Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra clashed nonstop for an hour Wednesday in the sole televised debate in their contest for California governor, presenting sharply contrasting visions for how they would deal with homelessness, soaring household costs and high taxes in the nation's most populous state.
A growing number of Americans want President Biden to encourage Israel to cease its military action in Gaza, according to a new poll. A new CBS News/YouGov poll found that 37 percent of surveyed Americans want Biden to encourage Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza — slightly up from the 31 percent who...
Any updates to Section 230 will be grounded in our country’s proud tradition of safeguarding free expression while also protecting those being spoken to, or about. Radicals, geniuses, revolutionaries, conspiracy theorists and heretics will be just as free as they were before the internet.
Shallow excuses for failing to enforce school policy do not suffice. Above all, GW and all academic institutions have the fiduciary duty to protect all its students—including Jewish-Israeli and Zionist students. With lawsuits looming, and reputational damage imminent, the failure to do so may result in serious penalties for GW and its community.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) must decide whether to hold a vote on Ukraine aid but that he plans to talk to the Speaker and other national security officials later this evening. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked...
The United States rebuked claims Sunday that Iran gave other countries in the region a warning that it would be launching a significant aerial attack against the country on Saturday. Iran did not warn other countries in the region that it would be attacking Israel on Saturday, a senior administration official said in a briefing...
An attorney for former President Trump brushed off the significance of his first criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday, saying the case is merely a “six-week-long media extravaganza.” Trump’s criminal hush money trial will start jury selection on Monday in Manhattan, where prosecutors claim the former president illegally covered up payments made to...
Former CIA Director David Petraeus called the Iranian attack on Israel a “very big deal,” in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Well, it is significant. It's a very big deal. And I think Israel will have to take some action in response,” Petraeus said. “I think it's very clear that the...
House Republicans are facing mounting pressure to pass a Senate foreign aid bill, following the Iranian drone strikes targeting Israel over the weekend. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House coalitions are calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to hold a vote on the Senate-passed national security supplemental...
President Biden is hoping to avoid an all-out eruption in the Middle East after Iran sent hundreds of missiles and drones, nearly all of them intercepted, toward Israel in retaliation for an attack on an Iranian facility in Damascus that took out a top general. Biden now has to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Story at a glance The United States is facing a shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists that is only expected to worsen moving forward. There were about 50,800 OB-GYNs practicing in the U.S. in 2018, already too few to meet the country's rising demand. Roughly 3,000 fewer OB-GYNs will be practicing in the country by 2030, while the...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that last week’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling banning nearly all abortions in the state is a result of actions former President Trump took while in office. “Let me start by saying this has been a disaster for women in Arizona. They've lost a fundamental right to abortion, and...
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) warned Sunday that the Iranian attack on Israel risks an "uncontrollable regional escalation." "With its actions, Iran has further stepped toward the destabilization of the region and risks provoking an uncontrollable regional escalation. This must be avoided. We will continue to work to stabilize the situation and...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the U.S. should focus more on itself and its closest allies, like Israel, instead of sending more aid to Ukraine. Vance has been opposed to sending additional aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Friday that more funding for...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said that Iran's aerial assault on Israel shows how the U.S. is "not standing firmly with Israel." Fetterman reiterated on Sunday's "State of the Union" on CNN that there should not be conditions on sending additional aid to Israel and called again for the U.S. to stand with its ally in...
