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Scalise returning to Washington as another Mayorkas impeachment vote expected
The return of Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Leader, give Republicans enough votes to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, depending on any absences.
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The return of Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Leader, give Republicans enough votes to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, depending on any absences.
Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, won the election to become the new speaker of the House on Wednesday, ending three weeks of chaos since Rep. Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster and taking his place as second in line for the presidency. Following his election, Johnson addressed Congress and was sworn in. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
The House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, as its next speaker on Wednesday. Republicans united behind Johnson after failing to find consensus for three weeks following the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett anchors CBS News' special report.
Republicans will try again Wednesday to find a path to the next House speaker with GOP Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, their fourth nominee in three weeks — and the second nominee in a single day. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
The House Republican Conference is meeting Tuesday morning to vote by secret ballot for its next nominee for speaker, three weeks after the historic removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the role. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on what could end the quandary.
Nine Republican lawmakers have declared they're running for speaker, as the House ends its third week of legislative paralysis. The Republican conference will hear from the nine members at a candidate forum Monday evening and is expected to vote by secret ballot on a new nominee Tuesday morning. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio lost the third round of voting to elect a new House speaker on Friday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on the latest from Capitol Hill.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries took questions from reporters before a third vote for House speaker on Friday. He said it was the Republicans' job as the majority to put forth a speaker and said he didn't see a scenario right now where he could take the role. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's third attempt to win the speakership on the House floor takes place at 10 a.m. Friday, after two failed rounds of voting. There has been no clear evidence so far that he can convert enough of the 22 Republicans who voted against him Wednesday to prevail in this next round of voting, but at a news conference Friday morning before the vote, he said, "Our plan this weekend is to get a speaker elected to the House of Representatives as soon as possible." CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, who has shown no sign of giving up his bid to be speaker, despite two failed rounds of voting, spoke with reporters Friday morning ahead of another expected round of voting. There has been no clear evidence so far that he can convert enough of the 22 Republicans who voted against him Wednesday to prevail in the next round.
There will be no vote for House speaker on Thursday, two sources confirmed to CBS News, with Rep. Jim Jordan instead temporarily backing empowering Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane explains the latest developments.
Rep. Jim Jordan says he'll remain in the race for House speaker, even though he lost more ground Wednesday than he gained in a second vote, winning 199 votes, compared to 200 on Tuesday. Some of the 22 Republicans who voted against Jordan say they've received death threats. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina became speaker pro tempore when Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the job over two weeks ago, but he has largely limited his actions to those needed to elect a new speaker. Now, an idea under consideration could give him the authority to bring certain types of urgent legislation to the floor as Republicans try to unite behind a speaker candidate. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan is expected to try again to win the speakership in a vote in the House of Representatives Wednesday after losing on the first ballot Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on what to expect from another day of ballots.
Rep. Jim Jordan failed to garner enough Republican support to be elected speaker of the House in the first round of voting Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion have more.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is the Republican nominee for speaker of the House, but he's not the choice of all Republicans. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill.
House minority whip Katherine Clark says a vote to elect a new speaker could be held Tuesday, but it is not clear if Rep. Jim Jordan, nominated for the role by Republicans last Friday, has the votes to claim the gavel. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on how Democrats are trying to work with some Republicans to elect their own candidate.
The Republican nominee for House speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan, is working to shore up support within his own party ahead of Tuesday's vote, but the Ohio lawmaker is likely dozens of votes away from securing the gavel. Democrats, meanwhile, are reaching across the aisle to try to form a bipartisan coalition around Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill.
The Republican Conference on Friday nominated Rep. Jim Jordan to be the next speaker of the House, but he must still earn the majority vote in the full chamber. This comes after the previous nominee, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, withdrew his name Thursday due to a lack of support.
House Republicans on Friday selected Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as their nominee for speaker of the House, in the latest attempt to unite the party behind a candidate to fill the role that's been vacant since Rep. Kevin McCarthy's unprecedented ouster last week. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who lost the Republican House speaker nomination Wednesday to Majority Leader Steve Scalise, renewed his bid for the gavel following Scalise's withdrawal. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
Democratic strategist Ashley Etienne and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez joined CBS News to share their thoughts on Republicans' inability to coalesce around a House speaker, putting Congress at a standstill.
