The Senate on Saturday blocked an amendment that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women’s sports, rejecting one of President Trump’s priorities as he pressures Congress to act on a broad voting bill. Senators were holding a rare weekend session to debate the voting legislation, which would put in place strict new requirements for voter registration
Washington — The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran’s nuclear materials, according to multiple people briefed on the discussions, as a U.S.-Israel-led military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase. The timing of any such an operation — if President Trump were to order it — remained
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the subject of several ongoing narcotics trafficking investigations being overseen by federal prosecutors in New York, sources told CBS News on Friday. The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York’s Southern and Eastern districts, did not set out to target Petro initially, but his name has come up during
The U.S. Treasury has authorized the purchase of Iranian oil that’s already at sea, exempting buyers from the tight sanctions that have restricted the country’s oil industry for years — a move aimed at stemming soaring prices amid the U.S.’s war with Iran. The sanctions license allows oil from Iran to be purchased if it
A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department’s strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report — ending a policy that caused many news outlets to leave the Pentagon. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman sided with the New York Times and a reporter at the
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The following is the full transcript of the panel with former Iran detainees Siamak Namazi and Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens, a CBS News contributor and former U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs, and Shargi’s sister, Neda Sharghi. A portion of the panel will air on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on March 22, 2026.