Excited to be joining @skift as Managing Editor. @rafat, @jasonclampet and @denschaal have built something truly special. And now I get to cover and shape the future of travel with the smart reporters who know it best!
Thank you CBS News for 4 incredible years. I’ve made the decision to move on and I will miss the smart reporters I had the privilege of working with. My special thanks to the CBS News digital team, one of the best in the business.
NEW: With 100,000+ Russian troops bordering Ukraine, DHS warns Russia could launch a cyberattack against the US if it's threatened by our assistance there.
@SecMayorkas told me we're on "heightened alert" in this "geopolitical landscape."
w/ @EenaRuffini https://t.co/gWay3rKxOP
Keeping the faith: After TX hostage standoff, @DHS@SecMayorkas backs faith leaders’ call to double security funding for places of worship & non-profits to $360 million.
@ADL rallied 1700 supporters to write lawmakers, but the legislative path is murky. https://t.co/wfZMQmODDb
Biden’s job approval at the 1-year mark is 44%, despite the fact that only 26% of Americans think things in the country are going well. It dropped months ago and has not recovered.
Biden started out up in the 60s, buoyed by optimism about getting the pandemic under control.
We can do hard things... like overcoming our fear of needles!💉💪
After the @RedCross declared its first ever national blood crisis, I visited the A+ nurses at @ChildrensNatl who told me this donation will help 4-5 kids! #GiveWithMe
To learn more, visit: https://t.co/jWSlSfZSjL
"I hope your family dies"
"I will put a bullet in your f***ing forehead"
"You will not live much longer b***h"
These are the kinds of voicemails our lawmakers get on a *daily* basis. Some threats go a step further. Our report from this morning:
@mkaplantv@krisvancleave
January 6: One Year Later. With over 700 charged, our @CBSNews look at where the criminal investigation into the Capitol attack stands. With @ClareHymes22 and @ellee_watson. https://t.co/LYk9j75yu6
Ahead of 1/6 anniversary, @CapitolPolice chief warns threat level is "much higher" than a yr ago.
He wonders:
"Do we get to a point where enough people say…this is not good for our nation to have this level of vitriol?"
w @krisvancleave
https://t.co/WhdfojtLrX
When Kabul fell to the Taliban in August, the students of the American University of Afghanistan were scattered throughout the world, but regardless they continued to learn online. This is their story.
Thanks to @carolinelinton@lexharis for the edit!
NEW — Seven states have received half of 31,000 Afghan evacuees who have recently left US military sites to start new lives in America, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News.
1/3 of all evacuees are expected to live in TX, CA and VA.
https://t.co/1uzFj7cZDJ
EXCLUSIVE: Claudette Colvin, arrested for not giving up her seat for a White woman in 1955, has record expunged: "My name was cleared. I'm no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82." https://t.co/HRm06onqT7
Today at 7:30 AM on @CBSMornings: find out what just happened to an 82yo woman who refused to give up her seat to a white lady on an Alabama school bus when she was just 15. This is an update 66 years in the making & there’s a happy 😭 surprise at the end.
3 year old Jha’lil died in his mother's arms as their house collapsed on them during Kentucky tornadoes
The woman's 1yo son, who was also in her arms, survived & was not injured.
Our interview with the mothers is coming up next on the @CBSEveningNews. https://t.co/ER86YcWrEQ