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Professors are expressing concern about the Trump administration's feud with the nation's top universities. Alan Lightman, professor of the practice of humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joins "America Decides" with his perspective.
Suzy Welch's new book "Becoming You" adapts her acclaimed course to help readers discover their purpose and build a life they truly want.
President Trump is ramping up an extraordinary pressure campaign on higher education, especially on universities he has vilified, including Harvard. At stake: billions in research funds, the safety of foreign students, tax-exempt status, and academic freedom. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president Lawrence Summers tells "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa that he sees Trump's confrontational tactics against universities as "extortion," with major consequences for us all.
"We are going to be taking away Harvard's Tax Exempt Status. It's what they deserve!" the president said in a post to Truth Social.
Although attending college still offers a payoff, a recent study by New York Fed economists suggests it might not make financial sense for some people.
Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration this week, challenging threats to cut billions in research funding for failing to comply with several demands. Steven Pinker, co-president of Harvard's Council of Academic Freedom, joins "America Decides" to discuss.
Harvard and more than 100 schools issued a joint letter condemning what they call political interference in education. Harvard is now suing the Trump administration after it froze over $2 billion in funding tied to Title VI violations. CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi explains what the law means and what's at stake.
Hundreds of universities and colleges have issued a joint letter condemning President Trump's "political interference" in the nation's education system.
Harvard President Alan Garber said the university is suing the Trump administration over freezing federal funding.
As Earth Day approaches, environmental groups say they're worried their nonprofit status could soon come under threat from the Trump administration. Tracy Wholf, senior coordinating producer of CBS News' climate unit, joins "America Decides" with the details.
President Trump has suggested stripping Harvard of its tax-exempt status, a step that experts say would be unusual and face legal challenges.
The Department of Homeland Security is threatening to prevent Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is giving the university until the end of the month to turn over detailed records of foreign student visa holders' "illegal and violent activities." If the school refuses, she says Harvard will lose its certification allowing the enrollment of foreign students.
A group of Harvard professors sued the Trump administration to block the withholding of billions of dollars in funding, which could impact research. The freeze came after the school rejected White House demands to control parts of its curriculum, along with the school's admission process and who it chooses to hire.
The Trump administration is freezing billions of dollars in grants to Harvard after the university refused to comply with the White House's demands. CBS News' Nikki Battiste and Weijia Jiang have the details.
President Trump has frozen over $2 billion in federal funding for Harvard University and is threatening to take away the school's tax exempt status. Nikki Battiste has more.
A new study from Harvard Business School found that 40% of workers would accept a pay cut of 5% or more to keep their remote work flexibility. Zoe Cullen, a Harvard Business School professor and co-author of the study, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
David Begnaud talks to a Harvard professor who studies the science of happiness. Steve Hartman shares a lesson in patience. Plus more heartwarming stories.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, opened up about how she and her husband Patrick Jackson met and navigated their interracial relationship.
A new Harvard study is checking in on how the U.S. is doing on economic mobility across race and class and examining which factors best predict success. The researchers discovered that earnings increased for white children in affluent families, but fell for those in poorer families. Benjamin Goldman, one of the study's authors, joins CBS News to unpack the findings.
Millions of Americans are being priced out of home ownership, according to a new study by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Chris Herbert, managing editor with the center, joins CBS News with more details on the research.
Millions will experience next week's total solar eclipse using their eyes, and hopefully a pair of filtering glasses. But what about people who are blind or visually impaired? CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter reports on how an astronomer is aiming to create an accessible eclipse experience.
Other Ivy League universities reported an increase in applications this year, including Yale and Columbia.
The book contains a handwritten note by its first owner saying, "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering."
Sources tell CBS News the U.S. has been tracking Russia's development of a nuclear-capable anti-satellite weapon in space. Dr. Francesca Giovannini, executive director of the Harvard Belfer Center's Project on Managing the Atom, joins CBS News to discuss how the weapon could work in practice.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said he wants top colleges to stop focusing on issues like diversity and refocus on "educating American children."
