Top Senator Issues Warning on Chinese Cyberattack Targeting Critical Infrastructure

Sen. Marco Rubio issued the warning amid the AT&T outage on Thursday. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) warned on social media that the outage that impacted AT&T Thursday could be significantly smaller than what a Chinese cyberattack could do. For much of Thursday morning, tens of thousands of people on DownDetector and elsewhere complained their AT&T

Republicans Still Trailing Democrats in Cash Race

The Republican National Committee bounced back in January but is not catching up with the Democratic National Committee yet. Republican Party committees started 2024 on a strong note, but they have far less money in the bank than their Democratic Party counterparts. On Feb. 20, most of the committees and fundraising bodies released a monthly

Winery host says he recalls Fani Willis paying cash for Napa Valley wine tasting

It’s not yet known whether District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade will be removed from Fulton County’s 2020 Georgia election interference case involving former President Donald Trump, but one issue that came up during Willis’ recent testimony — her predilection for using cash — rang true for one winery employee in California

Biden’s Dog Gave Secret Service Agent ‘Severe’ Wound

President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, gave a Secret Service agent a “severe” wound and bit agents in at least two dozen incidents, according to documents revealed Wednesday. “Commander started to bark but [the agent] did not know from which direction Commander was barking from or the location of the dog,” reads a July 29, 2023,

NATO ambassador calls Trump’s Russia comments “irrational and dangerous”

Washington — U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith criticized former President Donald Trump on Thursday for his recent comments suggesting he would not protect member countries from Russia, calling the remarks “irrational and dangerous.” “Encouraging the Kremlin to attack NATO allies is irrational and dangerous,” Smith told CBS News. “It puts U.S. soldiers and our friends in Europe,

Senate asks Pentagon IG to probe handling of abuse allegations against Army doctor

The chair of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee has asked the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate whether the military “failed” to support alleged victims of sexual assault in the massive and unfolding case of an army pain doctor charged with abuse, CBS News has learned. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts made the request