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The Justice Department is looking to defend former President Trump in a defamation lawsuit stemming from a rape allegation. While in office, Mr. Trump accused columnist E. Jean Carroll of lying when she wrote in a 2019 book that he attacked her in the 1990s, and Carroll sued him for defamation. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joined CBSN to discuss.
The 83-year-old has long said he would resist treatment programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing.
Sports apparel company pulls sponsorship after Brazilian soccer star refuses to participate in sexual assault investigation.
A rape survivor in Kansas is taking the law into her own hands, calling her own grand jury to hear her sexual assault case. Madison Smith says she was assaulted by a friend while attending Bethany College as a freshman. Smith says the encounter started off with consensual sex, but things turned violent. The local prosecutor initially refused to press charges, but later decided to charge Smith's attacker with battery. Now, Smith will convene a grand jury in September to look at sexual assault charges. She joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss her experience and how she hopes to inspire others.
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on the Colonial Pipeline hack, CDC's updated mask guidance, and the bipartisan support for addressing sexual assault in the military.
"We want Americans to see that bipartisanship is alive and well. It takes friendships," Ernst said.
Today on "Face the Nation," we'll bring you two big interviews -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the deadliest fighting in the Middle East in years, plus Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The pandemic halted the prevalence survey the Department does every two years to estimate how many incidents occur, not just how many are reported.
Embattled comedian Bill Cosby is back in court for hearings ahead of his retrial on charges of drugging and sexual assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004. The prosecution wants to call up to 19 women to testify against him. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN with more.
Filmmaker Michael Apted is facing allegations of attempted sexual assault from film executive Rhonda Talbot, who says the incident happened in 1985. The Wrap's executive editor Tim Malloy joins CBSN to discuss the accusations.
The case of two New York City police officers accused of rape is highlighting possible loopholes in some states' legal systems. Criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor Vinoo Varghese joined CBSN with more on the case.
The case of a 19-year-old woman who says she was raped in the back of an unmarked NYPD van is drawing attention to a loophole that could allow police to avoid rape conviction. Attorney Wendy Patrick spoke to CBSN about why the former detectives' claim that Anna Chambers consented to sex while she was under arrest may not hold up in court.
Lawmakers in Florida are considering a bill that would make their state the first to ban marriages for children -- anyone under 18. Manuel Bojorquez reports the woman behind the campaign was forced to marry before she was a teenager.
Disgraced Olympics and Michigan sports doctor Larry Nassar listened to more victim statements Monday ahead of sentencing. Among them was 15-year-old Emma Ann Miller who addressed the court with her mother by her side. She said Nassar sexually assaulted her on "multiple occasions" at his Michigan State University (MSU) practice. She said her last appointment with Nassar was in 2016, shortly before he was suspended.
Victim impact hearings continued Thursday in the sentencing of disgraced Olympic doctor Larry Nassar. More than 100 victims are facing down the doctor, telling how his behavior affected them and their lives. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
In her first television interview, Dylan Farrow is standing by her claims that her adoptive father, Woody Allen, sexually assaulted her when she was a child. It's an accusation the director has denied, and he has never been charged with a crime.
In her first television interview, Dylan Farrow addresses the alleged sexual abuse by her adoptive father, Woody Allen. For 25 years, Farrow has insisted Allen sexually assaulted her when she was a child. In this preview of her conversation with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King, Farrow explains why now is the time to speak out. Watch the full report Thursday, Jan. 18 on "CBS This Morning," which airs 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET/PT on CBS.
The #MeToo movement is not only bringing the issue of sexual harassment to light, but also highlighting what role men have in the discussion. For decades, author and educator Jackson Katz has called on men to set the tone and speak out. Katz, founder and president of MVP Strategies who provides sexual harassment and violence training for several sports teams and the military, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why violence against women is a men's issue, what men can do to change the social norms of male culture, and why it's crucial for men to speak up.
A Tennessee pastor apologized to his congregation for a past "sexual incident." But his accuser, a woman who says he assaulted her when she was 17, says she feels like his apology was "somewhat half-hearted."
Prominent actresses used the Golden Globes to highlight the "Time's Up" movement, created in response to a wave of sexual assault and misconduct allegations against prominent men. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal reports.
President Trump celebrates tax plan passage; Americans say air travel is getting worse
Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney has filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics, claiming the organization tried to cover up her allegations of sexual abuse against former team doctor Larry Nassar. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
The U.S. Air Force Academy says it is rebuilding its sexual assault prevention and response office. A CBS News investigation looked into how the Academy in Colorado handles assault cases. Tony Dokoupil reports.
Music mogul Russell Simmons is strongly denying new accusations that he raped three women decades ago. The New York Times reports the alleged assaults took place at Simmons' apartment in the '80s and '90s. New York Times culture reporter Melena Ryzik who co-authored the article joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the allegations.
