In Rupert Brooke’s best-known poem, a soldier says that if he dies, there will be “some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England.” As I discovered nearly 30 years ago, such corners, dating from 1918 and 1919, can be found in a cemetery in Archangel (Archangelsk) in Russia’s far north. In her latest
Mathematicians can have a childlike sense of wonder. They chart the optimal color of bananas to ripen on schedule, rather than just purchasing the best-looking ones. Where most people see a mess to clean up, they see the partial differential equations written in the red of splattered ketchup. They set up statistical models to predict
In June, former President Donald Trump’s campaign and allied political action committees paid their lowest monthly amount in legal bills so far in 2024. The Trump campaign paid less than $1 million in legal bills in June—a much lower amount than the preceding months this year. On July 20, a number of political action committees
Pressure mounts as calls grow for Biden to end reelection bid – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has learned President Biden is deeply frustrated amid a push from within the Democratic Party to end his presidential bid. Some Democrats are supporting the president while pitching an alternative should he leave the race. Willie
Former President Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate. “It was exactly one week ago, even to the hour, even to the minute,” Trump said before the crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reflecting on the July
Trump, Vance hold first joint campaign rally – CBS News Watch CBS News President Donald Trump and his new running mate, Sen. JD Vance, were holding a campaign rally in the battleground state of Michigan Saturday. With Saturday’s event, the Trump campaign is signaling their path to victory runs through the Midwest. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, alongside other senior officials and agency leaders, have issued a joint statement firmly defending female Secret Service agents during the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “In the days following the attempted assassination of former President Trump, some people have made public statements questioning the presence