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Monday, September 21, 2026 2:09 PM ET

CBS News - US News

First on CBS - Bill Gates says Trump's AI views point to societal blind spot - "Most of society is still not aware of how quickly it's moving," Gates said of the latest advances in artificial intelligence. updated 50M ago

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Paramount Skydance reaches antitrust deal with states over Warner Bros. Discovery purchase -- Paramount's agreement with 12 state attorneys general paves the way for the company to complete its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Converse pulls sneaker ad after critics say it uses racist imagery -- Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."

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Iran's early attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise -- The scale and duration of Iran's response appeared to take the U.S. goverenment by surprise, three sources who were in Bahrain at the time told CBS News, in part because families hadn't yet been required to evacuate.

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Hunter fatally shoots woman he mistook for a deer, police say -- A man shot and killed a woman in Delaware last week, after he mistook her for a deer, police said.

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Her son was dying, but his rare cancer made it difficult to get the right drug -- As knowledge about genetics advances, some doctors say cancers should be defined by their mutations, not the tissues where they manifest.

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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas -- The lawyer for the man identified him as a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Officials said he was shot at least once in the torso and was in serious but stable condition.

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18 suspects in killing of Haiti's president being extradited to Florida for trial -- Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Mo se​ were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday.

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Cassidy: Trump needs to be "radically honest" on vaccines amid measles outbreak -- GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana urged the president to be "radically honest" when he's speaking about vaccines, as the U.S. this year has recorded the most measles cases in more than three decades.

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Bessent meets with Chinese counterpart ahead of Trump-Xi summit -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, ahead of the planned summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.

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Trump to meet Mamdani in New York City on Monday -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump have met at least twice since Mamdani was elected last year.

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Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sept. 20, 2026 -- On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Reps. Ro Khanna and Maria Elvira Salazar join Margaret Brennan.

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Salazar tells Trump on Hispanic voters: "Preserve that fortune" -- GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida warned in a campaign ad last week that President Trump's immigration enforcement policy has "gone too far." -- Sep 20

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Retiring Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III: "You can run from history, but you can't hide" -- In 2019, Bunch became both the first historian and the first African American to serve as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. As he prepares to retire, he talks about the museums' mission to protect history, and give America a full picture of itself. -- Sep 20

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang rejects AI extinction fear as "doomsday narratives" -- Predictions that AI could destroy humanity in a few years are irresponsible and not based on science, Nvidia's co-founder told CBS News. -- Sep 20

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