Poland reveals alleged Russian plot to kill
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Polish authorities foiled Russia's attempt to assassinate a Ukrainian-American dual citizen. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio explains what we know.
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Poland on stopped Russian plot to kill
Poland is claiming that it thwarted a Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw. "He was inconvenient from the point of view of the Putin regime," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.
Poland says it thwarted Russian plot to kill an American citizen
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the suspect was allegedly recruited by Russia's secret services.
Human remains exhumed at WWII massacre site in Ukraine
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Poland on Russian missile breach
A Russian missile appears to have breached NATO airspace at the Polish border, concerning Ukraine's neighboring nations. Tom Karako, a director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins with more insight.
Ukraine says Russia violated Polish airspace
Russia launched deadly strikes on Ukraine, killing at least eight people, including three children, officials say. Across the border in Poland, authorities are investigating an apparent Russian missile crossing into Polish airspace. CBS News' Aidan Stretch has more.
Russia targets Ukraine with volley of strikes
Russia struck Ukraine with deadly attacks overnight. Meanwhile, Polish leadership is blaming Russia for allegedly violating NATO airspace rules after a missile landed over its shared border with Ukraine. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.
Poland's deputy prime minister warns of possible Russian "false flag operation"
Poland's deputy prime minister tells CBS News he "wouldn't exclude the Russians doing some kind of false flag operation" to justify an attack on NATO.
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Sikorski on Russian "false flag operation"
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Radek Sikorski said Russia could launch a "false flag operation" to try and justify an attack on a U.S. ally. "I wouldn't exclude the Russians doing some kind of false flag operation against Russian territory in order to have a pretext for hitting one of the NATO countries," Sikorski told CBS News' Aidan Stretch.
Zelenskyy returns Polish honor after president revokes it in history dispute
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Radosław Sikorski on Putin, Epstein
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Official: Poland "feels threatened" by Russia
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Poland launches Epstein files probe
Poland launched an investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files in search of any potential Polish victims. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more.
Full interview: Radosław Sikorski
CBS News' Olivia Gazis speaks with Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski of Poland about President Trump's push for Greenland, NATO and the relationship between Poland and the U.S.
Poland probing any Epstein-Russia connection
Poland says it is looking into possible connections between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence services. The announcement came after the U.S. Justice Department released millions more files related to the federal investigation into Epstein. David Charter, assistant editor in the U.S. for The Times, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Poland probing whether Epstein's "satanic circle" trafficked Polish girls
Polish leader Donald Tusk says his country will pore over the files for any evidence that Epstein's network trafficked women or girls from the country.
Poland accuses Russia of "state terror" with railway sabotage attack
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend.
2 men injured by blast as they played with WWII artillery shell
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Ukrainian detained over 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions
A Ukrainian man suspected of being involved in causing undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines was arrested in Poland.
Climber skis down Everest without oxygen after 16 hours in "death zone"
Poland's Andrzej Bargiel became the first climber to ski down the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, his team said.
Push for U.S. to curb global nuclear supply
A bipartisan group of former senior government officials and national security experts is pushing the U.S. to revitalize its strategy for preventing more countries from acquiring nuclear weapons. Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, a co-author of the report, joins "The Takeout" to break down the findings.
2 dead, about 15 missing after Grand Canyon hit by flash floods
Violent flash floods hit the Grand Canyon's Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area, the National Park Service said, leaving more than a dozen people missing.
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Trump says more coming as U.S., Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks
President Trump says the U.S. will hit Iran hard after it targeted American bases, which Tehran said was in retaliation for U.S. attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
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ICE sends Afghans and others to Africa, expanding "third country" deportations
Over a 10-day period, the Trump administration sent more than 100 deportees from Afghanistan, Cuba and other nations to eight countries across Africa, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News.
Lionel Messi says he is retiring from the Argentina national soccer team
Lionel Messi played in six World Cups and led Argentina to win the tournament in 2022 in Qatar.
House returns with vote expected on Senate bill to prevent shutdown
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John Galliano's Met Gala exhibit canceled amid backlash
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Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos for life after suspicious trades
George Santos faces a lifetime ban from Kalshi after failing to cooperate with the prediction market's investigation into his alleged unlawful trades.
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Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on 9/11 invite scrutiny of past remarks
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed deleted posts invoking 9/11 and the U.S. response.
Nepal on high alert for fresh flooding as death toll rises past 900
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Lionel Messi says he is retiring from the Argentina national soccer team
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Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos for life after suspicious trades
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Ross Fire still burning after a week, with 85,000 acres scorched
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House returns with vote expected on Senate bill to prevent shutdown
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Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos for life after suspicious trades
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Trump says U.S. now has control of over 60 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Juul can sell updated e-cigarette with age-verification system, FDA says
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Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on 9/11 invite scrutiny of past remarks
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed deleted posts invoking 9/11 and the U.S. response.
House returns with vote expected on Senate bill to prevent shutdown
Lawmakers could also vote on condemning socialism and censuring GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards.
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Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut urged the House to approve the Senate-passed Russia sanctions bill amid a "moment of extreme urgency" in the war in Ukraine.
Transcript: Rep. John James on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 30, 2026
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Cyclospora outbreak tied to 3 more states, FDA says
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FDA approves new pancreatic cancer drug that could extend patients' lives
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
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Lionel Messi says he is retiring from the Argentina national soccer team
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Families of those missing after Nepal floods struggle to cling to hope
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Trump says more coming as U.S., Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks
President Trump says the U.S. will hit Iran hard after it targeted American bases, which Tehran said was in retaliation for U.S. attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
Nicolás Maduro shares photos from New York prison: "We are standing firm"
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Tommy Davidson on "The Varnell Hill Show"
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John Galliano's Met Gala exhibit canceled amid backlash
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
How to make a proper hoagie
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Jon Favreau on father-son relationships in "Star Wars"
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details of OpenAI's Hugging Face hack
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Adobe construction: What's old is new again
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How AI powered robots are helping small farms
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NASA plans to launch new space telescope
NASA's new telescope could change the way we see space. With a wide-field camera that will reveal an area up to 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, and an orbit a million miles from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is expected to find tens of thousands of unknown exoplanets.
Invasive Joro spiders are "slowly spreading." Here's what to do if you see one.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you."
A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
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A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States, breaking a record last set during the Dust Bowl – just another step in the escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti talks with climate journalist Jeff Goodell and atmospheric scientist Maria Molina about how changes in Earth's climate are increasing the likelihood that extreme weather events – such as heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes – will become more common and more extreme.
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Day 3 of Clancy trial jury deliberations
Jury deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial have entered a third day. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.
Man poses as NFL player in alleged scam
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2 dead, 8 wounded in Trenton shooting, officials say
Two people died and eight others were hurt in a shooting on Locust Street in Trenton early Sunday morning, officials say.
At least 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at rave in Switzerland
Local police said early Sunday a manhunt was underway and the motives were still unclear.
A wife is accused of her husband's murder. Can she clear her name?
Alison Davis says she woke up to find her husband, Kevin Davis, face down in a pool of blood inside their New Haven, Indiana, home. She says he fell down the stairs. But after an autopsy report, police came to a different conclusion.
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NASA launches its Roman Space Telescope to explore the hidden universe
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launched shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center and blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away.
Roman Space Telescope promises 300-megapixel views of the cosmos
The $4.3 billion telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of exoplanets while probing the nature of mysterious dark matter and energy.
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Trump to honor Artemis II crew with nation's top space medal
President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a ceremony Aug. 28.
NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off
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NASA images show 60-foot-wide crater on moon after SpaceX rocket booster crash
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