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The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are looking into the mailings, some of which included an unidentified powdery white substance.

Maine senator refutes claim from ex-Navatek CEO that he funded Collins’s Super Pac in exchange for naval contracts US politics live – latest updates Susan Collins, the US senator of Maine, has dismissed allegations that she traded federal contracts for campaign cash as “completely false” after it emerged the FBI examined the claims. Asked by a reporter about an ethics complaint filed last week by a Maine attorney, the Republican – currently campaigning to retain her seat ahead of November’s US midterm elections – said the allegations were recycled from 2020 and had been rejected by the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Federal Election Commission. Continue reading...

Congress approves constitutional amendment that bans six-day workweeks, which could affect up to 30 million Brazil’s congress has approved a constitutional amendment to shorten the working week to a maximum of 40 hours, a move that could affect 30 million workers and that will hand a political victory to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of the presidential runoff in under two weeks. In an attempt to overturn the first-round lead secured by his opponent, far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula has strongly championed the amendment, which will give some workers an extra day off each week. Continue reading...

Across the nation, scores of small private colleges and universities are either closing or under threat. As each school shutters, students, faculty, and the surrounding community struggle to find a way forward. Paul Solman reports on one such school and the effects of its demise. It's part of our higher education series, Rethinking College, and produced in collaboration with the Hechinger Report.

Prime Minister Edi Rama condemns 'chaos' as protests continue for third day in the capital and spread to other cities.

China is the North's largest trading partner and a lifeline against the sanctions Pyongyang faces.

The Justice Department sued California, alleging that the federal government has identified more than 20,000 noncitizens who are unlawfully registered to vote.

UK defence secretary says he has been ‘reassured directly’ counterpart Pete Hegseth that Starlink system has been restored as he seeks to cool tensions Wes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort. The British defence secretary, giving a speech before a meeting with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, argued that supporting Ukraine was in the long-term interests of Washington, and a business opportunity. Continue reading...

The Department of Justice is suing California after a deadline passed to provide voter records ahead of the midterm elections. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.

The price of heating oil in Maine has soared from $3.34 per gallon one year ago to $5.97 today, a jump of roughly 79%.

Romanian authorities launched search and rescue operations off the Black Sea coast Thursday after a drone struck a ship which then caught fire, the latest in a spate of strikes that has raised fears that Russia's war in Ukraine is spreading.

Along with diesel and gas, the price of heating oil is up, and no state depends on it more than Maine. Meg Oliver spoke with residents there, now forced to make some tough decisions.

A new book, "The Havana Syndrome," investigates the alleged sonic attacks against American diplomats overseas that left many with symptoms including insomnia and memory loss. Co-authors Oriana Zill de Granados and Michael Ray share more details.

France's prime minister has suggested that student anger is being weaponised, as the unions and other protesters prepare to take to the streets too.

Federal investigators said they are looking into suspicious letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to state election officials and congressional offices.

The escalation between the Saudis and the rebels in neighboring Yemen has exposed the kingdom's challenges in intercepting the attacks in the latest front in the Iran war, while further rattling global markets.

Florida's newly redrawn 20th Congressional District will soon elect its first non-African-American representative since 1992. The Democratic nominee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, joins to discuss her party's chances in the state.

The White House is preparing plans to use a weapon dubbed the "mother of all bombs" on Iran, sources say. CBS News' James LaPorta has more on that and his report that former Army Chief of Staff Randy George warned months before the Iran war of a U.S. missile defense shortage, according to sources.

The CDC has confirmed more than 4,000 cases of measles this year as the country grapples with the largest outbreak of the highly infectious virus in 35 years. Nearly a fifth of cases comprise children under the age of five, and 95% are among unvaccinated people. Amna Nawaz spoke with Dr. Evan Shirey, a pediatric infectious disease doctor based in Pennsylvania.

A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical moment.

Why do great ideas and works of art sometimes get forgotten? And why do some get revived? These are among the questions explored by musician, writer and visual artist David Byrne in his new book, "Sleeping Beauties." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown recently joined him in Brooklyn for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

The U.S. will send several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises with Latin American military forces, The New York Times reports. Officials said it is part of an effort to fight drug trafficking in the region. Eric Schmitt, senior national security correspondent for The New York Times, joins CBS News to discuss his story.

The halt to commercial shipments, including fruit and winter clothing, cuts off a key source of critical supplies.

Excluding business at gas stations, retail sales rose 0.2% in September. The government figures aren't adjusted for inflation, which accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive.

Lawsuit comes weeks before midterm elections and follows debunked claims of noncitizens voting in various states.

The ratings on real estate sites that try to convey the risk of burning in a wildfire may overcomplicate or misrepresent the risk.

Plus, Bill Gates readies a more aggressive campaign to manage the global risks of artificial intelligence.

The ride-hailing company is establishing a new chauffeuring brand, dubbed Alcove, that caters to demand for full days of executive travel between client meetings, conferences and flights, Chief Executive David Risher said.

A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored images, selected from more than 65,000 submissions from 121 countries and territories

Peter Rice, a former Fox and Disney executive, is taking over for Bela Bajaria.

The co-chairs of Warner Bros. Pictures are out—and they may be taking their risky swings with them.

Watch how this $9 million robotics project could revolutionize how we survey and protect our sewage systems.

A winemaker in Northern California is convinced that a dog once bred to herd sheep in the Scottish Highlands is the ideal pet for our uncertain times.

Americans are reading, even if it looks different than in times past.

The Vatican bureaucracy has been fine-tuned over hundreds of years to function smoothly even when the pope cannot.

“The Colorful Life,” a 1907 work by the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, had been returned to the original owners’ heirs in 2023.

We were a lot like the young people we disdain when we were their age—and in some cases, more so.

The letters appear to have been sent to state election offices and related locations, the bureau said.

Federal authorities launched a nationwide investigation after envelopes with suspicious substances were sent to congressional offices on Capitol Hill and to election officials across the country.

Six Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Police Department officers are under investigation after internal affairs uncovered a series of racist and discriminatory text messages exchanged over several years, CMPD Chief Estella D. Patterson said Thursday.