Meta, Amazon, tech CEOs sending big bucks for Trump’s inauguration

Washington — Tech leaders and companies are shelling out big bucks to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, as they prepare for the next four years of a Trump White House. Amazon, run by billionaire Jeff Bezos, intends to donate $1 million to the president-elect’s inaugural fund and will stream the ceremony on Prime, amounting to

Security Experts Call for Stronger US Response to Counter China’s Cyber Espionage

‘We’re not on the winning side of the scoreboard here in the telecommunications and cyber espionage battle,’ said cyber expert James Lewis. Experts are urging the U.S. government to ramp up its efforts to counter communist China’s cyber espionage, in the wake of a massive hack of U.S. telecommunication networks by the Chinese state-sponsored cyber

Blinken Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq as Questions Surround Post-Assad Syria

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Jordanian, Turkish, and Iraqi leaders about preventing a surge in sectarian conflicts and terrorism in Syria. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 13, in hopes of promoting regional stability after Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall from power in neighboring Syria.

Women in the military worry about Hegseth’s views on women in combat

Many veterans, service members and officials in the Defense Department worry that decades of progress could be unraveled in a matter of months if Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, is confirmed by the Senate.  Army veterans who spoke to CBS News are concerned Hegseth would seek to reinstate a ban that