Author: Alex Smith

The Trump administration has paused U.S. military aid to Ukraine, the White House confirmed Monday. It’s the latest fallout days after a contentious meeting between President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House erupted into an open dispute in front of TV cameras.”The president has been clear that he is focused on peace,” a White House official told CBS News. “We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”  The U.S. has been a…

President Trump said on social media Sunday that his administration is working toward creating a “crypto strategic reserve” that will include bitcoin and ethereum, along with lesser-known cryptocurrencies XRP, solana, and cardano. He later followed up with another post saying his planned reserve would also include bitcoin and ether, the two most popular cryptocurrencies.The announcement helped crypto prices rebound after recent sell-offs, but only for a few hours. After rising to $90,000 Monday morning, bitcoin fell to roughly $87,000, or 7.3%, by Monday afternoon. Ethereum tumbled 14.6% to $2,153. Massive price spikes in XRP, solana and cardano also fizzled, dropping…

A USAID deputy administrator has been put on leave after issuing memos that said that the organization had failed to implement humanitarian assistance due to “political leadership” at USAID, the Department of State and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).He wrote it will “will no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization, and threats to national security on a massive scale,” two sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.Nick Enrich, the acting assistant administrator for USAID Global Health, issued two memos to the Bureau of Global Health on Friday, one that laid out how the Bureau for Global Health had…

Adrian, Mich. — A Michigan woman is asking a judge to declare her three missing sons dead nearly 15 years after their father didn’t return them after Thanksgiving. The disappearance has tormented a small town near Ohio and remains unsolved.Authorities believe the brothers are deceased and they clearly suspect John Skelton is responsible, though he hasn’t been charged with killing his sons. By November, he’s expected to complete a 15-year prison sentence for failing to give the boys back to Tanya Zuvers. It’s the sole conviction in the saga. A Lenawee County judge will begin hearing testimony Monday at an unusual…

“Anora” won big at the 2025 Oscars, taking home five awards, including best picture and best director, at the 97th Academy Awards.Sean Baker, who directed, edited, wrote and co-produced “Anora,” won four Oscars at Sunday’s ceremony, tying Walt Disney’s record for the most Academy Awards won by a single person in one year. Baker distinguished himself by winning all four awards for the same movie, while Disney won for four different projects at the 1954 ceremony. (Bong Joon-Ho accepted four statues at the 2020 ceremony, but the win for best international feature was technically awarded to South Korea, and not him as an…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with King Charles III, the country’s head of state, on Monday where he will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state.The king has come under criticism in Canada for being silent about Trump’s threats to annex Canada.Trudeau said in London on Sunday he will discuss matters of importance to Canadians with Charles and said “nothing seems more important to Canadians right now than standing up for our sovereignty and our independence as a nation.”Charles is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told leaders gathered Sunday for a summit on the war in Ukraine that they need to step up and continue to support Kyiv and meet a “once in a generation moment” for the security of Europe.”Even while Russia talks about peace, they are continuing their relentless aggression,” Starmer said at the opening of the meeting.Starmer, flanked by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron, said the three of them have agreed to work on a plan to stop the fighting, and then take it to the United States, which has discussed brokering a peace deal.…

This story originally aired on Feb. 24, 2024. It was updated on March 1, 2025.On March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins says she found her husband, Eric Richins, unresponsive in their bed. First responders tried to save him, but it was too late for the father of three. Weeks later, police said Richins’ death was caused by an overdose of fentanyl. The grieving widow from Utah was arrested and charged with murder shortly after she wrote a children’s book to help their kids cope with grief. In her first primetime interview, Kouri Richins’ mother, Lisa Darden, tells “48 Hours” contributor and…

It was just after 1 a.m. on May 7, 2023, when authorities responded to a reported road accident on a secluded dead-end street in Greenwood, South Carolina.At the edge of the nearby woods, they would find 46-year-old Davis McClendon’s body. But what they saw at first was on the road itself: a shirt, a shoe and a mangled BMW 5 Series sedan.After first responders had locked everything down, Greenwood County Sheriff’s Investigator Patrick Durkin arrived to begin photographing the scene.Patrick Durkin: And there was significant damage to the fender.Patrick Durkin: The front driver’s side wheel was turned slightly – A…

President Trump says he plans to issue “a complete PARDON of Pete Rose,” baseball’s late career hits leader who was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting.Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday night to say Rose, who died in September at age 83, “shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING.”Mr. Trump did not specifically mention Rose’s tax case in which Rose pleaded guilty in 1990 to two counts of filing false tax returns and served a five-month prison sentence.The president said he would sign a pardon for Rose…