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Democrats across the country are savoring a huge victory in Alabama with the election of Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate. In an upset, he narrowly defeated Republican Roy Moore — by about 1.5 points. Moore still hasn’t conceded. When Jones takes office next month, the Republican advantage in the […]

Democrats across the country are savoring a huge victory in Alabama with the election of Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate. In an upset, he narrowly defeated Republican Roy Moore — by about 1.5 points. Moore still hasn’t conceded. When Jones takes office next month, the Republican advantage in the […]

Democrat Doug Jones’ win in one of the deepest red states will cause Republicans’ majority to shrink to just one seat in Senate — something President Trump acknowledged Wednesday. CBS News’ White House and foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan said that means Mr. Trump may have to reach across the aisle […]

LONDON — The special relationship between the U.S. and Britain apparently requires a very special U.S. embassy in London. The new one, opening next month, cost more than $1 billion.  The 12-story glass cube on the banks of the River Thames is the most expensive U.S. embassy in the world. […]

Getty Images/iStockphoto After a multiyear run of gains, total 2017 auto sales are headed for a down year. Through November, sales were off 1.5 percent with little chance that December can turn that total positive. For manufacturers, that means extra incentives to move cars off the lot, including remaining 2017 […]

President Donald Trump built his empire in Manhattan. But in the first year of his presidency, prices for condos in buildings bearing his gilded name are falling. The average price per square foot for condos sold in Trump-branded buildings in the borough fell 7 percent in the 12 months through […]

Last Updated Dec 13, 2017 8:08 PM EST Sen. John McCain was admitted Wednesday to Walter Reed Hospital for “normal side effects” of his cancer treatments, his office said in a statement. “As ever, he remains grateful to his physicians for their excellent care, and his friends and supporters for […]

NEW YORK — A Bangladeshi immigrant accused of setting off a pipe bomb in the New York subway system had his first court appearance on Wednesday via video from the hospital room where he is recovering from burns sustained in the blast. Akayed Ullah said little during the hearing, which […]

Last Updated Dec 13, 2017 4:34 PM EST Democrat Doug Jones holds a news conference Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET following his Tuesday night win against Republican Roy Moore. Alabama hasn’t sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 25 years. The former U.S. attorney won by a narrow margin […]

NEW YORK — In an op-ed in the New York Times, Salma Hayek said that her refusals to Harvey Weinstein‘s advances led to a nightmare experience making the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic “Frida.”  “For years, he was my monster,” Hayek wrote in her account, published Wednesday.  Hayek, who regularly starred […]