Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Memory of Slain National Guard Member

Community members prepare a portrait of West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom for a vigil in her honor at the town hall in Webster Springs, W. Va., on Nov. 28, 2025. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Dec. 4 in memory of National Guardsman

FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, sources say

Federal authorities made their first arrest Thursday in connection with two pipe bombs that were planted outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to sources familiar with the matter. Four law enforcement sources told CBS News the suspect is 30-year-old

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s Signal chat violated regulations

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized sensitive military information that could have endangered American service members when he shared certain details about U.S. military operations in Yemen in a private Signal group chat earlier this year, according to a report the Pentagon’s inspector general released Thursday morning.  The report found the former Fox News host-turned-defense

Erika Kirk town hall to air on CBS

Three months after her husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated, Erika Kirk will open up about life, loss, the state of political discourse and more in a one-hour town hall event moderated by Bari Weiss, CBS News’ editor-in-chief. The special will be broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS television network

Bessent Says White House Can Recreate Same Tariffs If It Loses US Supreme Court Case

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a meeting during the 80th U.N. General Assembly, in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. Al Drago/Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that if the Supreme Court rules against the Trump administration’s tariffs, the government still has the capacity to impose import taxes. The high court is currently