Afghans stare down a bleak future as Taliban marks one year in power
Women's freedoms have been erased, the economy is in a freefall, and a father tells CBS News that all he remembers on this anniversary is losing two sons.
Women's freedoms have been erased, the economy is in a freefall, and a father tells CBS News that all he remembers on this anniversary is losing two sons.
CBS News Radio White House correspondent Steven Portnoy joined Nikki Batiste and Lana Zak to talk about the response out of Washington regarding China's military exercises near Taiwan, President Biden's latest executive order expanding abortion access and what many are considering a successful week for the administration.
Tensions are high between the U.S. and China as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrapped up her visit to Taiwan. Beijing condemned the trip and responded with military exercises. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi reports from Taiwan, the former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton joined CBS News' David Begnaud to discuss the implications of Pelosi's trip and the U.S. drone strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the Biden administration's concerns with China's military drills in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Plus, he talks about the risks to Americans after the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
More details are emerging about the drone strike in Afghanistan that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who played a key role in the 9/11 attacks. Catherine Herridge reports.
A U.S. drone strike has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, an al Qaeda leader suspected of helping plan the 9/11 attacks. He was Osama Bin Laden's deputy for more than a decade, becoming the terror group's leader after Bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs in 2011. CBS senior investigating correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived on Taiwan for a visit today despite rising tensions between the U.S. and China. Ohio Congressman Mike Turner, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, joins "Red and Blue" to discuss the trip as well as the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
President Biden announced the U.S. killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan, and said "justice has been delivered" for families of 9/11 victims. Alice Greenwald, President and CEO of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum, joins CBS News to discuss how victims' families are reacting to the news.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the key players behind the 9/11 terror attacks, was killed over the weekend during a U.S. drone strike in Kabul. CBS News' David Begnaud and Debra Alfarone speak with James Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Turkey and the chair of the Wilson Center's Middle East Program, about the global implications of this attack.
President Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan says the White House is communicating with the Taliban about their knowledge of al-Zawahiri's location.
CBS News foreign policy and national security contributor H.R. McMaster joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the relationship between the Taliban and al Qaeda following the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. counterterrorism drone strike.
CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers with details on the U.S. operation in Afghanistan that led to the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda and a key figure behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda and a major architect of the 9/11 attacks, was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend. Here's what to know about the terrorist leader, who was considered the brains of Osama bin Laden's terror group.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed over the weekend in a drone strike during a U.S. counterterrorism operation, President Biden announced Monday night. In 2004, Ed Bradley reported on al-Zawahiri, said to be the mastermind behind Osama bin Laden.
CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell joins “CBS Mornings” to talk about what the strike means for the future of al Qaeda and the country.
"Now, justice has been delivered," President Biden said Monday night. "And this terrorist leader is no more."
National security adviser Jake Sullivan joins “CBS Morning” to give an inside look at the historic strike and what it means for the country's relationship with the Taliban.
President Biden announced a U.S. counterterrorism operation killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri helped plot some of the deadliest terrorist attacks against Americans, including on 9/11. Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge has the details on how the U.S. tracked down the top terrorist target.
U.S. drone strike kills top al Qaeda leader; Beyoncé swaps out controversial song lyric on her new album
A U.S. drone strike has killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. At the White House, President Biden said, “Now, justice has been delivered. And this terrorist leader is no more.” Voters in Kansas will be the first in the country since Roe v Wade was overturned to have their say, in voting today, on whether abortion should remain protected there. And WNBA star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court a month after her trial began.
President Biden has confirmed the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. CBS News' Lana Zak breaks down the significance of this attack with CBS News reporter Olivia Gazis.
The terrorist leader was believed to be the true architect behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
U.S. officials have accepted for a while that Khalid Ahmed Qasim is no well-trained terror operative. He's finally set for release, but his future remains uncertain.
Abu Hamzah al Yemeni was a senior leader of Horas al-Din group. The attack was the latest in a series over the past few years targeting al Qaeda-linked militants in northwestern Syria.
