White House scrambles to justify Iran intervention

White House scrambles to justify Iran intervention – CBS News Watch CBS News Standing in the East Room of the White House, President Trump said he will wage war until Iran’s missile program is destroyed and their nuclear ambitions are halted. Nancy Cordes has the latest. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%;

SCOTUS blocks Calif. law against schools outing transgender students to their parents

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.  The order blocks for now a state law that bans automatic parental notification requirements if students change their pronouns or gender expression at

Poll: What partisans want from their parties ahead of 2026 primary season

The primary season begins in earnest this week, as partisans help set the parties’ directions and message ahead of the November midterm elections. So what do those partisans want? Much of that revolves around their parties’ approach to someone not actually on the ballot: President Trump. Rank-and-file Democrats are roughly split between wanting their party

6 U.S. service members killed in Iranian strike in Kuwait, Pentagon says

Six American service members have been killed and four others have been seriously wounded during Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, U.S. Central Command said Monday. “U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran’s initial attacks in the

DNC announces top cities, date for 2028 convention, won’t hold midterm convention

The Democratic National Committee is focusing on five cities to potentially host the party’s next presidential nominating convention in 2028, while officials have also decided against holding a similarly styled event ahead of this fall’s midterm elections.  The decision comes as Republicans have moved towards holding a midterm convention later this year in a twist

Video of Clintons’ Epstein testimony released by House committee

Washington — The House Oversight Committee on Monday released video of last week’s depositions with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Hillary Clinton testified Thursday, while Bill Clinton appeared before the committee a day later.  The video of Bill