Trade war felt from Beijing to U.S. President Donald Trump is delaying any decision to impose auto tariffs on car and auto part imports, deciding against ratcheting up trade disputes or impacting talks with European nations and Japan ahead of…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a plan on Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights amid mounting Republican efforts to reverse, or at least chip away at the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling. Hinging largely on the assumption of a…
A cluster of massive great white sharks – some of which researchers have been tracking for more than a decade – has gathered about 20 miles off the coast of the Carolinas. Some of sharks even have names: Cabot, Hal,…
Former US National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn arrives for his sentencing hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC on December 18, 2018. Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images Washington -- Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn told…
The Alabama State Senate voted Tuesday to pass the nation's most restrictive abortion bill and -- before it was signed into law by the state's governor less than 24 hours later -- actress Busy Philipps took to social media to encourage women…
The Missouri House of Representatives on Thursday began debating House Bill 126, "Missouri States for the Unborn," a sweeping anti-abortion package that, if passed, would ban abortions after eight weeks into a pregnancy, among other restrictions. The bill does not…
Police in Idaho have used a controversial emerging DNA technique that relies on public genealogy databases to make an arrest in the 1996 killing of 18-year-old Angie Dodge. Idaho Falls Police say they've arrested Brian Leigh Dripps, of Caldwell, Idaho,…
The U.S. aerospace giant is one step closer to getting its now-grounded 737 Max plane back in the skies. It says the flight-control software implicated in two deadly crashes has been updated. The changes link an anti-stall feature to two…
Appleton, Wis. — A call to assist a man thought to be having a medical emergency on a bus escalated into a shooting that ended with the man and an Appleton firefighter dead and two others hurt, authorities said Thursday.…
Trump lost $1 billion in a decade, report says President Trump's annual financial disclosure report has been released through the Office of Government Ethics, revealing his assets and liabilities. The president's 2019 financial disclosure report, covering 2018, reveals $22.7 million…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised concerns Thursday that a concrete dome built last century to contain waste from atomic-bomb tests is leaking radioactive material into the Pacific. Speaking to students in Fiji, Guterres described the structure on Enewetak atoll in…
Ala. signs near-total abortion ban into law Flanked by abortion rights advocated at the Georgia state house Thursday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said that laws banning or restricting abortion are "against Christian faith." "If you are a person of the Christian…
A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in grave condition…
Walmart CFO told Wall Street analysts "increased tariffs will increase prices for customers." His comments echo a similar warning from Macy's CEO, who said Wednesday that President Trump's latest threat to expand tariffs to $300 billion in consumer goods from…
On Monday, May 20, "CBS This Morning" welcomes new co-hosts Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil to the table with Gayle King. Tune in Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. ET/PT. While we now know power lines started the deadliest wildfire…
Missouri's Republican-led Senate has passed a wide-ranging bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, acting only hours after Alabama's governor signed a near-total abortion ban into law. The Missouri bill needs another vote of approval in the GOP-led…
Whether Elizabeth Warren is addressing the problems of income inequality, climate change or opioid addiction, she's usually targeting a common foe: the lobbyists. Thursday morning, the presidential candidate and Massachusetts Democratic senator is introducing a bill to limit their influence…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his 2020 presidential run in a three-minute long video on Thursday, making the case that he's the only candidate that has already helped put "working families first." A spokesperson confirmed to CBS…
An image taken from video shows Kentucky toddler Kenneth Howard after he was found by search crews on the side of a steep incline less than 2,000 feet from his home in Floyd County, May 15, 2019. WYMT Salyersville, Ky.…
An Ohio state representative introduced a new bill last month, which aims to prohibit insurance coverage of abortions that occur where the mother's life is not "endangered if the fetus were carried to term." The bill includes exceptions, including one…
A two-and-half-year-old Guatemalan child who was apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso has died, CBS News has confirmed. The child is the fourth migrant child to die since December after being apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Customs…
Investors concerned about U.S.-China trade war President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday banning the purchase or use of technology that poses a national security risk. The order did not specifically mention any countries or companies, but it would especially…
President Trump will propose sweeping changes to the legal immigration system with a plan he'll outline on Thursday at the White House. All his proposal lacks are details about addressing certain sections of the immigration system, on-the-record Republican backing and…
America is going through a baby bust, with the number of births dipping to a 32-year low, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The decline, which comes amid a…