An overwhelming majority of Americans said they believe in-vitro fertilization treatment (IVF) should be legal, according to a new poll. The poll, released Sunday by CBS News/YouGov, found 86 percent of Americans support keeping IVF legal for women, while 14 percent said they believe it should not be legal. The survey was taken Feb. 28-March...
The Biden administration is ramping up urgency around securing a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as it faces its own domestic pressures over President Biden’s handling of the conflict. White House officials have aggressively lobbied for a six-week pause in fighting to allow hostages out and to get more aid into Gaza. Both Biden...
Voters in a new poll have more favorable views of the economy under former President Trump than of the economy under President Biden. The poll, released Sunday by CBS News/YouGov, found nearly two-thirds of registered voters said the economy under Trump was good, compared to about 38 percent who said the same for Biden's economy....
A United Nations special group focused on sexual violence in conflict found "clear and convincing information" that Hamas, recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government, committed rape and sexualized torture during an Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, led a...
Former President Trump was initially poised to spend Monday sitting in yet another courtroom, watching jury selection in his federal election case in what would have been the first day of his first criminal trial. Instead, that trial’s date was punted, and the day handed Trump a legal victory in the form of the Supreme...
The federal government's free at-home COVID-19 test program will be suspended beginning Friday in response to a drop in respiratory diseases. The Biden administration brought back the free test program last year ahead of the respiratory viral season. By going to COVIDtests.gov, households could order a free pack of four at-home COVID-19 tests. This most...
President Biden has approved a federal disaster declaration sought by Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott over severe flooding seen across much of the state in December.