Washington — The House cleared a procedural hurdle to advance legislation to provide billions of dollars in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Friday, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. The full House voted to approve the rule for debate on the legislative package with broad bipartisan support, 316 to
CIA Director William Burns acknowledged Thursday that without military assistance from the U.S., Ukraine could experience significant setbacks in its war with Russia. Ukrainians are “at a tough moment on the battlefield right now,” Burns said during a Q&A session at the Bush Center Forum on Leadership in Dallas. With supplemental assistance from the
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