Washington — The Afghan national charged with planning an Election Day terror attack was previously employed in a security role in Afghanistan by the CIA, CBS News has confirmed. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who was arrested Monday in Oklahoma City, is accused of planning the attack on behalf of ISIS. Tawhedi along with unnamed co-conspirators —
Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris has raised more than $1 billion since entering the presidential race, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News. The campaign has seen a donation windfall in the three months since Harris became the Democratic nominee. In the 24 hours following President Biden’s July 21 announcement that he was
A federal appeals court on Thursday weighed the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, the Obama-era program that currently allows more than half a million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation. Enacted in 2012 to protect a
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy and a fierce human rights advocate, has died after suffering a stroke, a family member confirmed to CBS News. She was 96 years old. She suffered a stroke in her sleep on Oct. 3, her grandson Joe Kennedy III posted on social media earlier this week. He described his
Former President Barack Obama is kicking off a campaign blitz Thursday in Pennsylvania, aiming to rally support for Vice President Harris in battleground states as she makes her final plea to voters with just under a month left before Election Day. Obama’s stop in Pittsburgh marks his debut as a battleground-state surrogate in the 2024
Former President Barack Obama is kicking off a campaign blitz Thursday in Pennsylvania, aiming to rally support for Vice President Harris in battleground states as she makes her final plea to voters with just under a month left before Election Day. Obama’s stop in Pittsburgh marks his debut as a battleground-state surrogate in the 2024
Former President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign blitz Thursday in Pennsylvania, aiming to rally support for Vice President Harris in battleground states as she makes her final plea to voters with just under a month left before Election Day. Obama’s stop in Pittsburgh marks his debut as a battleground-state surrogate in the 2024 presidential election.