Fighting ISIS, the world's richest terrorist group ever

The U.S. and countries around the world are targeting the terror group's finances

• Dec 22, 2015

President Obama: Counterterrorism efforts robust before holidays

The president received updates from his national security team at the National Counterterrorism Center

• Dec 17, 2015

Chattanooga shooting victims to receive Purple Hearts

It took the government nearly five months to say the attack was inspired by a foreign terrorist group

• Dec 16, 2015

Hillary Clinton outlines "360-degree" strategy on homeland security

In Minneapolis Tuesday, she called for "empowerment" of Muslim Americans as front line defense

• Dec 15, 2015

Twitter warns some users of "state-sponsored" hackers

Twitter sent out emails warning some users that their personal data may be at risk

• Dec 15, 2015

French arrest 2 suspected of selling guns to Paris attacker

Arrests come almost a year after Amedy Coulibaly killed 4 people in Kosher supermarket during Charlie Hebdo siege

• Dec 15, 2015

U.S. troops in Syria, but is it enough to beat ISIS?

We ask a local commander working with U.S. Special Ops forces in Syria how much help the small deployment really is

• Dec 15, 2015

​Hillary Clinton to address homegrown terror threat

Clinton will speak in Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon

• Dec 15, 2015

Egypt still insists no evidence Russian plane was attacked

In spite of Russian and U.S. belief ISIS bomb downed Metrojet flight in Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian investigation takes a very different tack

• Dec 14, 2015

San Bernardino shooting victims mourned

The first funerals for the 14 people killed in the Dec. 2 San Bernardino shootings took place in California, Dec. 10-12, 2015

• Dec 11, 2015
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Poll: After San Bernardino attacks, American concern about terror threat rises

New CBS News/New York Times national GOP poll shows Americans are on the alert when it comes to terrorism in the United States

• Dec 10, 2015

CBS/NYT Poll: Donald Trump leads, strong on terrorism, economy

New CBS News/New York Times national GOP poll shows Trump leading, with Cruz surpassing Carson; Hillary Clinton maintains lead over Bernie Sanders

• Dec 10, 2015

What about Donald Trump's Muslim nation properties?

The GOP presidential candidate's call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. could clash with his overseas business interests

• Dec 9, 2015

​Will tech companies join the war on terrorism?

President Obama faces a hard road in getting more cooperation regarding encryption and the use of social media

• Dec 7, 2015

DHS chief: New terror alert system to be unveiled soon

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday that the new system will keep the public better informed

• Dec 7, 2015

Majority of Americans want U.S. to deploy ground troops to Iraq, Syria

In a poll conducted before San Bernardino, more than half of Americans said ground troops should be deployed overseas

• Dec 7, 2015

2016 presidential candidates react to Obama's Oval Office address on ISIS

Republicans started criticizing the speech as soon as President Obama started speaking

• Dec 6, 2015

Obama: U.S. "will overcome" the threat from terrorism

The president delivered an Oval Office speech on his strategy to fight ISIS and called on Congress to take action on multiple fronts to protect the homeland

• Dec 6, 2015

What Obama will say about San Bernardino

The president will urge Americans not to give into fear of terrorism despite the recent attacks in Paris and California

• Dec 6, 2015

Donald Trump: "I'm not playing on fears" of Muslims

GOP frontrunner tells "Face the Nation" his Muslim stance is common sense, and also that the U.S. should "be very tough on" terrorists' families

• Dec 6, 2015

​U.K. police treat London stabbing as "terrorist incident"

Three people hurt, suspect in custody after stabbing at Leytonstone Underground station in east London

• Dec 5, 2015

Chris Christie: NYT gun control op-ed "liberal claptrap"

N.J. governor and GOP presidential candidate tells "Face the Nation" stricter gun laws won't "stop terrorists from attacking us"

• Dec 5, 2015

San Bernardino attack raises fears outside big cities

Attack in California city makes it all too obvious for some Americans that big cities with marquee names aren't only potential targets

• Dec 5, 2015

Black Lives Matter protesters cut off Donald Trump in North Carolina

His speech was interrupted at least 10 times during the rally

• Dec 5, 2015

Ted Cruz draws link between "gun-free zones" and mass shootings

He blamed the Obama administration for failing to prevent San Bernardino shooting

• Dec 4, 2015

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