As U.S. intelligence officials warned al Qaeda may be planning “spectacular attacks” in 2002, Osama bin Laden’s letters show that at that time, the terror organization was weak, and bin Laden was not the “puppet master” people thought he was. https://cbsn.ws/3vGf3DV
The first three hostages were released Sunday after the ceasefire officially began. A total of 33 hostages will be released in the first phase of the deal.
The women are the first three hostages to be released under the newly implemented ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas
Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath of office to President-elect Donald Trump.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott told CBS News through tears that he is "so very grateful."
Vice President Kamala Harris will take time to decide her next move, a senior administration official said Sunday.
As Trump returns to White House, many expect lower prices, good economy. Fewer would buy Greenland. Democrats are concerned, exhausted by politics.
The CBP One app allows migrants in certain parts of Mexico to request a time to be processed by American immigration officials at legal border entry points, also known as ports of entry.
Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.
Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.
The fire began outside the building – which was unoccupied at the time – and caused minor damage before it was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott told CBS News through tears that he is "so very grateful."
President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in on Monday as his inauguration ceremony is set to take rare form inside the U.S. Capitol.
Trump unveiled the so-called meme coin, which is designed to capitalize on the popularity of a certain personality, movement or viral internet trend, on social media.
A modified version of previously trendy "no buy" pledges, the low-buy version attracts a wider audience who finds the flexible approach more accessible and manageable.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging Walgreens knowingly filled millions of unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances.
Experts say no other app offers the same financial opportunities as TikTok, while creators fear loss of income if it disappears.
U.S. officials have long feared that the widely popular short-form video app could be used as a vehicle for espionage.
Vice President Kamala Harris will take time to decide her next move, a senior administration official said Sunday.
Han Zheng, the vice president of the People's Republic of China, is in Washington for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.
Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.
The fire began outside the building – which was unoccupied at the time – and caused minor damage before it was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott told CBS News through tears that he is "so very grateful."
Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in 2022, officials say.
Ray Kohn knew something was wrong, but it took several years dozens of doctor's visits to find an answer.
A modified version of previously trendy "no buy" pledges, the low-buy version attracts a wider audience who finds the flexible approach more accessible and manageable.
On Thursday, the Senate will hold a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Servies. His nomination has raised alarms with health officials because of Kennedy's skepticism of vaccines and his vow that he will advise water systems to stop adding fluoride. Some cities have already made the move. Our CBS News Confirmed team visited one community.
A federal court had ordered the Biden administration to take action over fluoride's potential health risks at higher levels.
At least 80 people were killed in northeast Colombia following failed attempts at peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.
The women are the first three hostages to be released under the newly implemented ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas
A senior Taliban figure says the group's leader should scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls.
The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez with the Texas city of El Paso.
The first three hostages were released Sunday after the ceasefire officially began. A total of 33 hostages will be released in the first phase of the deal.
In this web exclusive, actor Steve Guttenberg ("Police Academy," "Cocoon," "Three Men and a Baby") talks with "Sunday Morning" contributor Lisa Ling about his relationship with his late father (whom he called his "anchor") and his support as Steve built up a Hollywood career, which he experienced as "a regular person living an extraordinary life." He also talks about being a caregiver to his father after his diagnosis of kidney failure.
As the Palisades Fire exploded in his hometown, the actor was moving abandoned cars so emergency vehicles could get through. He spoke about the importance of making a difference; and about caring for his late father, Stanley, whom he calls his "anchor."
As the Palisades Fire exploded, Steve Guttenberg, one of the biggest movie stars of the 1980s and '90s, was moving abandoned cars so emergency vehicles could get through. Six sleepless days later, and with much of his hometown reduced to ruins, he was still there to help protect his and his neighbors' homes. He spoke with CBS News contributor Lisa Ling about the importance of making a difference; and about caring for his late father, Stanley, whom he calls his "anchor," and whom he writes about in the book "Time to Thank: Caregiving for My Hero."
