Politics

Washington — The FBI is intensifying its focus and resources on counterterrorism threats after the United States carried out strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, and Iran countered with an attack of its own on an American air base in Qatar. Two sources told CBS News that a memo …

Washington — The CIA released a new batch of declassified documents surrounding the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, acting on an executive order that President Trump issued soon after taking office. “The records reveal for the first time that Senator Kennedy shared his experiences traveling to the former Soviet …

Dallas — Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage – including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide. They also called for legislators to curtail sports betting and support policies that promote childbearing. The votes …

Washington — A homeland security official who served during President Trump’s first term and who authored an anonymous op-ed criticizing him is speaking out after he was targeted by the president in an executive memo. Miles Taylor, who was chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security and left …

Former President Joe Biden spoke in Delaware on Friday at a Memorial Day event held four days after the federal holiday — his first public remarks since his office announced he was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer. Speaking at the annual event at Veterans Memorial Park in …

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” report on the causes of chronic disease in children cited over 500 studies, but several of those studies didn’t exist, the digital news outlet NOTUS found. NOTUS on Thursday found seven of the studies cited appear never to …

Washington — The House adopted a controversial amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act that would ban the Pentagon from covering travel expenses for service members seeking abortions, potentially dooming the bill’s passage.  House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark told CBS News earlier Thursday that Democrats would “oppose the bill” if …

Washington — Connecticut state Rep. Maryam Khan called for an investigation of the Hartford Police Department on Thursday, saying no one came to the aid of her and her family as they screamed for help during a violent assault last week following Eid al-Adha services in Hartford.  “I thought I was …

President Biden has been using a device commonly used to address sleep apnea in recent weeks in order to improve his sleeping, the White House confirmed Wednesday. Emerging from the White House Wednesday before leaving for events in Chicago, reporters noticed indentations on the president’s lower cheeks suggesting something may …

Tallahassee, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. “Gender identity is real” and the state has admitted it, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle wrote in a 54-page ruling. …