Top intelligence officials’ testimonies raise concerns over Trump’s justification for Iran war

Top U.S. intelligence officials testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about worldwide threats. Senators pressed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about intelligence assessment and what was shared with President Trump before U.S.-Israeli conducted strikes against Iran. CBS News’ Taurean Small has more. Source link

Top DOJ officials to brief House Oversight Committee for Jeffrey Epstein probe

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Top officials in President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) are briefing the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to aid Congress’ ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche are expected on Capitol Hill late Wednesday afternoon for a closed-door meeting … Read more

Top intelligence officials to testify before Senate panel as Iran war escalates

  6:00 AM Top Gabbard aide resigned over Iran war on eve of hearing Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.”  “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to … Read more

Top US intelligence officials set to testify about Iran war, threats confronting the homeland

WASHINGTON — Top Trump administration national security officials facing back-to-back congressional hearings starting Wednesday are expected to be pressed on the war in Iran, including a deadly strike on a school, as well as the FBI’s capacity to prevent terror attacks inside the United States. The annual worldwide threats hearings involving the government’s senior-most intelligence … Read more

New York transit officials sue Trump administration to restore subway project funding

NEW YORK — The transit agency in charge of New York City’s subway system sued the Trump administration Tuesday, accusing it of breach of contract for withholding almost $60 million in federal funding that was supposed to help build new stations in Manhattan. The suit from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the latest in a … Read more

Trump admin asks Spanberger, Virginia officials not release illegal charged with groping high school girls

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump Department of Homeland Security has requested that Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and officials in immigrant-friendly Fairfax County not release an adult illegal alien charged with groping several high school girls on school grounds. Illegal alien Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, is facing nine counts of assault … Read more

No injuries reported after explosion at Jewish school in Amsterdam, officials say

A Jewish school in Amsterdam was damaged after an overnight explosion against its exterior wall, Mayor Femke Halsema said in a statement Saturday, denouncing the blast as a “cowardly act of aggression.”  An investigation has been opened. Halsema said police have CCTV footage of a person placing the explosive device.  No injuries were reported, Halsema … Read more

Official cause of U.S. military plane crash in Iraq under investigation, officials say

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is quickly approaching the two-week mark. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s missile and drone capabilities have been severely diminished. He also said the new Supreme Leader is wounded and likely disfigured. CBS News’ Eleanor Watson and Nancy Cordes report. Source link

Man charged with selling stolen firearm used in Old Dominion shooting, officials say

A Virginia man is facing federal charges, accused of selling a stolen firearm to the gunman who used it in Thursday’s deadly shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, according to officials and court documents.   Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, is charged with three counts of making false statements while purchasing a firearm, … Read more

Officials give brief timeline on Michigan synagogue attack

Officials give brief timeline on Michigan synagogue attack – CBS News Watch CBS News Officials in Michigan gave an update about Thursday’s synagogue car ramming attack that the FBI is investigating as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has more. Source link