Two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday night that an Israeli missile had struck Iran. The strike came less than a week after Iran’s unprecedented retaliatory drone and missile attack on Israel, to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to respond. The U.S. officials did not provide any information about the location or extent
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he wouldn’t back a change to the rule that allows a single member to force a vote on whether to oust the speaker, even though he said the threshold “has harmed this office” and the Republican majority. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new
Mike Johnson seeks support for Ukraine bill while quelling Republican revolt – CBS News Watch CBS News Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to stop a revolt among his fellow Republicans while winning support for his plan to provide military funding to Ukraine ahead of a possible vote Saturday. The chair of the Senate
Biden campaigns with Kennedy family amid fears RFK Jr. could threaten campaign – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden held a campaign event with 15 members of the Kennedy family Thursday, as they threw their support behind Mr. Biden instead of their own relative, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. His family’s public endorsement of Mr.
Full jury selected for Trump’s New York “hush money” trial – CBS News Watch CBS News A full jury of seven men and five women have been seated for former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial, in which he is accused of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election. Robert
Columbia University professor Joseph Massad emerged on Wednesday contradicting claims made by the school’s president earlier that day before a congressional panel. Massad told the Electronic Intifada that, contrary to Shafik’s claims, he is not to his knowledge under any investigation by university officials, nor has he been removed from his post as chairman of
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik in a House congressional hearing on Wednesday declared her personal commitment to confronting the explosion of anti-Semitism on campus. As Shafik gave her testimony, dozens of Columbia students protested throughout the school’s campus with chants of “intifada” and “there is only one solution.” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) asked Shafik