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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 1:38 PM ET

CBS News - US News

Senate defeats 7th attempt to limit Trump on Iran, despite new GOP defection -- The Senate rejected another attempt by Democrats to limit President Trump's ability to use military force against Iran, but one new Republican senator voted in favor of advancing the measure.

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Overdose deaths fall for 3rd straight year, CDC data shows -- This marks the longest decline in overdose deaths in decades, according to preliminary government data.

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Justice Department investigating oil market trading, sources say -- The Justice Department is probing suspicious trading timed to market swings, two sources say.

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Top U.S. CEOs worth nearly $1 trillion accompany Trump to China -- The delegation of business leaders underscores the deep ties many major U.S. companies maintain with China despite years of trade tensions.

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Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions, orders new trial -- Alex Murdaugh was convicted of his killing his wife and his son at the family's home in 2021.

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U.S. students' "reading recession" continuing but some places bucking the trend -- Researchers say the U.S. is experiencing a "reading recession" that predates the pandemic. But some places are bucking the trend, chalking up higher test scores.

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Exclusive - Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo. It's mostly empty. A CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are nearly empty. 6H ago

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Convicted Utah author's son reveals new details about night his dad died -- Prosecutors said Kouri Richins laced her husband's cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022.

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Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 from brain cancer -- Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.

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Will Trump seek investment to join China in a "dark factory" future? -- A Chinese manufacturing giant tells CBS News how its sprawling factory runs with a fraction of the human workforce previously required.

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Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" could close in June, sources say -- The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.

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Trump on "the only thing that matters" in dealing with Iran -- President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

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Businesses starting to receive their IEEPA tariff refunds -- "I'd been checking the status feverishly to see if anything was in my bank account," one small business owner said.

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Searing U.S. energy prices are driving the hottest inflation in years -- CPI gas price index has surged 28% from a year ago, while overall energy costs are up nearly 18%, new inflation data shows.

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Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies dies at age 29 -- Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the team announced.

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