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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a Guantanamo Bay detainee, the first prisoner in the CIA’s infamous “enhanced interrogation” program, who was seeking secret information shielded by the government about his treatment, including where his interrogations took place. In an opinion written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the …

The Biden administration is sending medical teams to six states in need of COVID-19 care and procuring an additional 500 million rapid tests, President Biden announced Thursday.  The new tranche of tests doubles the current 500 million at-home tests the administration is in the process of acquiring, bringing the total …

The second part of the “Red & Blue” interview with Raffensperger will air on CBSN at 5 p.m. Tuesday. George Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he wrote his new book “Integrity Counts” to “set the record straight” about what happened — and didn’t happen — during the contentious 2020 …

General Mark Milley, the nation’s top military officer, called China’s suspected test of a hypersonic weapons system “very concerning” and almost like a “Sputnik moment,” amid increasing tension between the U.S. and China.  Beijing is believed to have tested the weapons system during the summer, but neither the Defense Department …

President Joe Biden has signed a bill granting a short-term extension of the debt ceiling, the White House announced Thursday evening. The bill, which raises the debt limit by $480 billion, is expected to keep the federal government funded through early December. On Tuesday, the House passed the resolution along …

At least nine billion-dollar weather and climate disasters have hit the U.S. in 2021. Severe drought, flooding, hurricanes and a winter storm have killed more than 300 people, and last month’s Hurricane Ida left more than $50 billion of damage in its wake. On Monday, President Joe Biden called these …

Al Qaeda could reconstitute in Afghanistan and regain the capability to threaten the U.S. in “one to two” years, intelligence chiefs said Tuesday, revising downward estimates that were previously issued by the Pentagon.   “The current assessment, probably conservatively, is one to two years for al Qaeda to build some …

The FBI has posted new video of the person wanted for planting explosives near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee on the night before the January 6 Capitol riots.  The video, released by the FBI Washington field office Wednesday, shows the suspect seated on a park bench, and …

Washington — The Senate voted to approve a roughly $1 trillion bill to revamp the nation’s infrastructure on Tuesday, delivering a bipartisan breakthrough on legislation that includes key portions of President Biden’s domestic agenda. The final vote was 69 to 30, with 19 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in voting …

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Wednesday night that he’s running for governor of Michigan after launching an exploratory committee for the position earlier in the day.  Craig, a Republican, retired as Detroit police chief on June 1. Seven other Republicans have formed campaign committees, but Craig is more …