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise dropped out of the race for House speaker Thursday night, a day after securing the nomination from the Republican Party. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on if the GOP will now turn to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan.
In a surprise move Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced that he is withdrawing his name from the race for the vacant House speaker role. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on how Scalise lost support and what the Republicans will do now.
Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the House speaker race, extending concerns about the duration of the legislative gridlock with a government shutdown looming. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
Some Democrats question Biden's ability to campaign in the 2024 presidential election, divide over whether he should be the nominee, after voters say Trump won debate.
Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Windward Islands as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, the U.S.-based Nationall Hurricane Center said.
Police said they spotted what "appeared to be a handgun" pointed at the officers. It was determined to be a replica Glock handgun.
The first of two rounds in the 2024 French parliamentary election is about to get underway. Here's a look at the trends, and what's at stake.
Beryl is the first hurricane in more than fifty years to appear before July 4th in the Atlantic basin.
Some of the world's largest companies have toned down their Pride campaigns in the wake of last year's backlash against Target and Bud Light.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard vanished without a trace in October 2019 — and it took more than a month before her family learned what happened to her.
Family of victim shares new details of their own investigation into what happened the night of the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho college students and the case against suspect Bryan Kohberger.
Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Windward Islands as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, the U.S.-based Nationall Hurricane Center said.
Family of victim shares new details of their own investigation into what happened the night of the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho college students and the case against suspect Bryan Kohberger.
Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard vanished without a trace in October 2019 — and it took more than a month before her family learned what happened to her.
Beryl is the first hurricane in more than fifty years to appear before July 4th in the Atlantic basin.
Police said they spotted what "appeared to be a handgun" during the chase, but was later determined to be a pellet gun resembling a Glock 17.
Some of the world's largest companies have toned down their Pride campaigns in the wake of last year's backlash against Target and Bud Light.
Last night's presidential debate between Biden and Trump marked a drop in TV viewership from 2020 and 2016.
CDK outage forecast to slow auto sales by 7.2% in June, pushing demand into July.
Cones, chocolate bars and gummies sold nationwide found to contain toxic levels of chemical found in some mushrooms.
Army of volunteers raced to hand out jugs of milk and bags of groceries to line of cars outside Fordyce High School.
Robert Costa examines the political fallout from Thursday's presidential debate.
Some Democrats question Biden's ability to campaign in the 2024 presidential election, divide over whether he should be the nominee, after voters say Trump won debate.
Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean, a Democrat, said of Biden, "He had a bad debate. There's no two ways about that."
The Biden campaign says President Biden will "absolutely not" step aside.
Former President Donald Trump addressed a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, a day after his first 2024 debate with President Biden.
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook talks with experts about the distinctions between normal and abnormal aging as it affects memory issues, a workforce continuing beyond traditional retirement age, and the testing of surgeons who currently work without age limits. (This story was originally broadcast on February 18, 2024.)
Less than 100 intestinal transplants were done in 2023. For Danielle Perea, the surgery was her only chance.
The FDA said its study better simulated how commercial milk processing kills the bird flu virus, H5N1.
Cones, chocolate bars and gummies sold nationwide found to contain toxic levels of chemical found in some mushrooms.
Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical says its looking at possible links between 80 deaths and its benikoji red yeast supplements.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Windward Islands as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, the U.S.-based Nationall Hurricane Center said.
India won its second T20 World Cup but its first world title in 12 years.
Five members of the same family were killed when their house was swallowed by a landslide while they were asleep, officials said.
Korda, who tied an LPGA record earlier this year with five consecutive victories, has missed the cut in three straight tournaments for the first time in her career.
Breaking (or breakdancing), an acrobatic dance style with its roots in New York's hip hop culture, is making its Olympic debut in this year's Summer Games in Paris. Correspondent Luke Burbank talks with Victor Montalvo (a.k.a. B-Boy Victor), who will be competing for breaking gold; and with founding members of the b-boy group New York City Breakers, who came up with some of the sport's original moves in the Bronx back in the late 1970s and early '80s.
From the moment she first began appearing at the side of John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette became one of the most photographed women in the world. Her personal style continues to have an impact 25 years following her death.
