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What's wrong with Congress?
18+ hour, 29+ min ago (956+ words) Updated on: July 19, 2026 / 3:14 PM EDT / CBS News Inside the U.S. Capitol, statues memorialize distinguished Americans, including famed social commentator and actor Will Rogers, who once quipped about Congress, "Every time they make a joke, it's a law, and every time they…...
How Finland continues its reign as the happiest country on Earth
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (574+ words) Updated on: October 2, 2025 / 12:02 PM EDT / CBS News Finland and the Boston Celtics have almost nothing in common besides one thing: The ability to win big, eight years in a row. For the Celtics, it was eight consecutive NBA Championships from…...
Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas not planning to retire this year, sources say
2+ week, 6+ day ago (280+ words) Updated on: April 17, 2026 / 8:25 PM EDT / CBS News Sources close to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirm that he is not planning to retire this year. Sources close to Justice Clarence Thomas also tell CBS News that he does not plan…...
More Americans are filing for bankruptcy. Here's what's behind the surge.
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (602+ words) Updated on: January 16, 2026 / 10:05 AM EST / CBS News New data shows more Americans are filing for bankruptcy, the latest indication that price pressures and an uneven economy are leaving some households strapped for cash. Total consumer bankruptcy filings jumped 12% from 478,752 in…...
Virginia AG candidate faces bipartisan backlash over violent, inflammatory text messages
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (484+ words) Updated on: October 6, 2025 / 3:08 PM EDT / CBS News Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general of Virginia, faced condemnation from Republicans and Democrats on Friday after text messages from 2022 resurfaced in which he said he would "piss on graves" of…...
CIA director brought paramilitary leader involved in Maduro capture to Cuba meeting, sources say
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (514+ words) Updated on: May 22, 2026 / 6:04 PM EDT / CBS News When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week for a rare meeting with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the operators involved in the U.S. mission to capture then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás…...
Epstein island trespasser says he was hog-tied, thrown into 'dungeon'...
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (26+ words) (Third column, 9th story, link) Related stories:Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigated over potential sex crimes......
Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account, say unit "was unprepared" to defend itself
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1199+ words) Updated on: April 9, 2026 / 8:52 PM EDT / CBS News Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members…...
Endangered orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross public road in Indonesia: "A world first"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (645+ words) April 27, 2026 / 1:37 PM EDT / CBS/AP A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said Monday. Rapid development has been shrinking the…...
Justice Department charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud over investigations into extremist groups, Blanche says
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (650+ words) Updated on: April 21, 2026 / 6:48 PM EDT / CBS News Washington — A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts of wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department announced, accusing the group of paying members…...