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Leavitt: Trump decision on Iran within 2 weeks Leavitt says Trump will make decision on Iran within next two weeks 02:16 As President Trump is contemplating potential U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, law enforcement officials have stepped up surveillance of Iran-backed operatives in the United States, multiple sources told CBS News. FBI Director Kash Patel has increased efforts to monitor possible domestic sleeper cells linked to Hezbollah — a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization backed by Iran — since Israel’s Operation Rising Lion offensive began earlier this month, U.S. officials said.Both the White House and FBI declined to comment. The threat from…

“Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them). Ad Policy Protesters tried to hold a line against riot police but pushed back with less lethal munitions during a march against ICE raids in Downtown Los Angeles, June 15, 2025.(Shay Horse / NurPhoto via Getty Images) “It’s frightening to see how they treated a US senator,” says Ercilia Ramirez (name changed at her request) from the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Fe Springs. “Imagine what they’re doing to people like me,” says Ramirez, a 40-year-old undocumented Mexican mother of a newborn. Her voice…

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered along U.S. shorelines — potentially cutting that type of waste in half in certain places, a new study published Thursday in the journal Science found.More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags led to fewer discarded bags found near coastlines, rivers and lakes – and if they did, to what extent.Co-authors environmental economist Anna Papp…

Washington — President Trump has been briefed on both the risks and the benefits of bombing Fordo, Iran’s most secure nuclear site, and his mindset is that disabling it is necessary because of the risk of weapons being produced in a relatively short period of time, multiple sources told CBS News. “He believes there’s not much choice,” one source said. “Finishing the job means destroying Fordo.”The president approved attack plans on Iran on Tuesday night, but has not made a final decision on whether to strike the country and formally join Israel’s air campaign, a senior intelligence source and a Defense…

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or a Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on May 2, 2023. AP/U.S. Air Force hide caption toggle caption AP/U.S. Air Force As the escalated conflict between Israel and Iran continues for a sixth day, the U.S. appears to be increasingly weighing direct military involvement. “I may do it. I may not do it,” President Trump told reporters on Wednesday. “I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.” Israel says its assault on Iran is necessary to prevent the country from building a nuclear weapon — which it sees…

A 12-year-old girl was airlifted from South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said.The girl was bitten in the waters off Hilton Head’s Sea Pines on Tuesday, authorities said. Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue said in a statement she had sustained “a leg injury consistent with lacerations typically associated with a shark bite.””She has lost good amount of blood so far,” a first responder said in dispatch audio obtained by CBS News.The preteen, who has not been identified, received on-scene treatment from Shore Beach Services and Fire Rescue personnel, then was airlifted to nearby…

June 19, 2025 Mamdani’s campaign deserves credit for offering a clear, inspiring, progressive message. But ranked-choice voting is also helping to make him competitive. Ad Policy New York City mayoral candidates Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani, who cross-endorsed each other for mayor, gather with their supporters for an anti-Cuomo press conference at Bryant Park in New York City on June 14, 2025.(Melissa Bender / NurPhoto via AP) This article was originally published at The Guardian and is republished here with permission. With a week left until New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, one might have thought that former governor Andrew Cuomo…

Rep. Eric Swalwell is no stranger to fighting legal battles. Swalwell, in his seventh term as a Democrat representing the Bay Area of California, served as an impeachment manager in President Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2020. Swalwell is also the plaintiff in a four-year civil lawsuit seeking damages from Mr. Trump for the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.  But Swalwell, an attorney and former local prosecutor in Alameda County, is so concerned about legal peril during the second Trump term, he has taken out a liability insurance policy to protect himself. Swalwell confirmed he had done so…

SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up 00:25 A SpaceX Starship exploded at a launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball. Video shows the explosion, which SpaceX said occurred as the Starship was preparing for a flight test.The Starship “experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase,” SpaceX’s launch site in Texas, the company said on X.”A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for,” SpaceX said. The company said there here are no hazards to residents in surrounding…

When the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched in 2022 it included a pilot to offer specialized support to LGBTQ+ kids. The Trump administration is ending that. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration is ending specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. While anyone in a mental health crisis can call or text 988 and be connected to a trained counselor, the line has specially trained counselors, often with similar life experiences, for high risk groups like veterans and LGBTQ+ youth. The federal government’s…