Congress faces steep climb to avoid government shutdown less than two weeks away
Concerns about a partial government shutdown are growing more realistic as Congress finishes another week just as far apart on federal spending as they were at the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.Lawmakers…
A business without bosses
ChiFresh Kitchen, located in Chicago, is owned and operated by formerly incarcerated women of color. Launched just as the pandemic hit, its five worker-owners mobilized to provide healthy meals to communities hardest hit by COVID-19…
Jim Jordan announces plan to run for House speaker after McCarthy ousting
Rep. Jim Jordan announced Wednesday his plan to run for the vacant House speaker position. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the latest on who could succeed Kevin McCarthy as the leader of the…
Cops told him the First Amendment doesn’t apply, then they arrested him to prove it.
The arrest of a cop watcher by Texas police raises serious questions about the rights of citizen journalists and the state of the First Amendment. We examine the unlawful detention of cop watcher David Boren…
Biden visits Lewiston, Maine, to comfort residents after mass shooting leaves 18 dead: ‘You’re not alone’
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Lewiston, Maine on Friday, a week after the state suffered its deadliest mass shooting.The Bidens stood for a moment of silence and placed a bouquet of white…
Watch: Biden comments on Kevin McCarthy ouster, student loan debt
A day after Kevin McCarthy was removed as House speaker, President Biden discussed the turmoil in Congress as well as further actions the White House is taking on student debt relief. #news #politics #biden CBS…
France’s attempts to extradite Hassan Diab have chilling implications (EXTENDED INTERVIEW)
The French government has renewed its attempts to extradite professor and exonerated terrorism suspect Hassan Diab. In this extended interview, we talk with Roger Clark of the Hassan Diab Support Committee and Monia Mazigh on…
Biden visits Lewiston, Maine, to comfort residents after mass shooting leaves 13 dead: ‘You’re not alone’
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Lewiston, Maine on Friday, a week after the state suffered its deadliest mass shooting.The Bidens stood for a moment of silence and placed a bouquet of white…
Republican who voted to oust McCarthy brushes off criticism: “Tempers are hot”
Rep. Matt Rosendale, a Republican from Montana, voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. He defended the move to CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane, saying critics of his vote would “probably…
The true price of coal
Over 1,000 union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on strike since April 1. While industries around the world depend on the coal these workers pull out of the ground, few know the toll…
Co-ops are democratizing the food chain
Millions went hungry when the pandemic hit, but at the Black-owned cooperative Brooklyn Packers, workers rose to the challenge by packing thousands of meals a week. In a sector known for exploitative pay and poor…
Republican lawmakers react to McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker
Three Republican lawmakers — two who voted against Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker and one who joined the 208 House Democrats to vote for it — spoke with CBS News on Wednesday about the…
Ohio Congressman cancels town meeting over threats against Jewish people
Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman, a Democrat, canceled a town meeting scheduled for Saturday in the city of Lebanon in response to threats being made against Jewish people across the U.S. amid the war between Israeli…
Cops lied to put him in handcuffs, but a camera caught the truth!
A Los Angeles man says he was targeted by police after he was pulled over for crossing a line in front of a stop sign; but after placing him in handcuffs and arresting the passenger…
Nepal earthquake left at least 128 dead, dozens injured, prompting massive search and rescue effort
An earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal just before midnight Friday left at least 128 people dead and injured dozens more, officials said Saturday. Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise.Rescue helicopters flew into…
Tupac Shakur murder suspect makes first court appearance
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, made his first court appearance Wednesday morning in Las Vegas. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston has more. #news #tupac #crime CBS News…
The latest on the deadly effects of COVID-19 in prisons
Eddie Conway talks to two experts about the latest infection rates, issues with transparency, and more. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: Donate:…
No funding? No problem, for Baltimore’s co-ops
While large corporations received billions in tax breaks and subsidies, worker co-ops struggled to raise capital. So worker-owners in Baltimore started their own revolving loan fund, supporting nearly two dozen co-ops as they successfully weathered…
Mayor Eric Adams heads to Latin America as New York City migrant crisis grows
New York City mayor Eric Adams wants to give a “true picture” of conditions migrants will face in the U.S. during his trip to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia. CBS News contributor Enrique Acevedo has more….
A man was tasered in his own driveway, but cops weren’t finished with him
Surveillance footage reveals police assaulting an unarmed man on his own property. While the use of force in the video is shocking on its own, what’s even more shocking is the fact that the state…
High costs still making consumers angry and dissatisfied
People across the country remain “deeply dissatisfied” with the state of the economy even as the rate of inflation declines. Amara Omeokwe, an economics reporter with The Wall Street Journal, shares her latest reporting on…
UPDATE: Department Names Her Deputy Of The Month, But Grand Jury Indicts Her On Multiple Felonies
Link to the department that gave her a verbal warning and a deputy of the month award for allegedly committing multiple felonies. They disabled comments on their FB page when the initial beating occured over…
Care workers have gone through hell for us—will we show up for them?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has thrown America’s deeply dysfunctional system of caregiving into sharp relief: overcrowded and understaffed nursing homes account for a third of all COVID-19 deaths in the US. ICUs have been stretched…
CDC to recommend antibiotic after sex for some to prevent STIs
The CDC is planning to recommend an antibiotic pill for some to take after sex to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections. The move comes after recent studies found some people who took doxycycline…
The Texas abortion ban is even more extreme than you think
Texas just enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. Senate Bill 8, which went into effect at midnight on Sept. 1, effectively bans abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy, before most people who…
Search for new House speaker, Biden addresses McCarthy’s ouster, more | America Decides
“America Decides” reports on who could replace Kevin McCarthy as the next House speaker, President Biden’s reaction to the dysfunction in the House and other top political stories. #news #politics #kevinmccarthy CBS News Streaming Network…
A region scarred by coal production now faces fracking threats
In her documentary “Hard Road of Hope,” independent filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield details the history and contemporary struggles of West Virginians living and dying in coal country. As part of our coverage commemorating the Battle of…
