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Zandi on debt ceiling debate: "It's politics"
Chris Wragge talks to Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, about what would happen if the U.S. lost its AAA credit rating.
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Chris Wragge talks to Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, about what would happen if the U.S. lost its AAA credit rating.
Republicans may be harping on runaway spending, but as Sharyl Attkisson reports, plenty of them are dropping millions of your tax dollars on their own pet projects anyway.
The Capitol Hill switchboard was overloaded with calls after President Obama urged Americans who "want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit," to contact their member of Congress, reports Nancy Cordes.
Advisors say President Obama is still holding out hope of a compromise. But, compromise could mean a deficit reduction bill without the increased tax revenues the president has long called for, reports Norah O'Donnell.
Bob Schieffer anchors a CBS News special report on President Obama's address to the nation on the debt crisis followed by a Republican response by Speaker of the House John Boehner, with analysis by chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell and Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes.
CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell asks White House adviser David Plouffe why President Obama didn't use Monday's address to lay out his plan to solve the debt crisis.
More than 200,000 gather in Oslo to show support for victims of bomb and gun violence
President Obama encouraged the American people Tuesday to call their Congressmen about the status of debt negotiations with Republicans. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) tells CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes the White House may be surprised to hear about the calls his office has received.
In an interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell, David Plouffe, adviser to President Obama said the deficit problem would be solved by compromising with Congress in the next week.
Chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell asked White House Press Secretary on Tuesday, if President Obama is willing to sign a debt ceiling increase that excludes new tax revenues.
During a campaign stop in Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), said she's not sure if time is running out to raise the debt ceiling.
During a campaign stop in Iowa Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said she will vote against raising the debt ceiling.
CBS News national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports on the growing outrage over the debt ceiling stalemate and how CUNY Graduate School of Journalism professor, Jeff Jarvis, tapped into that anger with a provocative tweet.
CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer asked White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer about Speaker Boehner's charges against President Obama in last night's speech.
On the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the Tea Party is driving force behind the Republican's debt plan.
Chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer speaks to Erica Hill about President Obama and Speaker Boehner's address on the nation's debt and finger-pointing between parties for the deal stalemate.
President Obama urged Congress to pass a comprehensive deal to cut spending and raise the nation's debt ceiling. Bill Plante reports on Speaker Boehner's response and the negotiations stalemate.
In a rare prime time address, President Obama took the debt crisis directly to the American people urging citizens to send a message to their members on congress for a balanced approach to reducing the deficit. Norah O'Donnell reports.
In a special prime time address to the nation, President Obama called for a "balanced approach" to the debt crisis and urged citizens to send a message to their members on congress for a balanced approach to reducing the deficit.
Speaker of the House John Boehner responded to President Obama's special prime time address to the nation citing Washington's "spending binge" as the reason for the debt crisis.
The stakes in the case of a government default could be enormous of course, and no where is this argument being watched more closely than Wall Street. Anthony Mason reports.
Talks between Speaker Boehner and congressional Democrats have broken down. As Nancy Cordes reports, the two sides are pitting two bills against each other to see which one wins.
President Obama said on Monday, it takes two to Tango, but he's the only one on the dance floor right now, during an address to La Raza, the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.
Top Democrat, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday, accused Republicans of stalling debt talks in order to humiliate President Obama.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday introduced a debt plan that would cut spending by $2.7 trillion.
The virtual ballot will show Biden "as the presumptive and only qualified nominee," but there's an option for delegates to mark their own preference, as there was in 2020.
The call comes nearly five years after another phone conversation between the leaders triggered Trump's first impeachment.
A Marine accused of using a Nazi salute during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for assaulting police officers who were guarding the building.
Mr. Biden indicated earlier Friday he could be back on the campaign trail within days.
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon denied reports the president is considering leaving 2024 presidential race against Trump.
The House Oversight Committee refused to push back the date of U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's testimony.
Experts say not enough is yet known about the parents of gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, who have been cooperating with investigators.
More than two dozen House Democrats and four senators have now called on President Biden to end his reelection bid.
Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. They've said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
The virtual ballot will show Biden "as the presumptive and only qualified nominee," but there's an option for delegates to mark their own preference, as there was in 2020.
Social media users circulated misleading visuals and accounts to falsely claim there was a second gunman atop a water tower at the rally venue.
A 72-year-old man killed a grizzly bear in Flathead County, Montana after it attacked him while he was out picking berries.
A Marine accused of using a Nazi salute during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for assaulting police officers who were guarding the building.
Investors are sizing up which industries could benefit under a second Trump administration. But Wall Street preach caution, saying it's easy to get burned.
Investors are sizing up which industries could benefit under a second Trump administration. But Wall Street preach caution, saying it's easy to get burned.
Starbuck's mobile order ahead and pay features are down. Here's what the company is doing to restore them.
The Microsoft outage on Friday caused many PCs to display an error message nicknamed the "blue screen of death."
Experts say the increasing demand for energy in the U.S. is forecast to hit a record high this year.
The outages Friday were connected to "a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts," CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a statement.
The virtual ballot will show Biden "as the presumptive and only qualified nominee," but there's an option for delegates to mark their own preference, as there was in 2020.
The call comes nearly five years after another phone conversation between the leaders triggered Trump's first impeachment.
A Marine accused of using a Nazi salute during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for assaulting police officers who were guarding the building.
Mr. Biden indicated earlier Friday he could be back on the campaign trail within days.
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon denied reports the president is considering leaving 2024 presidential race against Trump.
Researchers have published more than 24,000 papers on long COVID — a constellation of health effects such as shortness of breath, fatigue, brain fog and heart failure that last months or years after the initial infection.
