Lawmakers see video of boat strike, say admiral testified there was no kill order

Washington — Military officials showed lawmakers video of a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat behind closed doors on Capitol Hill on Thursday, and testified that there was no order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to kill everyone on board, multiple lawmakers said.  Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and

FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, authorities say

A northern Virginia man was arrested and accused of placing two pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, federal authorities announced Thursday. Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the suspect as Brian Cole Jr., a 30-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia, located

Congressional watchdog opens probe into Trump housing finance head Bill Pulte

Washington — The Government Accountability Office is opening an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte’s recent actions, the watchdog arm of Congress confirmed to CBS News.  The probe stems from a letter from top Senate Democrats, who wrote to GAO requesting an investigation of Pulte’s actions as head of the FHFA. They asked

FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, sources say

Federal authorities made their first arrest Thursday in connection with two pipe bombs that were planted outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to sources familiar with the matter. Four law enforcement sources told CBS News the suspect is 30-year-old

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s Signal chat violated regulations

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized sensitive military information that could have endangered American service members when he shared certain details about U.S. military operations in Yemen in a private Signal group chat earlier this year, according to a report the Pentagon’s inspector general released Thursday morning.  The report found the former Fox News host-turned-defense

Erika Kirk town hall to air on CBS

Three months after her husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated, Erika Kirk will open up about life, loss, the state of political discourse and more in a one-hour town hall event moderated by Bari Weiss, CBS News’ editor-in-chief. The special will be broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS television network