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
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 – 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 {
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
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat for a deposition with members of the House Oversight Committee in New York, where she told lawmakers she had “no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal activities. Nikole Killion has details. Original CBS News Link
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
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani traveled to Washington, D.C., Thursday to meet with President Trump, with a proposal to build more city housing on the agenda. It’s at least the second time the two have met at the White House. Their first meeting, prior to Mamdani’s swearing in, was marked by a friendly and cooperative