Takeaways from Alito's CBS News interview

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent for a rare interview touching on a host of topics.

• Oct 5

Dennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed on charges related to his concealment of hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse.

• Oct 5

Manslaughter sentence tossed after AI video of victim shown in court

In what's believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey's family used AI to create a video of his likeness to give him a voice.

• Oct 5

Florida GOP governor candidate Byron Donalds courts skeptical Black voters

Byron Donalds, who could become the first Black Republican elected governor in U.S. history, is looking to win over more Black voters than Trump and DeSantis

• Oct 4

FBI arrests woman at LAX accused of being Chinese agent

Wanying "Heather" Zhang, an Irvine, California, realtor, was arrested on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

• Oct 5

U.S. military removes bombers from U.K. air base following security incident

All U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been returned to their home stations in the United States, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to CBS News.

• Oct 5

The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice

Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.

• Oct 4

Federal appeals court pauses Minnesota's AI nudification ban

Minnesota's law banning AI "nudification" images has been put on hold after a federal appeals court sided with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company.

• Oct 5

Energy Secretary: Trump was "aware of the risks to energy flows" before Iran war

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that President Trump was "well aware of the risks to energy flows" before launching the war in Iran earlier this year, but argued "the world cannot sustain a nuclear-armed Iran."

• Oct 4

Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 4, 2026

On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Zach Lahn, Iowa GOP nominee for governor, join Margaret Brennan.

• Oct 4

2 dead, dozens injured in Georgia block party shooting

Two people were killed and another 35 were hospitalized with injuries after a shooting broke out at a neighborhood block party in Georgia, authorities said.

• Oct 4

Detecting deepfakes, in a world where even reality is suspect

Hany Farid, a leading expert on deepfakes and digital manipulation, estimates that half of the content widely viewed on the Internet is fake. What does this mean for our ability to detect images generated or hallucinated by artificial intelligence?

• Oct 4

Michael Lewis on "Blockers": Profiling government workers confronted by DOGE

The latest book by the bestselling author of "The Big Short" and "Moneyball" profiles federal workers targeted by President Trump and his mega-donor Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

• Oct 4

Ken Kesey's original "Furthur" bus on its latest trek

In 1964 Ken Kesey and his "Merry Pranksters" rode a bus named "Furthur," fueled by music, alcohol and LSD. This icon of the counterculture movement, which has fallen into a rusted state, is now on display in San Francisco, on a journey to restore it to its former glory.

• Oct 4

Trump announces AI "Super Intelligence Force"

President Trump announced the formation of a "Super Intelligence Force" after meeting with leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies last week.

• Oct 4

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