Israel Ramps Up Attacks Amid Iran Talks, E. Jean Carroll Investigation, CBS Overhaul
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🗓️ 29 May 2026
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The Justice Department is investigating writer E. Jean Carroll and the major Democratic donor who helped pay some of her legal bills against President Trump, part of a broader pattern of probes into the president’s perceived political adversaries.
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is asserting full control over the network, forcing out the longtime executive producer of 60 Minutes and several top correspondents as she tries to remake the network’s most prestigious program.
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(01:57) Israel Ramps Up Attacks Amid Iran Talks
(05:38) E. Jean Carroll Investigation
(09:27) CBS Overhaul
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| 0:00.0 | Israel is expanding its invasion of Lebanon. |
| 0:04.9 | And that creates an obstacle to ending the broader Mid-East war. President Trump wants to get out of the war with Iran, and Iran says any deal must include Lebanon too, so what's the way forward? |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Steven'skeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.7 | The Justice Department uses taxpayer funds for another step in President Trump's retribution |
| 0:25.6 | campaign. E. Jean Carroll won a sexual abuse claim against Donald Trump, and now prosecutors |
| 0:31.9 | under Trump's direction are investigating a non-profit that paid her legal expenses. |
| 0:36.4 | And CBS News is overhauling 60 Minutes. |
| 0:39.6 | The network's new editor-in-chief Barry Weiss forced out veteran correspondence |
| 0:43.1 | and brought in an executive producer who has never worked in broadcast news. |
| 0:47.5 | So what's behind the restructuring? |
| 0:49.0 | Stay with us. |
| 0:49.6 | We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:56.8 | Israel's war in Lebanon has complicated the Trump administration's effort to get out of |
| 1:01.8 | the war with Iran. |
| 1:02.7 | Here's how those two conflicts are connected. When the United States and Israel attacked Iran |
| 1:06.6 | early this year, Iran's ally Hezbollah at Lebanon struck back against Israel. Israeli forces then |
| 1:13.0 | invaded Lebanon. Now President Trump wants out of the war and Iranians are insisting that any peace |
| 1:18.2 | deal should include Lebanon. Israeli forces have intensified attacks there and moved further into |
| 1:24.2 | the country. Here to tell us more about this is MPR's Jane Arroff in Beirut, |
| 1:28.1 | the capital of Lebanon. Jane, so we've been hearing a lot about whether the U.S. is close to an |
| 1:33.0 | agreement with Iran or not. Where do things stand? Well, here's the latest from Vice President |
| 1:37.5 | J.D. Vans last night in Washington. He said, quote, we're not there, but we're very close. |
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