House Democrats have taken their first procedural steps to try to force a House vote on a clean debt ceiling increase, multiple Democratic leadership aides tell CBS News, a long-shot effort that is unlikely to come to fruition but allows Democrats to argue that they are taking action to address …

Rapper MoneySign Suede was fatally stabbed in a California prison, authorities announced Wednesday.  The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that the artist, whose real name is Jaime Brugada Valdez, was not accounted for when Correctional Training Facility officers checked his cell during a nighttime count …

A federal appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to halt former Vice President Mike Pence’s testimony before a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilege over Pence’s testimony.  Pence …

Airline passengers were in a generally foul mood last year, with complaints about everything from canceled flights to lost luggage surging to their highest level in years, a new analysis shows. Travelers flooded the U.S. Department of Transportation, travel agents and third-party booking sites like Expedia and Priceline with nearly …

While getting paid is perhaps the main reason most people work, it is no longer employees’ top priority when deciding whether to stay at their job or strike out in search of a new one.  So what is most important to job seekers in today’s labor market? Work-life balance is the …

The victims in the shooting that killed four people in Bowdoin, Maine, on Tuesday included the suspect’s parents, Cynthia Eaton, 62, and David Eaton, 66, Col. William Ross of the Maine State Police said at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.  The suspect, Joseph Eaton, is also accused of shooting …

From Star Trek to Star Wars, weapons firing lasers that can vaporize their targets are the stuff of science fiction and James Bond villains. It’s also a military technology that American taxpayers are paying to develop — today. The U.S. Department of Defense is spending roughly $1 billion a year …

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed an executive order Tuesday to tighten the background check process in the state, citing recent “recent tragedies” like the Nashville shooting that left three children and three adults dead at a private religious school.  The executive order requires responsible parties to ensure that …

A Florida middle school teacher was arrested for allegedly allowing her students to fight in her classroom, authorities said.  Angel Footman, a 23-year-old 6th-grade teacher at Tallahassee’s Griffin Middle School, is facing charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. On March 23, a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy received …

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but for fast-food chain Chipotle it may also be grounds for a lawsuit. Fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen backtracked on plans to add a “Chicken Chipotle Burrito Bowl” to its menu after Chipotle sued, claiming the menu item infringed on the Tex-Mex chain’s …