Washington — On the same day that President Trump ordered Saturday’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a U.S. intelligence agency assessed that Iran could make a nuclear weapon in three to eight months — but there was no indication that it had decided to do so, CBS News has learned. The intelligence summary, issued Saturday
An ousted Justice Department attorney told Congress that senior department officials, including a former acting deputy attorney general, discussed defying federal court orders and withholding information from judges to advance the Trump administration’s immigration priorities, according to a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday. The attorney, Erez Reuveni, a veteran of over 14 years at the department
Top House Democrats raised their concerns after a classified security briefing on the recent U.S.-backed strike in Iran was postponed, delaying what they say is a necessary opportunity to evaluate the U.S. government’s actions in Iran and assess the situation in the Middle East. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on June 24 that the White
As the public assesses the U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, at least three things are in play. One, there’s a largely bipartisan view that any Iranian nuclear weapon would pose a threat to the U.S. Second, there are bipartisan concerns that the U.S. could get involved in a wider war with Iran. And third,
The White House has rejected a CNN report claiming that a leaked classified U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that last weekend’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities only set back the country’s program by a few months. In a statement issued on June 24, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the alleged early Defense Intelligence
A group of 16 House Republicans is warning that they won’t support the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act unless proposed Medicaid changes—particularly to the provider tax structure and state-directed payments—are rolled back. In a June 24 letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), the
House Democrats have relaunched their National Security Task Force, aiming to assert stronger congressional oversight of foreign policy under President Donald Trump. The task force, led by House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), has four co-chairs: Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, and Derek Tran