Vice President Kamala Harris declined to say whether she considers Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ally, ducking a basic foreign policy question as she seeks to shore up votes among the Democratic Party’s anti-Israel wing. Harris, in an interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes set to air in full on Monday, was asked whether
President Biden approved the mobilization of another 500 active-duty troops to North Carolina to assist in the recovery efforts after the deadly and devastating Hurricane Helene. “With a total of 1,500 troops now supplementing a robust on-the-ground effort – including more than 6,100 National Guardsmen and more than 7,000 Federal personnel – the Biden-Harris Administration
The number of deaths from Hurricane Helene stood at 227 on Saturday and is still climbing, officials say. The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Sunday dismissed claims about her agency’s funding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in North Carolina. “It’s really a shame that we’re putting politics ahead of
Rep. Mike Turner says all “candidates need to deescalate” after Trump assassination attempts – CBS News Watch CBS News House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Turner tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that in the wake of the assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump “all the candidates need to deescalate, especially in their
Saturday Night Live skewered Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for lying about being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre. The skit re-creates a question posed to Walz on the lie during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate. Walz, played by comedian Jim Gaffigan, blames the fib on a drunken trip to EPCOT. [embedded
Washington — Sen. Mark Kelly said Sunday that the federal government needs to do its part to inform Americans of the vast swath of election misinformation that’s being consumed on social media platforms like X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. “It’s up to us, the people who serve in Congress and in the White House to
As recovery missions and repairs continue in North Carolina more than a week after Hurricane Helene carved a path of devastation through the western part of the state, the state’s Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called for more resources to bolster the relief effort and likened the damage to Hurricane Katrina’s mark on Louisiana in 2005. “This