Mr. Biden indicated earlier Friday he could be back on the campaign trail within days.
"Great scans, everything was clear. Cancer-free,"19-year-old Isabella Strahan said after a battle with medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor.
Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. They've said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
The now-recalled Diamond Shruumz gummies had been sold legally, but testing found they contained an illegal controlled substance.
The call comes nearly five years after another phone conversation between the leaders triggered Trump's first impeachment.
What to know as banks, airlines and other Microsoft clients grapple with global outages due to a CrowdStrike software issue.
The judge ruled that two social media posts targeting Meloni by journalist Giulia Cortese amounted to "body shaming."
The boat, carrying more than 80 people, was en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands, officials said.
The full moon, also known as the Thunder Moon, will last three days, peaking on Sunday morning.
Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley talks with Anthony Mason about his songwriting process for the band's new album, following up the hit song "Heat Waves" and becoming more confident as a writer.
After the success of "Heat Waves," Dave Bayley opens up about his struggles and the creative process behind Glass Animals' new album, "I Love You So F***ing Much."
Glass Animals, famed for their hit "Heat Waves," recently released their latest album. Anthony Mason catches up with the band in London, revisiting the street where their success story started.
Sarah Gelman, editorial director for Amazon Books, joins "CBS Mornings" with must-read book recommendations for the summer.
Shannen Doherty had accused Kurt Iswarienko of prolonging the divorce so he didn't have to pay spousal support.
A flaw in a software update from CrowdStrike, a firm that provides cybersecurity services through Microsoft for half of the Fortune 1000 companies, has caused a major worldwide tech outage. Carter Evans examines exactly what caused the glitch and how it is being fixed.
A software meltdown caused one of the largest tech outages in modern history, grounding thousands of flights worldwide Friday, stranding travelers and leaving airlines scrambling for answers. Kris Van Cleave reports.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
A global tech outage Friday grounded planes, sent offices offline and disrupted multiple industries. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says it identified a critical problem in its software and is working to fix the issue. Justin Cappos, professor and cybersecurity expert at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, joins CBS News to explain what caused the outage and when things could return to normal.
What to know as banks, airlines and other Microsoft clients grapple with global outages due to a CrowdStrike software issue.
This summer millions of people have experienced the fact that climate change is making our days hotter, but new research shows it is also making them longer. CBS News' Lana Zak explains.
Experts say the surging demand for energy in the U.S. is forecast to hit record-highs both this year and next year, straining the country's aging power grid and creating more planet-warming emissions. Part of the demand is from a growing number of data centers across the nation and the rise of artificial intelligence.
The melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets causes water to move closer to the equator, fattening the planet and slowing its rotation, according to a recent study.
Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. Until, perhaps, now. One may have washed up onto a New Zealand beach.
Symptoms among the new bird flu cases included "fever, chills, coughing and sore throat/runny nose," alongside pink eye and eye tearing, a CDC spokesperson confirmed Monday.
"It was just a horrific scene that even seasoned officers told me it is the worst thing they've ever seen," the sheriff said.
The drug ring would appeal to a witchdoctor "to receive his blessing and for the success of its cocaine transportation," police said.
John Carter was charged with two counts of murder in relation to the death of his fiancée Katelyn Markham.
Weisselberg was sentenced in April to five months in Rikers Island, in line with a plea agreement over his alleged perjury in a 2023 civil fraud case.
A man who authorities have described as a dangerous pedophile was arrested in Georgia, nearly 30 years after he fled an Oregon prison.
This weekend marks 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to look back on the small step for man and giant leap for mankind.
NASA says the Deorbit Vehicle will drive the lab to a controlled re-entry and breakup in 2030 to close out three decades of operation.
Rain already falls on Venus, but it took more than 14 minutes for Missy Elliott's The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to reach the planet.
It has been two years since NASA's James Webb telescope gave us a stunning first look at the depth of our universe. To commemorate the achievement, NASA has released new images showing two distant galaxies interacting with each other. Jane Rigby, astrophysicist and a senior project scientist for the Webb telescope at NASA, joins CBS News to discuss.
The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
A teenager's murder in Lowell, Massachusetts, goes unsolved for more than 40 years -- were the clues there all along?
The actor, recipient of a lifetime achievement Academy Award, was renowned for such films as "MASH," "Klute," "Don't Look Now," "Ordinary People," and "The Hunger Games."
The Illinois mom wrote, "If something ever happens to me, please make sure the number one person of interest is Tim." Take a look at the evidence that led to Tim Bliefnick's arrest.
Every week for nearly a decade, Andy Gullahorn goes for a walk, and about a mile-and-a-half away, his friend Gabe Scott does the same thing at the same time. They walk toward each other, and when they meet they high five. Then, they often simply walk home. Steve Hartman has their story.
Two new faces at this weekend's WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix will be rookie sensations Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. Both athletes have super-charged women's basketball. And as more people are tuning in to the WNBA, there is a new team on the horizon. Jess Smith, president of the Golden State Valkyries, which will debut as the WNBA's 13th basketball team in 2025, joins CBS News to discuss.
If you're headed to the beach at all this summer, you'll need a few things: Sunscreen, a towel, maybe some snacks -- but definitely a good book. Sarah Gelman, editorial director of Amazon Books, joins CBS News with some recommendations for the best beach reads of the season.
Following the conclusion of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, are preparing to campaign in key battleground states. Robert Costa has the latest.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Freeport, Pennsylvania, Friday to remember 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, as he was laid to rest. Comperatore, a retired firefighter, was killed in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Charlie De Mar reports.