In a Truth Social post, President Trump promises to sign an executive order to lower the cost of medications.
The gift comes comes as President Trump heads to Qatar as part of his first international trip of his second term.
Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli American who has been held hostage since October 2023, will be released, Hamas announced Sunday.
President Trump had issued an executive order directing officials to use the U.S. refugee program to resettle White South Africans.
The U.S. government loses hundreds of billions to fraud each year, with criminals using stolen identities to make unemployment claims and target disaster funding.
Trade discussions between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ended after a weekend of prolonged negotiations.
The selection of Jeanine Pirro, an ardent loyalist of President Trump and a cable news fixture who spread claims of a rigged 2020 election, has already triggered a wave of criticism from Democrats
The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans.
Amber Heard revealed Sunday that she is now a mother of three after welcoming twins, daughter Agnes and son Ocean.
In a Truth Social post, President Trump promises to sign an executive order to lower the cost of medications.
The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans.
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, United CEO Scott Kirby and Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago join Ed O'Keefe.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to what he called the issues of the day, amid "real challenges globally."
"We've turned the corner, and we have the commitment," United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said of reforms to the Federal Aviation Administration.
President Trump's sudden and unpredictable tariffs have caused tremendous concerns among small business owners, whose livelihoods are now in jeopardy.
President Trump says a new U.S. trade pact with the U.K. can serve as the basis for more trade deals. Economists say that could be a problem.
Amid steep levies, shipments from China to the U.S. plunged in April, with Chinese exports rerouted to other countries.
Trading was mixed Friday as concerns about the U.S. economy offset signs that the Trump administration will de-esclate its trade war.
Rich Trumka says he was fired from the Consumer Product Safety Commission after refusing to allow DOGE into the agency.
In a Truth Social post, President Trump promises to sign an executive order to lower the cost of medications.
The selection of Jeanine Pirro, an ardent loyalist of President Trump and a cable news fixture who spread claims of a rigged 2020 election, has already triggered a wave of criticism from Democrats
Yet another equipment outage at Newark Liberty International Airport caused widespread delays on Sunday.
President Trump had issued an executive order directing officials to use the U.S. refugee program to resettle White South Africans.
The gift comes comes as President Trump heads to Qatar as part of his first international trip of his second term.
This week, the FDA approved three new natural food color additives, a big step in the Trump administration's push to phase out petroleum-based dyes. Adam Yamaguchi has the story.
Alicia and Jon Langenhop's three children were each diagnosed with a rare disorder. A clinical trial was "a no-brainer."
Galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate are three food colors from natural sources the FDA has approved for use in food.
Many probationary workers at the Department of Health and Human Services had been put on paid leave amid court battles with the Trump administration.
The FDA is warning the public about "gas station heroin," or products that contain tianeptine, an opioid alternative prescribed as an antidepressant in some countries.
The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans.
The Argentine Supreme Court has found documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda materia.
President Trump had issued an executive order directing officials to use the U.S. refugee program to resettle White South Africans.
Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli American who has been held hostage since October 2023, will be released, Hamas announced Sunday.
India says its strikes into Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan on Wednesday killed more than 100 militants.
Amber Heard revealed Sunday that she is now a mother of three after welcoming twins, daughter Agnes and son Ocean.
In his combination business memoir and personal journey, the former media exec opens up about topics he had vowed never to talk about, including his early relations with men, as well as his decades-long relationship with designer Diane von Furstenberg.
In his new book, “Who Knew,” former television, film and media executive Barry Diller writes of his remarkable business career, while also revealing the sexuality that he kept secret from an early age. In this web exclusive, Diller sits down with correspondent Tracy Smith to talk about why he thought revealing his sexuality would be “dangerous”; his early days at William Morris; his decades-long relationship with fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg; and the process of writing a memoir, in which he would “pull the stitches” of memory.
