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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who rose to the heights of American government and helped steer U.S. foreign policy through two presidencies, has died at the age of 100. Presidential historian and author Doug Brinkley joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his legacy.

Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Dubai to attend the United Nations climate conference, COP28. Combatting the climate crisis is key to President Joe Biden's re-election chances. However, as senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy explains, the president's climate record is complicated.

Henry Kissinger, who served as secretary of state and national security adviser under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, died Wednesday at 100. Kissinger's legacy is controversial, as he shaped American foreign policy for decades but is also accused of alleged war crimes. Margaret Brennan looks back at his complicated legacy.

Torrential rain has triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Work has begun on a barrier around the Garisenda Tower and authorities say the situation is 'critical'.

Bangladesh has been jolted by an earthquake that residents dozens of miles away in Dhaka say shook buildings

The government expressed "deep regret" over Quinto Inuma's death, describing the attack as "cowardly".

Macaulay Culkin unveils his Hollywood star and says the honour is meaningful to him as a father.

The U.N. human rights chief warned that conditions in Gaza are now "beyond crisis point."

Democratic strategist James Carville reacts to the news that Speaker Mike Johnson wrote the foreword for and publicly promoted a book filled with discredited conspiracy theories and homophobic insults.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults, and targeted Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for being "obnoxiously" gay.

Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, dealing a blow to one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's aggressive measures aimed at stopping migrants from entering the U.S. illegally.

The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requires Texas to stop any work on the roughly 1,000-foot barrier and move it to the riverbank. The order sided with a lower court decision in September that Abbott called "incorrect" and had predicted would be overturned.

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Five unhoused people were shot in Las Vegas, police said.

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case defended their client in a Fulton County courtroom for the first time. CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman joins Anderson Cooper to discuss.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. denied former President Trump's claim of presidential immunity on Friday and ruled against his request to drop the Jan. 6 case.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan of the District of Columbia, responding to Trump's claim that the Constitution grants him "absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions performed within the ‘outer perimeter’ of his official responsibility," wrote that the former president doesn't have a "lifelong ‘"get-out-of-jail-free’ pass."

"Former Presidents enjoy no special conditions on...