Roger Carstens, the Biden administration’s top official for freeing Americans held overseas, traveled to Damascus, Syria, on Friday for a high-risk mission: making the first known face-to-face contact with the caretaker government and asking for help finding missing American journalist Austin Tice. Tice was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago during the civil war and
House passes funding bill to avoid government shutdown – CBS News Watch CBS News The House has voted to approve a stopgap plan to fund the government until mid-March, with a bipartisan coalition embracing an agreement a few hours before a midnight deadline to avert a shutdown. Nikole Killion has the latest developments. View CBS
At UCLA, Jewish students were denied equal access to campus facilities, prompting a scathing ruling from Judge Mark Scarsi State police detains a protester while clearing a anti-Israel encampment at UCLA (Mario Tama/Getty Images) President Joe Biden’s Department of Education reached an agreement with the University of California system to settle civil rights complaints that
The tech mogul has pledged to fund moderate Democrats in primary races to oust incumbents he considers to be too extreme. Elon Musk said he intends to fund moderate challengers in Democratic primary races, with his pledge coming in response to criticism from a Democrat lawmaker that the tech mogul is using his massive reach
Climate Defiance took credit for Biden’s attacks on oil and gas projects Climate Defiance protesters disrupt the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) A dark money fund backed by Hollywood elites is the lead benefactor of Climate Defiance, the environmentalist group known for blocking highways and disrupting high-profile events in Washington, D.C., and across
Washington — The House voted Friday to avoid a prolonged government shutdown and approve tens of billions of dollars in disaster relief, with a bipartisan coalition embracing an agreement a few hours before a midnight deadline to extend funding. The legislation passed by a vote of 366 in favor to 34 against and one member
The president-elect is pressuring the European Union to buy more U.S. energy, threatening to impose tariffs over the trade imbalance. President-elect Donald Trump has issued a warning to the European Union (EU), threatening to impose tariffs on the bloc unless it buys large enough quantities of American oil and gas to make up for its