Morehouse College prepares for Biden's commencement address
For weeks, some students and faculty have challenged leaders of the historically Black college to rescind Mr. Biden's invitation over his administration's response to the Israel-Hamas war.
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For weeks, some students and faculty have challenged leaders of the historically Black college to rescind Mr. Biden's invitation over his administration's response to the Israel-Hamas war.
A coalition of pro-Palestinian activists is vowing to march without a permit during August's Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In 1968, demonstrators protested the DNC, also held in Chicago that year, over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Puck reporter Peter Hamby joins "America Decides" to discuss if history could repeat itself at the summer convention.
Nikki Haley continues to draw a notable number of votes in Republican primaries even though she's no longer running. Can former President Donald Trump win over her supporters? Or might President Biden bank away her votes? Political strategists Olivia Perez-Cubas and Chuck Rocha discuss.
A House panel voted Thursday to advance a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
President Biden is set to deliver a commencement address at Morehouse College, and the historically Black college is preparing for possible disruptions as protests over Mr. Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war have continued on college campuses throughout the U.S. Nikole Killion has more.
President Biden marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision.
Various House committees are considering contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland after he advised President Biden to invoke executive privilege to block access to a taped interview in the classified documents case. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution Thursday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Vice President Kamala Harris will participate in a debate organized by CBS News before the 2024 general election. The Trump campaign has not yet agreed to the invitation. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Thursday to presidential debates on June 27 and Sept. 3.
The assertion came as the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees were slated to move forward with a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland.
President Biden is asserting executive privilege over recordings of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, according to letters sent from the White House and Justice Department to two GOP-led House committees. Congressional Republicans sought the recordings as part of their impeachment probe into the president and are now considering holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for denying their request. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
Attorney General Merrick Garland took questions from reporters Thursday as two Republican-led House committees consider a contempt of Congress resolution against him. Garland has defied the committees' requests for audio recordings of former special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden in a classified documents investigation.
Donald Trump's criminal trial continues Thursday with more testimony from the former president's former lawyer Michael Cohen. Cohen is the prosecution's last witness, with the defense still considering calling additional witnesses to the stand. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa has more.
Presidential debates have become a standard part of the four-year contest, but this contest is anything but standard. With two debates finally on the calendar, the two qualifications for a good debate are also two issues totally up for grabs in U.S. democracy. CBS News chief political analyst John Dickerson explains.
Between dual overseas wars, rising competition with China and a struggle to find consensus on southern border policy, the next president will be tasked with handling many homeland security issues. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins to discuss some of the major challenges the winner of the November election will face.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to debate in June and September. The announcement came after a flurry of social media posts and competing proposals between the two. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett unpacks how everything came together.
Tensions are growing in the Democratic Party as the Israel divide deepens. What can the party do to win over young voters and progressives as the war with Hamas rages on? Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California joins "America Decides" to discuss.
U.S. inflation cooled slightly in April, but President Biden says prices are still too high. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto explains how voters feel about rising prices' impact.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to debate each other at least twice before the November election. Political strategists Ashley Etienne and Kevin Sheridan join "America Decides" to discuss what to expect from the 2020 rematch.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to come face-to-face for the first presidential debate of the year on June 27 in Atlanta. Nancy Cordes reports from the White House.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to at least two televised debates ahead of the 2024 election. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Robert Costa have the details.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to debate twice before the general election in November. CBS News campaign reporter Aaron Navarro reports.
The Biden administration is planning to send $1 billion in weapons to Israel if Congress approves, sources tell CBS News. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman reports on that, and CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has the latest on demonstrations in the West Bank observing the Nakba, the annual remembrance of Palestinians who were displaced in 1948 when the modern state of Israel was created.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump appear poised for two debates in the run-up to the November election. Biden laid out a challenge to have two debates with Trump Wednesday morning on social media, and Trump responded by saying he's "ready and willing." CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.