The Trump administration claims in its new National Security Strategy, published early Friday morning, that some of America's oldest allies in Europe face "the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure" due to immigration and the purported erosion of democratic principles.

Accusing the European Union and other unnamed transnational bodies of allowing unchecked immigration and curbing free speech, the document claims that, "should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less," and that "it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies" to the United States.

The document claims Europe suffers from a "lack of self-confidence" that "is most evident in Europe's relationship with Russia."

It says that European countries...More

President Trump is floating an idea that could appeal to millions of budget-strained households: using tariff revenue to reduce, or even eliminate, the federal individual income tax. But tax experts are skeptical that import taxes could completely replace income tax, and they say a reduction in income taxes would largely benefit the nation's top earners.

"I believe that at some point in the not-too-distant future, you won't even have income tax to pay because the money we're taking in is so great," Mr. Trump said at a Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting, referring to the tariff revenues generated by the wide-ranging duties his administration has imposed on imports.

Mr. Trump's suggestion comes as the Supreme Court is weighing the constitutionality of his tariffs, which are import taxes paid by U.S. companies that...More

The Club World Cup provided plenty of learning moments ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup


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On the heels of what's anticipated to be the biggest World Cup in history, questions remain about whether the United States is suited to host the tournament. Alongside Canada and Mexico, the United States will host the 2026 World Cup, which is expected to be the most attended ever, which would break the record held by the 1994 World Cup, hosted by, you guessed it, the United States. Nearly 2 million tickets have already been sold for the tournament ahead of Friday's draw, and the expansion to 48 teams will mean more training sites, more fans, more games, and also more stress tests for the host nations.

The Club World Cup during the summer of 2025 gave a glimpse of what to expect at the World Cup, and that raised concerns, but on the bright side,...More

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Cropper, founding member of Booker T. & the MG's and the Blues Brothers Band, performs onstage at The Rose on Sept. 28, 2018, in Pasadena, California. Scott Dudelson / Getty Images

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics "Green Onions," "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour," has died. He was 84.

Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, confirmed Cropper's death to CBS News. The foundation operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, located at the site of the former Stax Records, where Cropper worked for years.

A cause of death was not immediately known. Longtime associate Eddie Gore told The Associated Press he was with Cropper on...More

More than 7 tons of cocaine was seized from boats in the Caribbean Sea in recent days, Colombia's navy said. Colombia Navy

More than 7 tons of cocaine was seized from boats in the Caribbean in recent days, Colombia's navy said, as the U.S. continues to conduct lethal strikes on alleged drug-ferrying vessels in the region.

Authorities confiscated about 7.1 tons of cocaine during two operations in the Caribbean, the country's navy said in a social media post on Wednesday. One interdiction took place 90 nautical miles from Barranquilla, a city on Colombia's northern coast, and the other one occurred about 70 miles south of that in the Gulf of Morrosquillo.

The cocaine was valued at more than $340 million and 11 people — eight Colombians, two Venezuelans and one Jamaican — were arrested "without affecting their integrity or their lives," the navy said in a...More

WWII veteran Charles Shay is pictured at his home, March 24, 2024, in Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse, Normandy.
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Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101.

Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L'Orgueilleuse in France's Normandy region, his longtime friend and carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said.

Shay, of the Penobscot tribe and from Indian Island in the U.S. state of Maine, was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety, saving them from drowning. He also received France's highest award, the Legion of Honor, in 2007.

Shay had been living in France since 2018, not far from the shores of Normandy where nearly...More

A disused warehouse is the setting of the Killhouse Academy's training course, where pilots learn to control FPV drones. CBS News

In a disused warehouse at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, a military drone instructor who goes by the call sign "DC" showed CBS News a makeshift practice course that students must learn to fly the increasingly indispensable devices through before they join the country's defense against Russia.

The trainees have to master the operation of the small but mighty First-Person-View (FPV) drones, which have become a signature weapon in the ongoing war sparked by Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion.

"In the battlefield, all you have to do is travel the biggest distance possible and fly, with such bad signal that your eyes will bleed," DC said calmly as he flew a practice drone around the course at the Killhouse Academy.

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When the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost an F-18 fighter jet in May because of an arresting wire failure, the crew was in the midst of "significantly stressful deployment" because of operations against the Houthis in Yemen, according to a Navy investigation report released Thursday.

The Navy said in a statement Thursday that investigations into a series of accidents involving the Truman carrier strike group "reviewed how a Carrier Strike Group prepares for and responds to adversity during combat operations."

From March 15 to May 6, the Truman participated in "Operation Rough Rider," which targeted the Houthis who were attacking merchant ships and U.S. Navy ships.

During this period, aircraft flew for 52 days, including 72 hours of continuous flight operations. Flight crews conducted more than 1,000 air strikes against the Houthis with more than one...More