Republican Sen. Katie Britt told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” her party is willing to negotiate on Affordable Care Act subsidies, but she pushed Democrats to “do the right thing” and vote to end the government shutdown first. She also praised President Trump’s push to lower in vitro fertilization costs. Original CBS News Link</a
Washington — President Trump called Colombia’s president an “illegal drug leader” on Sunday and pledged to end U.S. aid to the South American country, following the leader’s criticism of U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. Mr. Trump accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro in a post on Truth Social of “encouraging the massive
Israel’s military said it hit multiple targets using aircraft and artillery in southern Gaza on Sunday, after it accused Hamas of shooting at Israeli soldiers, in a major test of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire that was brokered by the U.S. earlier this month. An Israeli military official told CBS News that Hamas’ attacks included a rocket-propelled
Hamas returns 2 more hostage bodies; Netanyahu says Rafah crossing into Gaza will remain closed – CBS News Watch CBS News Israel marked one week since a ceasefire in Gaza on Saturday. In Tel Aviv, demonstrators are still waiting for the remains of last hostages to be returned by Hamas. Deborah Patta has the latest.
The Trump administration is awaiting word from the Supreme Court after asking it to allow the immediate deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. A lower court blocked the move. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports from Portland, Oregon, where tensions are rising over ICE tactics. Original CBS News Link</a
President Trump posted a video of a U.S. military strike on a submersible suspected of smuggling drugs on Saturday. Two people were killed in the Thursday strike but the two survivors were brought to a Navy ship. Mr. Trump says the U.S. will send the them back to their home countries for detention and prosecution.
The terrorist group Hamas may be planning an attack on “Palestinian civilians” in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. State Department announced Saturday. In a statement, the State Department said that it “informed the guarantor nations of the Gaza peace agreement of credible reports indicating an imminent ceasefire violation by Hamas against the people of Gaza.”