A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom to replace the White House's East Wing,
On March 2, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly touched down on Earth after spending 340 days aboard the International Space Station, then the longest spaceflight ever by an American, as part of a mission to study the health impacts of extended space travel. Watch CBS News' coverage of Kelly's return.
Nicknamed the "God Squad" by groups who say it can decide a species' fate, the government's Endangered Species Committee exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter as well as an Iraqi official.