
CIA director joins Israel, Hamas talks
CIA Director William Burns is in Cairo as attempts to establish a temporary cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas continue. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv.
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CIA Director William Burns is in Cairo as attempts to establish a temporary cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas continue. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv.
Israeli officials said they believe one of the remaining hostages, Dror Or, was killed during the Oct. 7 attack and that his body is being held in Gaza. BBC News correspondent Frank Gardner joined CBS News with more.
Jordan’s Queen Rania Al Abdullah, who is of Palestinian descent, says Israel’s allies need to hold Israel accountable for its actions. She spoke with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan about the U.S. support for Israel in the war against Hamas.
There was another crackdown on a protest over the war in Gaza Thursday night as police cleared an occupied library at Oregon's Portland State University. New video shows damage and graffiti inside the building. According to the Associated Press, more than 2,000 people have been arrested at college protests across the U.S. since April 18. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has more.
Hamas says it will send a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks and the group's political chief says they're studying Israel's cease-fire proposal in a "positive spirit." The proposal reportedly includes a 40-day stop in fighting. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.
College campus protests in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip are spreading far beyond the U.S.
At UCLA on Wednesday, an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators was declared an "unlawful assembly" and its occupants were told to disperse. After a roughly nine-hour standoff, police entered campus and forcefully took down the tents. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Early voting kicked off Thursday in Maryland ahead of the state's primary on May 14. In the race for U.S. Senate, Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Rep. David Trone are among several candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin. Alsobrooks joins "America Decides" to discuss the race.
President Biden spoke out Thursday on protests that have broken out across U.S. colleges over the Israel-Hamas war. The president said he supports the right to protest but denounced "chaos and hate speech." CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
President Biden Thursday strongly criticized the violent protests that have engulfed college campuses nationwide, leading to nearly 2,000 arrests at more than 30 schools. Mr. Biden also said the protests do not change his position on the Israel-Hamas war. Nancy Cordes report from the White House.
Parts of Israel's right-wing coalition could stop supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he doesn't enter Rafah as planned. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejects international pressure to call off an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
President Biden on Thursday delivered remarks from the White House about the protests over the war in Gaza that have gripped college campuses across the country. "There's the right to protest," Biden said, "but not the right to cause chaos." Biden also said there was no place in America for antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism or hate speech. Nate Burleson anchored CBS News' special report.
Amid ongoing airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza, demonstrators in Tel Aviv intensify calls for the Israeli government to negotiate a hostage deal with Hamas. The protests have included blocking traffic in Israel's second-largest city.
Just before dawn Thursday, police moved in on a pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA's campus, pulling apart barricades and making arrests. The protesters had been demonstrating against the war in Gaza. CBS News' Carter Evans reports from the scene and Brian Higgins, former Bergen County police chief, joined CBS News to discuss the tactics used by authorities.
Police ended pro-Palestinian protesters' occupation of a Columbia University building but violence erupted at UCLA and the University of Arizona as schools stepped up efforts to end demonstrations.
In Israel for his 7th visit during the war in Gaza, Antony Blinken conveys "cautious optimism" to hostage families that a deal could be reached.
Columbia University asked police Tuesday night to enter campus and clear out a building that protesters had overtaken and barricaded. CBS News correspondent Michael George has the latest on the fallout from the raid.
Israel has submitted a proposal for a potential temporary cease-fire and hostage release deal that Hamas has not yet replied to. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more on the negotiation efforts.
Protests over the Israel-Hamas war are continuing to disrupt numerous universities across the U.S. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano has the latest from New York City. Then, Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui and Pepperdine professor Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey join with analysis.
A new CBS News poll shows that more than one-third of Michigan voters want President Biden to encourage Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud joins "America Decides" to discuss how the war in Gaza could impact the president's reelection chances.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to increase aid in Gaza. The U.S. is also pushing for a deal to release hostages held by Hamas. Meanwhile, Netanyahu has warned a military invasion of Rafah “will happen soon.”
The New York City Police Department said nearly 300 people were arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on campuses Tuesday night. UCLA saw violence when rival protesters clashed. CBS News' Carter Evans and Lilia Luciano have more.
With deaths mounting in Gaza and another Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal on the table, Netanyahu is under pressure from all sides.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave an update Wednesday on the protests over the Israel-Hamas war at Columbia University, saying outside agitators trying to create chaos had co-opted the demonstrations before the NYPD carried out arrests. See the mayor's remarks, along with analysis from CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd and Felipe Rodriguez, adjunct professor for the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
"It was me," a Discord account belonging to accused shooter Tyler Robinson appeared to state, according to a company spokesperson.
Israel's military says troops have "begun pushing into the heart of Gaza City," renewing its call for thousands of war-weary civilians to evacuate.
President Trump is suing The New York Times for $15 billion for what he says is a years-long pattern of defamation and libel by the paper against him.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to grant the Trump administration emergency relief and clear the way for Mr. Trump to remove Cook from her position.
Technology company Oracle is among a consortium of firms that would enable TikTok to continue operations in the U.S. if a framework deal is finalized, sources say.
President Trump announced Monday the U.S. military has carried out a second strike on alleged Venezuelan "narcoterrorists."
Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino are challenging the FBI's fierce allegiance to message control.
Mr. Trump said after the Minnesota assassination that he didn't want to "waste time" calling the state's governor after two lawmakers were gunned down.
The suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk is under special watch in a Utah jail, days after he allegedly shot and killed the 31-year-old conservative activist.