband tells Bloomberg This Weekend that cuts in US and European aid are weakening the humanitarian response as conflicts and other crises intensify around the world. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Miliband discusses conditions in Ukraine, Yemen and Sudan, the challenge of containing disease outbreaks and the potent...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged supporters on Saturday to speak out in defence of new U.S. sanctions against Russia, hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing a sweeping package of restrictions targeting the Russian economy.
Elon Musk tells biographer Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that the fizzled DOGE experiment, which the SpaceX and Tesla CEO once headed, proved there's "no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government." "The only way we're going to solve the national debt is with AI and robots," Musk tells the author for a new podcast series, " The Builders with Walter Isaacson ," p...
US President Donald Trump has waived a further slate of sanctions related to Russian fossil fuel sales, days before they were to take effect under a bill he signed into law last month. The waiver announced in an executive order Friday comes as Trump increasingly feuds with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and cracks appear in Washington’s support for Kyiv in its four-year-old war against...
The Trump administration’s plan to put a coat of white paint on the exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building would diminish the historic character of the 19th-century landmark, according to a draft environmental assessment published Friday. "The unpainted exterior granite walls, including their natural detail (e.g., grey and pink hues), were hand-selected by the...
An investigation forces the resignation of a U.S. ambassador, a family dog braves the Yellowstone wilderness, and a celebrity gets into a public feud with a New York City shop.
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is fighting back against the Trump administration’s search of her home earlier this week – disputing its legality and demanding the return of her property seized by federal agents. Omar’s attorneys sent a letter Friday, obtained by CNN, to prosecutors at the Justice Department, saying, “This vindictive, retributive, and politically motivated criminal investigation int...
Paysend CEO Ben Chisell limits AI tools to top performers as other U.K. companies push broader workplace rollouts.
Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa is betting that his Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.’s acquisition of IDBI Bank Ltd. will pay off given India’s growth prospects, the Economic Times reported.
Trump signs executive order waiving new Russia sanctions, tariffs Gulf News
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that waived sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia's energy revenues after signing them into law last month.
Investigation launched into alleged official collusion in human trafficking Thai PBS World
President Trump signed an executive order Friday evening to waive sanctions against Russia set to take effect soon under a recently signed legislative package. The president officially signed the sanctions package into law last month, which was posthumously dedicated to the late Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.). The legislation sought to put pressure on the Kremlin...
President Donald Trump waived sweeping new sanctions against Russia passed by Congress, arguing in an executive order Friday that the move “is in the national interests of the United States.”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest. Named after late South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, the measure had sought to clamp down more quickly on the flow of financial resources fuelling the war against Ukraine. The move comes a week...
Trump’s executive order comes as he has been warming towards Russia.
The Trump administration is escalating its fight with California ahead of next month's midterm election, warning that local officials who process and tabulate ballots submitted by suspected noncitizen voters are putting themselves at risk of criminal investigation and potential prosecution.
OpenAI's ChatGPT platform violated California law in advising a man on treatment for his mental health struggles, according to a lawsuit.
ABC News contributor Don Mihalek discusses the bystander credited with stopping the suspected gunman and ongoing investigations.
Andrew Benin, CEO of Graza, said the company’s appeal starts with the quality of its olive oil, while its squeezable bottle helped make the product approachable and popular. Benin emphasized sourcing transparency: bottles identify the oil’s origin, varietal, harvest season, bottling date and best-by date, while the brand aims to deliver a consistent peppery, flavor-forward profile despite agric...
A US congressional committee has released details of investigations into dozens of researchers, many of them Chinese-American, revealing the scale of government scrutiny sweeping academia over alleged links to China. The documents – running to hundreds of pages – were released alongside a separate report by the House Select Committee on China. Titled “How to Stop China’s Theft of Taxpayer-Funde...
Ray Blanchette, CEO of TGI Fridays, says the restaurant aims to stand out in casual dining through value, quality food and attentive service. He identifies food, service and atmosphere as the priorities for attracting customers, with a renewed focus on scratch cooking and bringing energy back to the business. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Officials in Bend, Oregon, held a news briefing Friday after a deadly shooting at an elementary school, giving new insight into how the gunman was stopped. Three students and one teacher died. CBS News senior crime reporter Anna Schecter has more.
Trump administration loses bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey from lawyer group's lawsuit Reuters
A D.C.-based ethics watchdog group that accused Katie Zacharia of misrepresenting herself as a lawyer is urging the State Bar of California to press ahead with an investigation into her credentials after she was reportedly ousted as White House press secretary. The Campaign for Accountability, which filed a bar complaint against Zacharia earlier this week, said her exit from the...
A teacher "fought" and "tackled" the suspected shooter by throwing her cell phone at him, according to Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz. The victim, who has been identified as Griffin J. John II, previously attended Silver Rail Elementary. The investigation is still active and underway.
Masad said the decision was made for a number of different reasons, including cost. Replit announced a partnership with OpenAI in August, but there was never any indication that it was no longer with Anthropic.
A federal investigation of letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to elected officials’ offices has expanded as some Republicans have been identified as targets of the mailings, a person with direct knowledge of the investigation told NBC News on Friday.
DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights AP News
Bess Freedman, Brown Harris Stevens CEO, joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." They discuss the dynamic between mortgage rates and US housing supply. (Source: Bloomberg)
Lebanon opens investigation into Syrian militia leader’s abduction and transfer to Syria AP News
Bess Freedman, Brown Harris Stevens CEO, joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." They discuss the housing affordability in the US. (Source: Bloomberg)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's new Roadster Rocket, which he called a "flying car" equipped with "ultra high-pressure air tanks."
Greg Allen, Founder and CEO of Decision Tree Research and former AI strategy official at the Department of Defense, said that it is 'extremely difficult to overstate' how volatile the Trump administration's messaging has been on artificial intelligence regulations as it swings between dismissing AI safety fears and requiring mandatory regulations. (Source: Bloomberg)
What to know: NCAA's 5-in-5 eligibility rule sparks chaos, lawsuits and an almost unheard-of case AP News
The Washington Post's executive editor said Friday that Israeli settlers attacked one of its photojournalists, who was working on assignment in the West Bank. “She was wearing visible markings clearly identifying her as a journalist,” Matt Murray wrote in a statement shared to social platform X. “We are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a...
Tech mogul Elon Musk agreed to settle two lawsuits over his $1 million check handouts to battleground voters in the 2024 election, according to court filings published Thursday. The suits, filed in the Western District of Texas, accused the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of defrauding voters when his America PAC offered a $1 million giveaway...
Three children and a teacher were killed when a 16-year-old opened fire at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school Thursday. CBS News' Elizabeth Campbell has the latest details and Katherine Schweit, a former FBI agent and mass shooting expert, joins with analysis on the investigation.
Kalshi odds for a Tesla-SpaceX merger rose above 50% for early 2027 as Barclays outlined how a deal could work.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration to block New York City laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, saying the government lacked a valid basis to sue. U.S. District Judge Ramon Reyes in Brooklyn said the Trump administration cannot challenge a city law that restricts police from detaining immigrants...
Chad Michael Murray, a huge Buffalo Bills fan, is the executive producer of the new Tubi docuseries "Just One Before I Die." He joins CBS News with more.
CEO Thomas Akers told Breaking Defense that the company’s recent acquisition by Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg offers “an immediate step change” for the startup firm, whose portfolio now spans from a reusable drone interceptor to a low-cost cruise missile.
NCAA sues Ohio governor over his executive order allowing schools to ignore new eligibility rule AP News
