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Pentagon and White House Have Drawn Up Plans to Hit Iran With the 'Mother of All Bombs'
Sources tell CBS News the plans exist if President Trump orders them, even as he says the U.S. will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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WatchTop NewsUkraine Says the U.S. Gave No Warning Before a Russian Barrage on Kyiv, and Starlink Went Dark Too
Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no advance notice of more than 39 ballistic missiles and 120 drones; sources tell CBS News the U.S. may have deliberately held back early-warning data.
Top NewsSocial Security Raises Benefits 3.6% for 2027, the Biggest Jump in Four Years
The cost-of-living adjustment will add about $75 a month for 75 million Americans, but advocates say it still trails what seniors pay for health care.
WatchTop NewsFBI Probes Powder Letters Sent to Election Offices in a Dozen States, Some Hitting Congress
Letters sent to election offices and congressional offices nationwide, some holding an unknown substance, are under investigation by the FBI and Postal Inspectors, less than three weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms.
WatchTop NewsHouthis Hit Riyadh Airport Again, a Day After a Strike Killed 12 and Wounded 309
The terminal for domestic flights was struck Sunday, the fourth hit on King Khalid International in five days, as the Houthis claim new attacks on Aramco sites and a second airport.
Top NewsHurricane Isaias Kills at Least 4 After Gulf Coast Landfall, Leaving 390,000 Without Power
The Category 2 storm hit near Destin, Florida, with 105 mph winds Friday night. Crews in Florida and Alabama are restoring power while forecasters warn of flash flooding and tornadoes farther inland.
WatchTop NewsTrump Declares an 'Energy Ceasefire' Between Russia and Ukraine; Zelenskyy Says It Was News to Him
The announcement came hours after Trump said Ukraine should get a new president and blamed Kyiv for record U.S. diesel prices. Zelenskyy says Ukraine will stop hitting Russian refineries only if Russia stops hitting Ukrainian energy sites.
WatchTop NewsMissile Strike on Riyadh Airport Kills 12 and Wounds Over 300 as Trump Weighs Joining Saudi War
Saudi authorities say the dead include a U.S. citizen, the deadliest attack on a Gulf Arab state since the Iran war began. Trump says he will decide quickly whether to join strikes on the Houthis.
Top NewsHurricane Simon Nears Mexico's Pacific Coast With 155 mph Winds and Up to 30 Inches of Rain
The storm is just short of Category 5 strength and is expected to move inland Sunday. Jalisco has closed schools and begun evacuations, and Puerto Vallarta is boarding up.
WatchTop NewsTrump Says Putin Will Release Millions of Tons of Russian Diesel as U.S. Waives Energy Sanctions
The Treasury Department temporarily lifted sanctions on Russia's energy sector after a Trump-Putin call, as U.S. diesel sits near a record $6.28 a gallon and Zelenskyy calls the move a sign of weakness.
Top NewsHegseth Says Nidal Hasan's Execution Will Be Livestreamed, Raising Questions for Social Media Platforms
The Pentagon chief said 'people need to understand there's consequences' as the Fort Hood shooter faces a firing squad on Dec. 3; Meta, YouTube, TikTok and X all have rules against such footage.
Top NewsAnthropic's Claude Filed a False Homicide Tip With Philadelphia Police During Testing
The company says a Claude Haiku 4.5 model submitted the tip on July 18 while completing example tasks on random webpages; it went undiscovered until Sept. 28.
Top NewsU.S. Measles Cases Pass 4,000 for the First Time, CDC Reports, Far Above 2025
The agency counted 4,080 confirmed cases as of Thursday, against 2,289 in all of last year. Pennsylvania passed 1,000 cases this week, and New York's governor declared an emergency.
WatchTop NewsMagnitude 7.7 Earthquake Hits Panama, Collapsing a Cathedral and Forcing Evacuations
The quake struck near the country's southern tip Friday morning and shook buildings more than 100 miles away in Panama City. A tsunami warning was issued and then lifted, and no casualties were immediately reported.
