Washington — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is the latest U.S. official to be threatened or targeted by Iran, but he is far from the first. The Iranian regime has been implicated in various plots to target top U.S. officials since 2020, when President Trump ordered the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Threats against Americans have…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has relocated from his home in the Washington, D.C. area to a military base following an Iranian threat against his life, The New York Times reported, followed by the Reuters news agency. Both cited people familiar with the matter. CBS News has reached out to the Treasury Department and White House for…
A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in the U.K. on suspicion that he engaged in espionage linked to Russia, British and U.S. authorities announced Tuesday. The 41-year-old suspect was not identified, but a U.S. official told CBS News he is a senior officer based at Imjin Barracks, home to the headquarters for NATO’s Allied…
Three Iran-backed operatives have been charged with plotting a terrorist attack at a British Royal Air Force base in the United Kingdom where U.S. troops are stationed, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi was indicted in May on federal charges of conspiracy to provide material support to Iran-backed terrorist organizations,…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 25, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Democratic Congressman Jason Crow of Colorado, who is in Denver this morning. Congressman, our CBS polling shows Democrats are on pace…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Attorney General Todd Blanche Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of…
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Friday that Iran has “substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel” abroad, with plots to kill Americans reaching “advanced stages” in the Middle East and other countries. The warning, contained in an unclassified memo that was sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by CBS News,…
Detective Susan Logothetti lives her professional life deep in the past, investigating cold cases at the Everett Police Department, north of Seattle. Det. Susan Logothetti: I love that people who thought they could get away with it 40 years ago are looking over their shoulder now, wondering what they left behind. One case in particular…
19m ago Norwegian teen sentenced in U.K. to 20 years in prison for plotting murder for Iran-linked gang A Norwegian teenager convicted of traveling to Britain to carry out a contract killing on behalf of an international crime gang linked to Iran was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19,…
Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who was the target of a foiled 2023 assassination plot allegedly directed by an ex-Indian intelligence official, is facing new threats to his life that are being investigated by the FBI, Pannun told CBS News on Thursday. Pannun, a vocal critic of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that FBI…
