Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to secure nomination in DNC vote
A majority of Democratic delegates has voted to select Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote, her campaign said Friday.
Watch CBS News
A majority of Democratic delegates has voted to select Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote, her campaign said Friday.
Former President Donald Trump's pledge to cut taxes that seniors pay on their Social Security income would ultimately hurt the program, experts say.
A plane carrying Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva landed at a military base in Maryland after they were freed by Russia in a prisoner exchange.
President Biden said the deal would not have been possible without the help of U.S. allies, saying today is "a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in this world."
The Biden administration announced the release of three U.S. citizens from Russia, including Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, as part of a complex 24-person prisoner swap.
U.S. Border Patrol agents made 56,000 migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the lowest number since September 2020.
![Khalid Shaikh Mohammed [Misc.]](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/07/31/1ef51549-48fe-4be8-b947-da35b1c062d9/thumbnail/640x360/6595fa9748301e13e2538dbc60c04aff/gettyimages-50382866.jpg#)
The Pentagon did not release details of the plea deal.
"I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black," former President Donald Trump said.
Iran's supreme leader has vowed to "seek revenge" against Israel for the killing of Hamas' top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate will campaign together in battleground states next week, sources familiar with the plans previously told CBS News.
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Georgia with rapper Megan Thee Stallion as she seeks to keep the battleground state in play for Democrats.
Biden called for a Constitutional Amendment eliminating immunity for crimes a former president committed in office.
The state of Texas is accusing a Catholic charity of being a "stash house" for migrants. But the shelter says it is simply helping desperate people in need.
"On top of its extreme decisions, the court is mired in a crisis of ethics," President Biden said in a speech at the LBJ Library in Austin.
Former President Donald Trump will speak with the FBI about the attempted assassination against him at his Pennsylvania rally.
