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Tehran, Iran — Iran said Monday it has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country’s nuclear and military sites, and that some have already been sentenced to death. The arrests took place in the Iranian calendar year ending in March 2019 and those taken into custody worked on “sensitive sites” in the country’s military and nuclear facilities, an Iranian intelligence official…

On Wednesday, House Democrats will have a chance to breathe life into the Mueller report. Relatively few Americans have read the 448-page document in which special counsel Robert Mueller concluded the evidence did not establish that the Trump campaign and Russia engaged in a conspiracy or coordination to fix the 2016 election, and also declined to conclude whether or not President Trump obstructed justice. Democrats know the report has failed…

On Wednesday, House Democrats will have a chance to breathe life into the Mueller report. Relatively few Americans have read the 448-page document in which special counsel Robert Mueller concluded the evidence did not establish that the Trump campaign and Russia engaged in a conspiracy or coordination to fix the 2016 election, and also declined to conclude whether or not President Trump obstructed justice. Democrats know the report has failed…

President Trump is doubling down on his defense of his supporters chanting “send her back ” in reference to U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. She promised to become Mr. Trump’s “nightmare” and on Saturday, another member of “The Squad” spoke out. Ben Tracy reports. Subscribe to the “CBS Evening News” Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/1S7DhikWatch Full Episodes of the “CBS Evening News” HERE: http://cbsn.ws/23XekKAWatch the latest installment of “On the Road,”…

Video Eric Shawn: Iran is at it again MIT’S Jim Walsh on the oil tanker tit for tat. An audio recording emerged Sunday of a British Navy frigate trying to stop Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from seizing a U.K.-flagged tanker two days ago. In the recording, released by maritime security firm Dryad Global, an Iranian vessel tells HMS Montrose it wants to inspect the Stena Imperio for security reasons, according to the…

Fox News host Chris WallaceChristopher (Chris) WallaceTrump’s tweets unify a fractured Democratic Party Top Democrat blasts Trump’s ‘racist tweet’ about progressive congresswomen Conway: House investigations are ‘combovers doing a do-over’ MORE on Sunday pressed White House senior adviser Stephen MillerStephen MillerHere are the top paid White House staffers Top Democrats question legal basis for appointing Cuccinelli as temporary immigration chief Five memorable moments from Sarah Sanders at the White House…

President Donald Trump on Sunday again ripped into four freshmen Democratic congresswomen who’ve been the target of his sustained attacks, calling them “weak” and “insecure” minutes after blasting a Washington Post story on the fallout over his initial comments about the members a week earlier. “I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country,” Trump tweeted. “They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful)…

Video Lara Trump says progressive ‘Squad’ members do not represent American women, previews Democratic debate Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley have very extreme ideas and constantly dump on our country, says Trump 2020 campaign senior adviser Lara Trump. Lara Trump fired back Saturday against critics who’ve asserted that the “Send her back!” chant at President Trump’s recent rally in North Carolina was planned, instead of…

Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran’s coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP hide caption toggle caption Stena Bulk/AP Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran’s coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP The U.K. Foreign Office is summoning the Iranian charge d’affaires following Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in…

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The United States will destroy any Iranian drones that fly too close to its ships and has “clear evidence” that it shot down such a drone on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said. “If they fly too close to our ships, they’ll continue to be shot down,” the official told reporters at a briefing on Friday. The comments came a day after US President Donald Trump said…

Video Rep. Omar: Nothing President Trump says should be taken to heart After the president intensifies his attacks against progressive congresswomen, Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar says, ‘This is our country and we are where we belong.’ Rep. Ilhan Omar promised to continue being President Trump’s “nightmare” as she received a warm welcome in her Minnesota district on Thursday, following a turbulent week in which she repeatedly clashed with the White…

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Video President Trump disavows ‘send her back’ chant at North Carolina rally Trump says he disagrees with the chant aimed at progressive Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar: ‘I was not happy with it.’ President Trump distanced himself Thursday from a chant of “send her back” that rang out during his North Carolina rally the night before and was directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — saying he “was not happy” with the chant. “I…

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Bad Bunny, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ricky Martin are calling for the resignation of Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. But why? On Saturday, 889 pages of private chats between Rosselló and members of his staff were leaked after two of the governor’s former officials were arrested by the FBI on corruption charges. The documents revealed that Rosselló had engaged in vulgar, sexist and homophobic conversations. In the chats Rosselló joked about…

Unlike the rest of the news media, I’m not going to assume there’s any coherent or consistent meaning lying inside President Trump’s tweets about the unnamed “congresswomen” from this weekend. But while we’re leaping, as usual, to labeling the tweets “racist,” let’s at least acknowledge that Trump was right insofar as his tweet pertained to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. Trump’s tweets were, if anything, a truncated version of a Washington…

Video House votes to condemn Trump remarks made toward four congresswomen Trump’s tweets criticizing congresswomen spark calls for impeachment; Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan weighs in. The four progressive congresswomen who are currently in a nasty feud with President Trump offered a not-so-subtle warning to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, the next time she “singles them out.” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, often…