The odds are stacked against Senate Democrats this fall, as they try to hang onto their razor-thin majority in November. Not only will they have to defend 22 incumbent seats, many in Republican-leaning states, but they will also have to offset the loss of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who announced his retirement from the
Polls open in South Carolina Democratic primary – CBS News Watch CBS News Polls are open in the South Carolina Democratic primary, which President Joe Biden is expected to win easily. However, today’s contest could reveal if he has lost support with an important bloc of voters. CBS News’ Nicole Killion has more from Orangeburg,
Lawyers for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally acknowledged in a court filing that she had a romantic relationship with lawyer Nathan Wade, whom she appointed to lead the Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump, but they vigorously pushed back against allegations of financial conflicts and the contention she should be disqualified from the case.
A convoy started by far-right extremists is bound for the Texas-Mexico border this weekend to show support for the Texas government in its ongoing standoff against the federal government over the migrant crisis, raising concerns from some experts about potential violence. While the “Take our Border Back” convoy started its journey from Virginia Beach, Virginia,
Biden walks tightrope in Middle East – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s unclear whether Friday’s U.S. strikes on Iranian-backed militias will deter Iran from escalating the violence in the Middle East. Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas has the entire region on a knife’s edge. Margaret Brennan examines how the tense situation could play out.
Biden says U.S. strikes on Iranian-linked targets “will continue” – CBS News Watch CBS News Following retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on targets associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard and its affiliated militias, President Biden declared in a statement Friday that strikes “will continue at times and places of our choosing.” David Martin has
The U.S. began conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, the U.S. Central Command said, in what the Biden administration has called a “multi-tiered” response to a deadly drone attack that killed three American soldiers last Sunday. U.S. forces struck more than 85 targets