The Brief

Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate who underwent two lethal injections during a failed execution attempt last week, is now conscious and speaking from her hospital bed, her attorneys said Tuesday. Lawyers and medical experts have called her apparent recovery unprecedented, saying she is believed to be the only known person to survive a lethal injection.

Pike's attorneys say her prognosis remains unclear and that she faces a long recovery, raising new legal and medical questions about her case and what happens next.

The Pentagon has confirmed it withdrew all of its B-1 bombers, roughly a dozen aircraft, from RAF Fairford in England back to their home stations in the United States over the weekend. President Trump said a "threat" prompted the move, which officials have linked to Iran following a security incident at the base last month.

British police have now arrested a seventh man on suspicion of terrorism in connection with the incident near the base, with six others previously detained released on bail as the investigation continues.

Paramount has completed its roughly $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, uniting two of Hollywood's largest studios after months of legal disputes, public protests and regulatory scrutiny. The combined company, now named Skydance, began trading on Wall Street Tuesday.

The deal brings together major film and television franchises and cable networks including Comedy Central and TNT, and puts news operations CBS News and CNN under one roof, reshaping the competitive landscape of the US entertainment industry.

Cornell University students and faculty have staged growing protests over the school's handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity house, as a lawyer for one of the accused men calls for New York Attorney General Letitia James, the case's special prosecutor, to recuse herself over past comments. Separately, some former Cornell fraternity members say they have been wrongly connected to the case and targeted online, and are asking the university to clear their names.

Cornell has brought in Sally Yates, a former acting US attorney general, to lead an independent review of the university's handling of sexual misconduct claims, covering its investigation process, student support, discipline and oversight of student organizations.

The Trump administration has approved a plan to execute former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan by firing squad on Dec. 3, according to an email cited by CBS News. Hasan killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, the deadliest attack ever on a US military base.

The execution would be the US military's first since 1961 and its first by firing squad since World War Two, a method it has not used for a service member in generations.

A lawyer for ABC asked a federal judge Tuesday to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an early review of the network's broadcast licenses, arguing the FCC's actions are retaliatory and are chilling ABC's editorial decisions weeks before the midterm elections.

The lawyer likened the situation to forcing the company to sit with its "head on a guillotine" while it awaits a decision on its license renewals, in a case centered on free speech and jurisdiction issues.