Longtime comedy actor Martin Mull, who had many memorable roles in TV shows including "Fernwood Tonight," "Roseanne" and "Arrested Development," has died at the age of 80.
Formed in Boston 20 years ago, Lake Street Dive is best known for their unique blend of jazz, pop, soul, country and folk music. Ahead of a nationwide tour, the band recently released their eighth studio album. Now, from "Good Together," here is Lake Street Dive with "Help Is On The Way."
Formed in Boston 20 years ago, Lake Street Dive is best known for their unique blend of jazz, pop, soul, country and folk music. Ahead of a nationwide tour, the band recently released their eighth studio album. Now, from "Good Together," here is Lake Street Dive with "Dance With a Stranger."
This week marks 50 years since the debut of the barcode, those machine-readable black stripes that have changed many aspects of modern life. Bradley Blackburn looks back at its history.
Three major mobile carriers say customers abroad can't make phone calls, send messages.
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.
Recall involves about 132,000 units due to lithium-ion batteries that can overheat, with $20,000 in property damage reported.
Voice actors Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage say their voices are their livelihoods and are now being stolen by AI.
Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday.
Scientists are racing to figure out what's causing strange behavior and even deaths among fish, including the endangered sawfish. The phenomenon started in the Florida Keys, but has been seen as far north as Tampa.
South Africa is home to a large majority of the world's rhinos and as such is a hot spot for poaching driven by demand from Asia.
New research paints a worrying picture about the state of polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay. The big furry bears could go extinct in the region as early as the 2030s due to thinning ice, longer ice-free seasons and human activity leading to climate change. Geoffrey York, one of the study's co-authors, joins CBS News to break down the findings.
Scientists monitoring 51 chimpanzees saw sick or injured animals eating certain plant items that were not part of their normal diet.
Family of victim shares new details of their own investigation into what happened the night of the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho college students and the case against suspect Bryan Kohberger.
Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard vanished without a trace in October 2019 — and it took more than a month before her family learned what happened to her.
Police fatally shot a 13-year-old boy late Friday night following a chase in Utica, New York, after the teen displayed what turned out to be a replica handgun, authorities said. Michael George has the latest.
Police said they spotted what "appeared to be a handgun" during the chase, but was later determined to be a pellet gun resembling a Glock 17.
The 36-year-old woman is being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail on a $250,000 bond, jail records show.
The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner's service module is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere.
The latest GOES satellite will play a critical role in tracking hurricanes and other dangerous storms across North America.
China's Chang'e 6 is the first craft ever to collect soil and rock samples from the side of the moon that faces away from Earth into space.
NASA has again postponed the troubled Boeing Starliner's trip home from the International Space Station as crews assess a series of helium leaks. Those leaks had also delayed the first crewed launch of the ship multiple times. Mark Strassmann reports.
NASA canceled a spacewalk on Monday due to a leaky spacesuit. And Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams will remain at the International Space Station longer than planned after NASA and Boeing delayed the capsule's return to Earth. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood breaks down the issues the astronauts are navigating in space.
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 look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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.
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook talks with experts about the distinctions between normal and abnormal aging as it affects memory issues, a workforce continuing beyond traditional retirement age, and the testing of surgeons who currently work without age limits. (This story was originally broadcast on February 18, 2024.)
Breaking (or breakdancing), an acrobatic dance style with its roots in New York's hip hop culture, is making its Olympic debut in this year's Summer Games in Paris. Correspondent Luke Burbank talks with Victor Montalvo (a.k.a. B-Boy Victor), who will be competing for breaking gold; and with founding members of the b-boy group New York City Breakers, who came up with some of the sport's original moves in the Bronx back in the late 1970s and early '80s.
From the moment she first began appearing at the side of John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, a fashion industry publicist, became one of the most photographed women in the world. Correspondent Erin Moriarty talks with Sunita Kumar Nair, author of "CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion," and with Washington Post columnist Robin Givhan, about the impact that Bessette's personal style continues to have 25 years following her death.
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa examines the political fallout from Thursday's debate between President Joe Biden and the presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, and talks with New York Times White House reporter Katie Rogers, Democratic Party strategist Faiz Shakir, and Republican Chris Sununu, governor of New Hampshire.