This photo of Lutnick on Epstein’s island was removed from DOJ files

A photo released last month by the Justice Department as part of the Epstein files that showed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein’s island in the Caribbean has been removed from the Justice Department’s website. The photo, which has been authenticated by CBS News, shows Epstein, Lutnick, and three

Prosecutor defends human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The lead prosecutor in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s human smuggling case acknowledged Thursday that he thought it was possible the charges would be viewed as vindictive, but he decided charging him was “the right thing to do.”  Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to a supermax prison in his home country last year,

Pentagon locked in standoff with Anthropic over AI guardrails

Pentagon locked in standoff with Anthropic over AI guardrails – CBS News Watch CBS News With less than 24 hours left, Anthropic and the Pentagon are locked in a standoff over access to the company’s powerful artificial intelligence. Jo Ling Kent reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before {

About a dozen FBI staff who worked on Trump documents case fired, sources say

The FBI fired more employees Thursday linked to investigations into President Trump after terminating at least 10 Wednesday, multiple sources confirmed. Overall, the rough estimate is about a dozen in total over two days.  The firings began after FBI Director Kash Patel alleged that former special counsel Jack Smith had subpoenaed his phone records as

Pentagon official on Anthropic feud: “You have to trust your military to do the right thing”

As the U.S. military’s partnership with artificial intelligence giant Anthropic teeters on the edge of collapse, the Pentagon’s top technology official told CBS News the department has offered compromises in order to reach a deal with the company. The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday at 5:01 p.m. to either let the military use the