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Lilly Ledbetter, a champion of equal pay for women, died over the weekend at 86. President Barack Obama posted a tribute saying Ledbetter “never set out to be a trailblazer or a household name, she just wanted to be paid the same as a man for her hard work.”
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Fresh off her media blitz, Vice President Kamala Harris has now agreed to sit down for an interview with Fox News on Wednesday. Sophia Cai, national politics reporter at Axios, and Gram Slattery, national political reporter for Reuters, join “America Decides” with analysis.
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Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump descended on Pennsylvania on Monday. The Keystone State is one of the most crucial battleground states for both candidates this election cycle. CBS News’ Major Garrett and Anthony Salvanto join with analysis.
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North Carolina could have a major role in who is elected the next president. CBS News campaign reporter Taurean Small spent the weekend in Greenville, where Black leaders are making sure residents are prepared to cast their ballots.
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Charlie D’Agata goes inside a training exercise at Fort Johnson in Louisiana with the Army’s 101st Airborne Division to see how they’re preparing for future conflicts.
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Some people living in the path of Hurricane Helene may not have received crucial warnings to evacuate from the dangerous storm that killed more than 200 people across multiple states. While severe weather watches and warnings are sent by the National Weather Service, evacuation orders come from local authorities. Some residents say alerts to evacuate didn’t show up on their phone until hours later.
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A drone attack by Hezbollah hit the dining hall of an Israeli military base, killing at least four soldiers and wounding dozens others. The base is used to train the Israeli military’s recruits. Warning, this story contains graphic images.
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Porter Fox, author of “Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them,” joins “CBS Mornings Plus” to explain how warmer water and rising sea levels are fueling more powerful storms and what we can do about it.
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After months of hard work, Tulane architecture students finished a forever home for a homeless man.
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Parts of western Florida are still dealing with flooding and hundreds of thousands are without power after Hurricane Milton hit last week. President Biden visited Florida over the weekend, his second visit in just over a week after Helene slammed the Sunshine State.
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