Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand; President Trump pulls Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination for U.N. ambassador amid narrow GOP House majority.
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At least three people have died due to severe storms in South Texas this week as rescues were still ongoing Friday.
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President Trump says his call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was “extremely productive;” Derek Thompson on his book’s solutions to U.S. woes.
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Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University’s interim president, is being replaced by Claire Shipman. The university did not offer an explanation for the change in leadership.
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A federal judge has blocked the mass firings of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar; Elon Musk responds to concerns over Social Security and DOGE.
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In this installment of CBS Reports ongoing examination at how migration is reshaping the world, Adam Yamaguchi travels to Sweden to examine how a record influx of migrants has coincided with the recently welcoming and politically progressive nation’s swift shift to the right.
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Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist detained by ICE, are fighting to keep his case in N.J.
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Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. in record numbers, but it’s part of a vicious cycle decades in the making. CBS Reports’ Adam Yamaguchi travels to El Salvador to meet a single father, deported from the U.S. in 2009, and his young son, caught in a revolving door of deportation and remigration, to explore an intractable problem with no clear end in sight.
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A history of unfulfilled promises between the Navajo Nation and the U.S. government has helped fuel one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in the country among Navajo People. The Navajo Nation imposed extensive lockdown orders, but inadequate infrastructure and lack of access to basic needs like running water is intensifying the crisis. Will the virus drive the Navajo People closer to the brink or will it spark a rallying cry and finally lead to the relief that’s long past due?
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