• New U.S. counterterror strategy focuses on drug cartels but omits right-wing extremism

    New U.S. counterterror strategy focuses on drug cartels but omits right-wing extremism

    May 08, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    Well, it's about what I expected, if not a little bit subpar. Look, there's a couple of things that it gets right, and that's the focus on hostages and wrongfully detained persons, the focus on terrorist acquisition of weapons of mass destruction, and the enduring threat posed ...

  • Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit open areas in Israel

    Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit open areas in Israel

    May 08, 2026 02:58 PM EDT

    ... will end the current conditions. Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, told reporters after the meeting with Aoun that Israel and Hezbollah are taking Lebanon "hostage." "Hezbollah should stop its attacks and disarm, and Israel should put limits to its airstrikes that target and have targeted humanitarian centers," Lahbib said ...

  • News Wrap: Tennessee passes new congressional map, sparking protest

    News Wrap: Tennessee passes new congressional map, sparking protest

    May 07, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... not guilty to dozens of state charges, including first-degree murder. Authorities say he threw two Molotov cocktails during a demonstration in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza. At least 13 people were hurt and an 82-year-old woman later died from her injuries. The Egyptian national still faces ...

  • News Wrap: DOJ drops criminal probe into Jerome Powell

    News Wrap: DOJ drops criminal probe into Jerome Powell

    Apr 24, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Kevin Warsh as speedily as possible. He is a phenomenal candidate to lead the Fed and we shouldn't be holding our nation's economy hostage because of a disagreement with the Department of Justice. Geoff Bennett: The DOJ investigation of Powell unfolded against the backdrop of President Trump's ...

  • Inside Chornobyl, 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster

    Inside Chornobyl, 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster

    Apr 24, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... when invading Russian soldiers took over the site. Nikolai Pobedin, Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (through interpreter): They used us like a shield to store their weapons and equipment. After all, no one would attack a nuclear power plant. Simon Ostrovsky: Were you hostages? Nikolai Pobedin (through interpreter): Yes, of course.

  • EU approves a $106B loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

    EU approves a $106B loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

    Apr 23, 2026 06:49 PM EDT

    ... geopolitical battle.” Another EU voting hijack The row has raised yet more troubling questions about decision-making in the EU, which can often be held hostage to national interests when unanimous votes are required. Several top officials have in recent months called for more majority voting. The 27-nation bloc ...

  • Southern U.S. wildfires force hundreds of residents to flee

    Southern U.S. wildfires force hundreds of residents to flee

    Apr 23, 2026 03:43 PM EDT

    ... and animals they left behind. “I don’t know if I have a house standing or not,” said Denise Stephens, who evacuated her home near Hortense because of the fast-moving Brantley County fire. “I know what it’s taken from other people, but I don’t know what I ...

  • U.S. forces board a sanctioned oil tanker 'without incident' in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

    U.S. forces board a sanctioned oil tanker 'without incident' in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

    Apr 21, 2026 02:43 PM EDT

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday called the U.S. blockade a breach of the ceasefire and said “striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation.” In a letter, Iran's U.N. Mission asked the U.N. Security Council and U.N ...

  • Russian strikes kill at least 2 as Ukraine targets drone factory inside Russia

    Russian strikes kill at least 2 as Ukraine targets drone factory inside Russia

    Apr 19, 2026 04:42 PM EDT

    ... killed six people and wounded at least 14 others. A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside a supermarket with hostages in the Ukrainian capital before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko described the attacker’s mental state ...

  • Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term

    Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term

    Apr 16, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... war in Gaza. He and Witkoff met with regional leaders and successfully brokered a peace agreement to end the fighting and secure the release of hostages. After that deal was struck in October, Kushner was asked during a "60 Minutes" interview about his potential conflicts of interest. He said in ...