Top NewsPolice 'Real-Time Crime Centers' Powered by Axon's AI Software Spread While Flock Takes the Heat
Privacy experts tell NPR that command centers that merge cameras, license-plate readers and other feeds into one view of a city deserve more scrutiny than the license-plate cameras drawing protests.
WatchTop NewsUSS Lincoln Returns to San Diego After Record 322-Day Deployment in the Iran War
Thousands of sailors came home to cheering families Thursday, including 122 new fathers, a day after Hegseth presented the carrier a Presidential Unit Citation and rejected claims the ship was a 'symbol of dysfunction.'
Top NewsCommon Sense Media Says Most ChatGPT for Teens Safeguards Fail in Crisis Tests
Researchers who posed as teens in distress found role-play limits held but parental alerts rarely fired; OpenAI disputes the methodology.
WatchTop NewsTrump Vows No Strikes on Iran Before Nov. 3 Midterms, Keeps Naval Blockade in Force
The president's Truth Social pledge on Thursday came a day after The Atlantic reported the White House had asked the Pentagon for pre-election strike options, as tanker attacks and Houthi missiles keep pressure on the Gulf.
Top NewsOpenAI Bans Russian and Iranian Accounts That Used ChatGPT to Plant False Stories in News Outlets
The company says campaigns that placed false narratives in established media reached wider audiences than fake social media accounts, and one Russian operation drew a response from a member of the European Parliament.
Top NewsNFL Asks Supreme Court to Settle Whether States or Washington Regulate Prediction Markets
The league wants a ruling before the season ends in January, saying delay brings consumer harm and risks to game integrity as at least 10 states fight the platforms.
WatchTop NewsCBS Obtains Video of Iranian Strikes That Forced U.S. Troops to Abandon Camp Buehring in Kuwait
Footage and witness accounts show ballistic missiles, drones and Iranian F-5 jets hitting the base. Troops fled into the desert at night, and one source says the camp was demolished.
Top NewsCurtis Flowers, Mississippi Man Tried Six Times for a 1996 Murder Spree, Dies at 56
The Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2019 after finding prosecutors tried to purge Black jurors. His attorney said he died at home in Winona.
WatchTop NewsIsaias Becomes First Atlantic Hurricane of 2026 as Gulf Coast Braces for Landfall
The 80-mph storm is forecast to reach the northern Gulf Coast late Friday, with hurricane warnings from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle and storm surge of up to seven feet.
WatchTop NewsTrump Approves First Military Firing Squad Execution Since WWII for Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan
The Army has set Dec. 3 at Fort Hood for the execution of Hasan, who killed 13 people in 2009. It would be the first U.S. military execution in more than 60 years.
WatchTop NewsGunfire at a Georgia Homecoming Block Party Kills 2 and Wounds 35, With No Arrests Yet
More than 1,000 people were packed into two Vienna streets when at least 50 shots rang out just after 1 a.m. Sunday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has not named a suspect or a motive.
Top NewsFBI Arrests California Realtor at LAX Over Alleged Spying on Taiwan President's Son
Wanying "Heather" Zhang, 34, was stopped before boarding a flight to Shanghai and charged with acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government.
WatchTop NewsCoast Guard Ends Search for 6 Aboard Medical Jet That Vanished Off Nantucket
A Canadian-registered Gulfstream G-100 flying a patient from Bermuda to Boston lost contact after a steep descent, and debris was found Saturday night. The operator says all six aboard are presumed dead.
WatchTop NewsU.S. Employers Added Just 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rises to 4.2%
Economists expected 90,000 new jobs. Revisions erased another 60,000 from July and August, and wage growth has now trailed inflation for five straight months.
Top NewsTennessee Corrections Chief Resigns After Christa Pike's Failed Execution, Lee Halts 2026 Executions
Gov. Bill Lee ordered an independent review and canceled every remaining execution this year. Pike remains on a ventilator, her lawyers say.
Top NewsFamilies of Two Journalists Killed in Ukraine Sue Fox News Over Safety Failures
The parents of producer Oleksandra Kuvshynova and the family of cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski say Fox and correspondent Benjamin Hall ignored warnings before the March 2022 attack near Kyiv.