The widow of a steel magnate, socialite Perle Mesta used her fortune to host inclusive dinner parties in Washington, D.C., in the 1940s and '50s, becoming known as "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball" (after Irving Berlin celebrated her in the musical, "Call Me Madam"). Mesta became one of the most famous women in the world, and her influence – on politics and on the social scene – is examined by Meryl Gordon in her new biography, "The Woman Who Knew Everyone." CBS News' Erin Moriarty talks with Gordon; with 99-year-old former journalist Marie Ridder, who attended some of Mesta's parties; and with Washington insider Sally Quinn, who doubts that any power broker today could pull off what Mesta once did so brilliantly: getting Democrats and Republicans to sit down at a dinner table and see eye-to-eye.
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including director David Lynch, the visionary behind "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive"; and Milwaukee Brewers sportscaster and actor Bob Uecker.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.
TikTok said it will be forced to go dark on Sunday and called on the Biden administration for clarification on the new law. A White House spokesperson Saturday called TikTok's statement a "stunt." Ali Bauman has the latest details on the situation.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
The Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday that would ban TikTok in the U.S. beginning Sunday. The Biden administration will not enforce the ban, meaning it will fall on the Trump administration after the president-elect is sworn in the following day. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford and Alan Rozenshtein, associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota, join "America Decides" to unpack the ruling.
Experts say no other app offers the same financial opportunities as TikTok, while creators fear loss of income if it disappears.
Experts discuss the increased intensity we can expect from destructive weather events due to climate change, while an amateur meteorologist explains how he helped sound the alarm as wildfires spread towards the L.A. County community of Altadena.
Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.
If the weather cooperates, the Starship launch will follow the maiden flight of Jeff Bezos' already weather-delayed New Glenn rocket.
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant in a desperate effort to stop the flames.
Brood XIV, the second-largest group of periodical cicadas, known for their noisy mass emergence from the ground, will arrive this spring.
The fire began outside the building – which was unoccupied at the time – and caused minor damage before it was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
Melissa Calusinski was convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison for the death of a 16-month-old in her care, but her attorneys argue that critical evidence that might have cleared her was manipulated.
Adam Fravel is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Maddi Kingsbury, the mother of their two children. He maintains his innocence.
Protests erupted in West Bengal last August after the body of a trainee doctor was found with multiple injuries in a hospital lecture hall.
The appearance by Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, came a day after he arrived back in the U.S. from France where he was detained in April.
A fire in the aft section of SpaceX's Starship trigged the apparent explosion that destroyed the spacecraft, the company says.
SpaceX completed its seventh launch of the Starship rocket, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit and a NASA astronaut stuck in space went on her first spacewalk in seven months. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood breaks down the latest stories.
Telemetry from the Starship froze just more than 8 minutes after launch from Texas, moments after engines began shutting down.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was launched Thursday morning in Florida following a three-day delay. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer from the Franklin Institute, joined CBS News to discuss the launch.
Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket early Thursday, sending a test satellite into orbit. The mission wasn't a complete success though, as the booster crashed while trying to land on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Peterson's death sentence for the murder of his pregnant wife Laci has been overturned. Now his supporters are pushing for a complete retrial.
The seesaw marriage between the former ballerina and her much older husband only lasted four years, until she shot him on Sept. 27, 2020.
Cayley Mandadi's mother and stepfather go to extreme lengths to prove her death was no accident.
See some of convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs that were discovered by detectives in a Seattle storage locker.
Aid has begun slowly moving into Gaza as the ceasefire took effect between Israel and Hamas on Sunday morning. Imtiaz Tyab reports from the Rafah crossing.
Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the organization is trying to connect more than 17,000 separated Gazan children with their family members "It's a real moment of hope and peril at the same time," she said.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who was one of the senators on the Armed Services Committee who questioned Trump's pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth closely, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he believes Hegseth would be a "very dangerous Secretary of Defense."
No date has been set for Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's controversial choice to lead the FBI. Despite comments by former Trump administration officials about Patel and what Patel wrote in his book, Graham tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is "ready to vote for Kash Patel."
As the first three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released to the Red Cross, Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the ceasefire deal is a "detailed, complex arrangement to leave nothing to chance."