The Trump administration kicked off 2026 by gearing up to regulate dozens of ways that phthalate chemicals are used in America. Phthalates are common chemicals used to make plastics more flexible, but they pose risks that have health experts sounding the alarm. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the White House Oval Office in Washington on April 9, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images While much national attention in the 2026 midterms will be on the top prize—control of Congress—a series of gubernatorial races will also be held across the country. In the House—and increasingly the Senate—Democrats have seen favorable
8m ago Maduro captured by Army’s Delta Force, sources say Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured early Saturday morning by members of Delta Force, the U.S. military’s top special mission unit, U.S. officials told CBS News. The elite Army Delta Force was also responsible for the 2019 mission that killed former Islamic State leader
At least seven explosions were heard, along with low-flying aircraft, in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas around 2 a.m. local time on Saturday. People in various neighborhoods rushed to the streets. Some could be seen in the distance from various areas of Caracas. Trump administration officials said they were aware of reports of explosions and aircraft,
The U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday it has called off a dayslong search for several people in the Eastern Pacific who jumped overboard when their alleged drug-trafficking boats were targeted by the U.S. military. The military says it struck a group of three boats on Tuesday — part of a monthslong campaign of airstrikes
President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump issued an order Friday canceling HieFo Corporation’s acquisition of chips and wafer fabrication assets from Emcore Corp. in 2024, citing national security concerns. The order prohibits Delaware-based HieFo, controlled by a Chinese citizen, from
Nine of the Minnesota child care centers that were discussed in a viral video, prompting allegations of fraud, were operated as expected when state investigators conducted on-site checks this week, officials said on Friday. The video posted late last month by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleged nearly a dozen day care facilities in the state that