Why was daylight saving time started? Here’s what you need to know.

Clocks “spring forward” an hour this Sunday — to the chagrin of many Americans. But as the time changes, why daylight saving time started — and who was behind the effort — remain complicated. For more than 100 years, proponents and opponents of daylight saving time have argued over whether to keep observing the twice-yearly … Read more

Ex-US intel director’s daughter sentenced to 35 years for murder

ROCKVILLE, Md. — The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home. Sophia Negroponte, 33, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann. A jury found her guilty in … Read more

Hegseth says anyone helping Iran’s war efforts will be “confronted strongly”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. will confront “anything that shouldn’t be happening” in response to reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on U.S. movements in the region. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean joins to unpack Hegseth’s remarks. Watch more of his interview Sunday on 60 Minutes. Source link

Georgia Republicans push more bills aimed at Fulton County DA Fani Willis

ATLANTA — Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed. Willis in August 2023 obtained an indictment against Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally try to overturn the results of … Read more

Spanberger lashes out at Pentagon after Hegseth pulls colleges’ support over woke ‘ideologies’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger hit back at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after the Pentagon announced it would cut ties and funding relationships with numerous collegiate institutions over what it described as woke ideologies. A Pentagon leadership memo initialed “PBH” — the secretary’s full name is Peter … Read more

U.S. attorney in Miami targeting Cuban Communist leaders with new initiative, sources say

The top federal prosecutor in Miami is spearheading a new initiative targeting Cuban leaders for prosecution, sources familiar with the plan tell CBS News. Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, is working with officials from federal and local law enforcement agencies and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets … Read more

Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the conversations. Trump has discussed the idea of deploying ground troops with aides and Republican officials outside the White House … Read more

US wants Kurdish boots on the ground in Iran. Why it’s not an easy ask.

President Donald Trump said this week that the air war currently being waged against Iran by the United States and Israel might eventually have to include a ground game. Yet Mr. Trump faces considerable domestic political pressures against American boots on the ground, so his phone calls this week to Kurdish leaders in Iraq and … Read more