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Government shutdown forces furloughs at U.S. nuclear agency; Reporter’s Notebook: The political courage to speak up
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The Pentagon said the U.S. is deploying the Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Caribbean, along with its strike group. The move comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted Friday that the U.S. military carried out its tenth strike at sea on alleged drug vessels. Ret. Army Maj. Mike Lyons, a military analyst, joins CBS News to discuss.
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The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Latin America, dramatically increasing the number of service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.
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The Trump administration’s deportation flights to Venezuela have continued amid heightened U.S.-Venezuelan tensions, senior Department of Homeland Security officials say.
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A key inflation report compiled before the start of the government shutdown showed that prices continued to climb last month as consumer confidence fell. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady has more.
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President Trump pardoned crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao this week. The president said the Binance founder was recommended by a lot of people for a pardon. Zhao pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in 2023. He was sentenced the next year and spent four months in jail. Kenneth Vogel, reporter for the New York Times, joins “The Daily Report” to discuss.
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Air traffic controllers are among the hundreds of thousands of federal workers affected by the government shutdown. Though deemed essential, they’re working without pay, putting serious strain on both their finances and daily operations. Kris Van Cleave spoke with Jack Criss, a controller in the Washington, D.C., area who has taken to delivering food on his days off to make sure he can still afford his daughter’s tuition.
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Brianna Lanoye, the principal of the Buffalo Academy of Science, kept telling people she wanted to invite the whole school to her wedding. So, her school did the next best thing.
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An innovative exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art showcases everyday objects — Post-it notes, hairdryers and more — that revolutionized materials, shattered conventions and reshaped design forever. Senior curator Paola Antonelli joins to discuss.
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Officers opened fire Thursday evening at a vehicle backing into a line of police outside the U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda.
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