Hours after President Trump halted a planned bombing campaign in Iran, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly argued on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the Trump administration “got us into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline.” He also pushed back on the administration’s request for supplemental Pentagon funding.
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Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage was caused by “botched installation and not vandalism.”
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This week Jane Pauley hosts “The Money Issue,” our annual special broadcast dedicated to the many ways in which money underscores the way we live.
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Todd Blanche previously repeatedly told Congress the “anti-weaponization fund” was “dead.”
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Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind this week’s malicious cyber activity against water systems in Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time.
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President Trump on Saturday took issue with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s decision to dismiss charges against former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. However, Pirro found that peeled paint was actually caused by “flawed installation by the contractor,” and she instead placed blame on the Interior Department. Olivia Rinaldi has the latest.
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President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the bombing and said “terrorism will not intimidate Colombia.”
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The United States and Israel had planned what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, sources said.
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For Greece, the danger carried grim resonance: a 2018 wildfire at the seaside community of Mati, near Athens, killed 104 people.
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Arizona, California, and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the river.
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