Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig nothingbutheadlines.com. NS
Answer
nothingbutheadlines.com. 5 NS ns2.nothingbutheadlines.com.
nothingbutheadlines.com. 5 NS ns1.nothingbutheadlines.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.nothingbutheadlines.com. 5 A 173.232.67.253
ns2.nothingbutheadlines.com. 5 A 195.69.184.45
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0