United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Israel and Iran should attempt to de-escalate violence after dueling missile strikes in recent days. Iran fired about 350 rockets towards Israel on Saturday evening, raising concerns over a regional war after Israel attacked Iranian military leaders in Syria last week. “Now is the time for maximum restraint,” Guterres...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said on Sunday that it bodes well for Ukraine aid for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to discuss the matter with former President Trump, noting the former president still has “tremendous influence” in shaping the party’s policy positions. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Sunday that Israel is not “seeking war” with Iran after the country launched an attack of more than 300 rockets on Saturday evening, but that the barrage “has to be met accordingly,” vowing a response. Iran and its proxies in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen launched about 350 rockets, including more...
The United States learned that the Iranian strike on Israel was completed through Swiss channels, a senior administration official said Sunday. A senior administration official told reporters in a briefing Sunday that the U.S. had a “series of direct communications through the Swiss channel” with Iran leading up to the attack. The official said Iran...
Senators in both parties are warning that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may end up tipping the presidential election to either former President Trump or President Biden, but Democrats are expressing more worries he could be a spoiler candidate than Republicans. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), one of President Biden’s most outspoken defenders on Capitol Hill, said...
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.
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...
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...