In our six-month investigation into sexual assaults in the Air Force Academy, more than a dozen current and former cadets told us they were retaliated against by peers and military leadership for reporting the assaults. Retired Col. Don Christensen, who served as chief prosecutor for the U.S. Air Force from 2010 to 2014, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why Air Force Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria needs to do more to hold offenders accountable. Christensen is now president of Protect Our Defenders, an organization dedicated to ending rape and sexual assault in the military.
In President Trump's speech Wednesday night, he touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies.
The House has passed a GOP health care bill that does not include an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.
As the search entered its fifth day, authorities have so far been unable to identify a person of interest in the shooting that killed two students and wounded nine others over the weekend.
President Trump is expected to sign an order that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, according to two sources, in one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
A filing states that the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will be leaving his role in January, he announced in a social media post on Wednesday.
Jake and Romy Reiner released a statement on Wednesday, remembering their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, as their best friends.
Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to vacate her 2021 conviction on sex trafficking charges, just two days before the federal government is expected to release a massive trove of documents on Jeffrey Epstein.
Wednesday's jackpot has an estimated cash value of $572.1 million, Powerball said.
A filing states that the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.
President Trump's speech Wednesday night looked back on his first year and ahead to the next three. He touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies in a brief address.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Onions used to make the salad dressings could contain "black plastic planting material," according to food regulators.
Onions used to make the salad dressings could contain "black plastic planting material," according to food regulators.
Negative views of the nation's economy persist as 2025 draws to a close.
The recall affects So Delicious Dairy Free's Salted Caramel Cluster ice cream with best by dates of Aug. 8, 2027.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Wall Street analysts expect another strong year in stocks in 2026, propelled by continued AI sector gains and additional Fed interest-rate cuts.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
President Trump's speech Wednesday night looked back on his first year and ahead to the next three. He touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies in a brief address.
Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to vacate her 2021 conviction on sex trafficking charges, just two days before the federal government is expected to release a massive trove of documents on Jeffrey Epstein.
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to require members of Congress to submit requests a week before visiting ICE detention facilities.
A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
Kevin Murray was his family's health watchdog. His vigilance helped his brothers "avoid a real catastrophe."
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, preventable disease.
Health officials say an infant botulism outbreak tied to ByHeart baby formula has been expanded to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
After Bondi Beach attack, Britain's two biggest police forces indicate they will arrest people who use "phrases causing fear in Jewish communities."
Temperatures in the Arctic continue to follow a long-term warming trend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Meg Ryan starred in Rob Reiner's "When Harry Met Sally...," a breakout role that catapulted her career in romantic comedies.
The special features interviews with Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and Mandy Patinkin.
Jake and Romy Reiner released a statement on Wednesday, remembering their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, as their best friends.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
In 2025, the integration of artificial intelligence into the U.S. economy and people's everyday lives grew to historic levels. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent joins to recap how the transformative technology expanded over the past year, and what we can expect in 2026.
OpenAI, the developer for ChatGPT, and Amazon are in talks over a possible $10 billion investment. Mark DeCambre, editor-in-chief for MarketWatch, joins with 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.
A frenzy of development to support the artificial intelligence boom is prompting pushback from communities who say they don't want data centers in their backyards. Technology journalist Jacob Ward joins CBS News to discuss.
Global internet traffic rose 19% this year as people rely more on tech for daily communication and entertainment, a new report finds.
The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions, in Boulder, Colorado, over what it said were concerns about "climate alarmism."
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds. The best-preserved ones bear traces of at least four toes.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex.
The manhunt for the gunman who killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown University last weekend is now in its fifth day. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest from Providence, Rhode Island.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Nick Reiner made his first court appearance on Wednesday since being arrested for the killings of his parents, Rob and Michele. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has more.
Investigators remain stymied in the hunt for the Brown University gunman. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest.
Officials gave an update Wednesday on the investigation into the Brown University shooting. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman and Anna Schecter have the latest.
President Trump withdrew Isaacman's nomination for NASA administrator in April, before nominating him again in November.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade.
The European Space Agency said that the black hole inside the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 has the mass of 30 million suns.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Christy Salters-Martin dominated in the boxing ring but faced her toughest challenger at home.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
Calling himself the "Son of Sam" in a letter left at one of the crime scenes, David Berkowitz claimed voices were ordering him to kill -- starting in the summer of 1976, he went on a 13-month spree of impulse killings in New York City that left six dead and seven injured
Visit a Uyghur restaurant in Southern California, where culture is shared and the food is made with love. Plus, a man who wanted to save his friends life by donating a kidney ends up saving his own life.
President Trump addressed the nation from the White House on Wednesday night in a speech looking back on the first 11 months of his second term. Political strategists Joel Payne and Kevin Sheridan join with analysis. Then, CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins to unpack Mr. Trump's remarks further.
President Trump delivered remarks Wednesday night looking back at his first year back in office. Nancy Cordes reports.
President Trump delivered a prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday night, touting the administration's actions during the first 11 months of his second term and outlining his goals for the next three years. CBS News' Norah O'Donnell anchors a special report.
A measles outbreak in South Carolina is worsening with 138 cases reported in the state. CBS News' Skyler Henry and Dr. Céline Gounder have more.