U.N. ambassador: Biden refugee move a "first step" to up admissions
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the administration is "looking at the infrastructure that we have in place to support bringing refugees into the United States."
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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the administration is "looking at the infrastructure that we have in place to support bringing refugees into the United States."
President Biden's decision to maintain the Trump-era ceiling of 15,000 refugee admissions for this year was met with swift backlash.
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Survivors of a Mediterranean shipwreck on Wednesday say about 100 migrants are still missing. Their boat capsized during the perilous journey from North Africa to a better life in Europe. More than 6,000 have been rescued since Monday. Seth Doane reports.
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Five million Syrians are on the run from their civil war, and the UN estimates more than one million are children. While undercover, CBS News' Holly Williams discovered refugee children pressed into labor for 50 cents an hour.
While he scrapped Trump-era categories that narrowed who could be resettled in the U.S., Mr. Biden did not increase the record-low 15,000-spot refugee ceiling.
A TV station in Baltimore was evacuated after a man in an animal costume threatened to blow up the building; about 6,000 immigrants who escaped poverty and violence in East Africa have resettled in Lewiston, Maine
About 6,000 immigrants who escaped poverty and violence in East Africa have resettled in Lewiston, Maine. When these refugees began arriving, many residents were resentful. Now, they say the town has changed for the better. Don Dahler has more.
Protesters fear the so-called trans-Atlantic partnership would weaken environmental standards and consumer protections, but President Obama defends the pact that would create the world's largest free trade zone; CBS News has been following Jawan Ahmed's journey from war-torn Syria for quite awhile now
CBS News has been following Jawan Ahmed's journey from war-torn Syria for quite awhile now. We bumped into him again in Germany, where he's attending high school, but still missing his parents, whom he hasn't seen in four months. Charlie D'Agata has more.
The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador since 1979 has left more than 230 dead and several hundred injured after striking 100 miles northwest of the country's capital; A business is giving asylum seekers in New York the opportunity to connect through a universal language: food
A business is giving asylum seekers in New York the opportunity to connect through a universal language: food. Jamie Yuccas reports.
Pope Francis has opened more than his heart to refugees trapped in Greece; CBS News' Marlie Hall shares a story about her father Edward, who while in retirement in Haiti, fell into a coma before miraculously surviving it.
For the first time since the flood of refugees overwhelmed Europe, the flow was reversed on Monday. More than 200 were sent home, with more to follow, under a deal between the European Union and Turkey. Holly Williams reports.
Europe began reversing the flow of migrants to the continent under a contentious new agreement. Boats carrying more than 200 people back to Turkey sailed early Monday from two Greek islands. Human rights groups are protesting. Holly Williams reports from the Greek island of Lesvos, where she witnessed the deportation.
ISIS still controls about a third of Syria and Iraq, including Mosul. The Iraqi city is isolated from the world since ISIS took it over in 2014. Holly Williams spoke with citizens that managed to escape Mosul by crossing the front lines of a fierce battle.
Just 0.3% of more than 600,000 migrants expelled by U.S. border officials under a pandemic-era policy have been allowed to pursue U.S. refuge.
The busiest Saturday of the election season is underway and Ted Cruz has already made his mark on the GOP side, winning the Kansas and Maine caucuses; Death Valley National Park hardly ever sees any plant life, but El Nino's rains have brought a full bloom to the parched desert.
Thousands of migrants trying to make their way into Europe through Greece are finding themselves stuck in border camps with little food and filthy conditions. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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While millions have fled Syria, tens of thousands can't escape the war-torn country. With Russian bombers leveling their homes and Turkey refusing entry, the refugees' situation is looking more dire. Holly Williams reports.
Ahead of the New Hampshire primary, new polls show that Republican candidate Donald Trump has a very good chance of securing a win after finishing second in Iowa; Brazil has reported more than 4,000 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect where babies develop small heads
The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources.
The Iran war reached the three-week mark as about 2,200 more U.S. Marines and three more warships are headed toward the region, two U.S. officials said.
It is unclear under what circumstances President Trump would authorize the use of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.
A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department's strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report — ending a policy that caused many news outlets to leave the Pentagon.
The U.S. Treasury has authorized the purchase of Iranian oil that's already at sea, exempting buyers from the tight sanctions that have restricted Iran's oil industry for years, as the Trump administration grapples with high oil prices.
The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York's Southern and Eastern districts, didn't set out to target Petro, but his name has come up during the course of the probes, one source said.
Doctors fear that skepticism, fueled by anti-science sentiment and mistrust, is extending beyond vaccines to other proven, routine care.
As Florida moves homeowners' policies out of its state-run insurer of last resort, insiders question one new company's finances.
Two former Louisville police officers were facing civil rights charges in connection with the 2020 shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
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The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York's Southern and Eastern districts, didn't set out to target Petro, but his name has come up during the course of the probes, one source said.
A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department's strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report — ending a policy that caused many news outlets to leave the Pentagon.
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company.
Transcript: Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens, Neda Sharghi on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 22, 2026
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company.
CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."
Security lines are stretching up to 2 hours at some airports amid TSA staffing shortages. Here's how to check wait times before you leave.
With gas closing in on $4 a gallon, the Trump administration is pulling multiple levers to tame energy prices. The results have been mixed.
A pharmaceutical company issued the recall after receiving complaints of "gel-like mass and black particles" in the product, the FDA said.
The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.
The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York's Southern and Eastern districts, didn't set out to target Petro, but his name has come up during the course of the probes, one source said.
The U.S. Treasury has authorized the purchase of Iranian oil that's already at sea, exempting buyers from the tight sanctions that have restricted Iran's oil industry for years, as the Trump administration grapples with high oil prices.
A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department's strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report — ending a policy that caused many news outlets to leave the Pentagon.
Transcript: Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens, Neda Sharghi on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 22, 2026
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Spencer Laird was diagnosed with colon cancer at 26. At 30, he was told it had returned and spread to his lungs, with one tumor the size of a golf ball.
The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.
The U.S. Treasury has authorized the purchase of Iranian oil that's already at sea, exempting buyers from the tight sanctions that have restricted Iran's oil industry for years, as the Trump administration grapples with high oil prices.
Transcript: Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens, Neda Sharghi on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 22, 2026
Siamak Namazi, who was released from Iran's Evin prison in 2023, said "it's important" that President Trump "hears that there are innocent Americans being held like we were as political pawns."
With gas closing in on $4 a gallon, the Trump administration is pulling multiple levers to tame energy prices. The results have been mixed.
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Federal prosecutors in Miami subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey as part of a probe into Obama-era intelligence officials, two sources familiar with the investigation tell CBS News. Jake Rosen reports.
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