The airstrikes on ISIS targets are being conducted in response to the killing of two U.S. Army soldiers and an civilian contractor by a lone terrorist in Palmyra, Syria.
The Department of Justice has released hundreds of thousands of files related to the criminal prosecutions of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News justice reporter Jake Rosen has more.
The U.S. military has carried out airstrikes in central Syria targeting suspected sites linked to the Islamic State terror group. The strikes follow last Saturday's ISIS attack that killed two soldiers and a U.S. civilian working as an interpreter. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has the details.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on social media Friday that the U.S. had begun "Operation Hawkeye Strike" in Syria, targeting ISIS forces in the region in response to an ambush attack last weekend that killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an interpreter. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.
A federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who secured the indictments against them, was unlawfully appointed to her role as interim U.S. attorney.
