POLITICS

Questions swirl around Sept. 2 boat strikes amid lawmakers’ competing narratives

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Questions swirl around Sept. 2 boat strikes amid lawmakers’ competing narratives – CBS News Watch CBS News Competing narratives have emerged after lawmakers were shown video of a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2. Charlie D’Agata has the latest. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before

Report finds Afghanistan mission was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste”

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Congress appropriated about $144.7 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction from 2002 to 2021, but the U.S. failed to transform the country into a democracy, in part because of corrupt allies and the lack of a clear plan, according to the final report from the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, or SIGAR.   The report, released

Wisconsin Directs $10 Million in Federal Funds to Anti-Violence Grant Program

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks to supporters during an election night event at The Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wis., on Nov. 8, 2022. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced on Dec. 5 the direction of $10 million in pandemic-era funds to a grant program to help schools, police, local governments, and community groups