In his new book, a combination business memoir and personal journey titled "Who Knew," former television, movie and media executive Barry Diller opens up about topics he says he had vowed never to talk about in public, including his early relationships with men, as well as his decades-long relationship and 24-year-marriage to fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. Diller tells correspondent Tracy Smith he refused to open up about his private life previously because, "I think I was a coward."
Environmental artist Tom Deininger's works represent a menagerie of wildlife recreated in life-like detail. But each of his pieces is made of discarded objects – everything from trash to childhood toys – that are discernable when viewed from a certain angle. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti talks with Deininger about perspectives on his trash-centric art, and raising awareness about the human threats to endangered species.
Waymo operates self-driving taxis in four cities, and is soon expanding to a dozen more, as Tesla and Amazon have had delays with their robo-taxi services. But the Google-owned Waymo must still overcome resistance from the public over stepping into an autonomous vehicle. Correspondent David Pogue reports on how the company is trying to avoid bumps in the road.
In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil, Bill Gates opens up about the end of his career, the future of artificial intelligence, the eventual closing of his foundation, President Trump and more.
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.
Bill Gates revealed his plan to give away virtually all of his wealth in an interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil and criticized the Trump administration's aid cuts. Here are some standout moments.
Bill Gates says $200 billion spent over the next 20 years will go toward causes to help save and improve lives around the world. He also criticized the Trump administration's cuts to aid, saying they could lead to more child deaths.
A new study shows the land under some of the largest cities in the U.S. is sinking. "Land subsidence" is the gradual setting or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Manoochehr Shirzaei, a co-author of the study, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now, footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time.
In the summer of 2010, panic spread across the region when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf.
The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.
A notably large brood of periodical cicadas will emerge from the underground across parts of the eastern U.S. this spring.
C.C. Opanowski says it's still difficult to process the fact that a person she once loved was convicted of murder. She hopes that others can learn from her story.
Sarah Harris' mother believes Dr. James Ryan dominated every aspect of her daughter's life, brought her powerful habit-forming drugs, and is therefore responsible for her death.
It was a traumatizing ride for dozens of people on board SEPTA's Route 15 bus when police say a man pulled a gun from his bag and started shooting at passengers.
A retired IRS agent from Southern California has been sentenced to state prison after she was convicted of defrauding an elderly San Francisco Bay Area woman out of $1 million in life savings.
Randy Kraft, who has been dubbed the "Scorecard Killer," is the only person under investigation for the 1980 killing, Oregon police said.
Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a rocket malfunction.
A Soviet-era spacecraft that was meant to land on Venus in 1972 is plunging back to Earth. Marlon Sorge, an executive director at The Aerospace Corporation, joins CBS News with what to expect.
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.
Meteors from the Eta Aquariids, known for their speed and created from space debris originating from Halley's comet, will zoom across the sky as the shower peaks.
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later.
Protests against the Trump administration took place across the U.S. Saturday. The demonstrations were held to mark the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets, in Washington, D.C. and other cities across the United States, in opposition to the policies of Donald Trump, in the largest protests since he returned to the presidency.
A look into a grieving husband Jan Cilliers' investigative work after his wife Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales died after a night out.
Peterson's death sentence for the murder of his pregnant wife Laci has been overturned. Now his supporters are pushing for a complete retrial.
Sanitation workers from across the country converged on Las Vegas last week for what's been dubbed "the Oscars of Garbage." Itay Hod took a ride with one of this year's nominees.
Faithfuls across the U.S. turned out to share the first Sunday mass with the first American pope in Catholic Church history. Omar Villafranca reports.
Elizabeth Palmer shares the story of the BBC's Steve Rosenberg, who has continued to report from Russia in the face of the Kremlin's efforts to control narratives.
In his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV called for a just peace in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages. Chris Livesay has more.
President Trump may be getting a new ride from the royal family of Qatar. It's a luxury Boeing 747-8 and news of the plan is raising concerns. Willie James Inman is at the White House with details.