For more than a decade, the California State Auditor has issued warnings to lawmakers about government waste, fraud, cost overruns, and broken oversight systems across state government. Again and again, audits called for changes in state law meant to fix those problems. In many cases, those fixes did not happen. CBS News California Investigates recently
A growing number of Republicans are questioning or criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. The criticism has extended beyond the handful of Republicans who are known for periodically differing from President Trump.
Federal investigators are reviewing body-camera footage from multiple angles in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, as new revelations about evidence handling — including a lack of documented chain of custody for his registered firearm — raise concerns about the integrity and credibility of the investigation. Pretti, who worked at
The American Academy of Pediatrics released its own recommendations for childhood vaccinations Monday. The list differs significantly from the reduced vaccine schedule released earlier this month by the CDC. Dr. Amanda Kravitz, pediatrician at Weill Cornell in New York City, joins CBS News to discuss. Original CBS News Link</a
An American aircraft carrier and three destroyers have arrived in the Middle East, a show of force after President Trump warned Iran to stop its deadly assault on anti-government protesters. The internet in Iran is still largely down, but Elizabeth Palmer reports that when it does connect, you can see the results of the regime’s
In the initial aftermath of the deadly Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration described Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” who was “brandishing” his gun and said he “attacked” law enforcement. But late Sunday, President Trump declined to say whether the agent who shot Pretti had acted appropriately. Matt Gutman, Ed O’Keefe and
President Trump on Monday said he is raising tariffs on South Korea because the nation has not yet approved a trade deal with the U.S. that the two countries agreed to last year. Mr. Trump said in a social media post that the U.S. will increase its tariff on imports from South Korea from 15% to