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The head of the civil rights organization NAACP says the Biden administration needs to make voting rights legislation not just a priority but "the priority." NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson joined CBSN AM to discuss his reaction to President Biden's speech on the issue, and why he believes it's so urgent to overhaul the nation's voting laws.
President Biden touted Friday the bipartisan infrastructure deal he signed into law in November, detailing some of the upcoming projects that he says will affect big and small communities alike nationwide. Meanwhile, he's struggling to get other key pieces of his legislative agenda through Congress. Zeke Miller, a CBS News political contributor and a White House reporter for the Associated Press, joined CBSN to discuss.
Biden met with Senate Democrats on Thursday.
President Biden attended the Senate Democrats' lunch as he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer try to move forward on two voting rights bills. Mr. Biden spoke to reporters after the closed-door meeting, saying "as long as I'm in the White House ... I'm going to be fighting to change the way these legislatures have been moving." Watch his remarks.
A White House official said the president and vice president will be working the phones over the next several days.
President Biden endorsed changes to the filibuster, so that Democrats would be able to pass voting rights legislation.
It's a moment progressives have been waiting for, even though the president has no technical power to change Senate rules.
President Biden and other prominent Democrats were in Georgia on Tuesday to promote federal voter protection laws. The president said he is willing to end the filibuster for this issue to pass legislation through the senate. Tia Mitchell, a Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal Constitution, brings the latest on Georgia local matters to CBSN.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their push for voting rights legislation to Atlanta on Tuesday, where Mr. Biden also announced his support for eliminating the filibuster. "I've been having these quiet conversations with members of Congress for the last two months. I'm tired of being quiet!" Mr. Biden said. Watch his speech and Harris' speech.
One activist in Atlanta said, "What we really want to see, given that he came down here, is that he's got an iron-clad deal in place. Anything short of that is really going to be disappointing."
Local voting rights advocates say they want to see concrete action taken at the federal level to counter statewide voter restrictions imposed by Republicans across the nation. Bishop Reginald Jackson, the presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia, and Antjuan Seawright, CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist, joined CBSN to discuss President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to Georgia.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are in Georgia to speak about the effort to pass federal voting rights legislation. The president is expected to endorse filibuster reform to pass bills without Republican support in the Senate. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN with the latest.
President Biden and Vice President Harris will speak in Atlanta today to drum up support for dropping the Senate filibuster rule in order to pass legislation to expand voting access. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about what to expect from their speeches, why some allies won't be there, and what one activist says he would tell President Biden to do to get this legislation across the finish line.
President Biden and Democrats in Congress are focused on trying to pass voting rights legislation, although its future is uncertain. And the U.S. holds high-stakes security talks with Russia. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, USA Today White House correspondent Courtney Subramanian and Wall Street Journal Congressional reporter Siobhan Hughes join CBSN "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the latest.
One year after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Democrats are pressing forward with efforts to protect and expand voting rights. At least 19 states have passed restrictive voting laws in the year since the attack. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe and CBS News election law contributor David Becker, the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, join "Red and Blue" to discuss the impact the 2020 election had on the issue.
The House committee investigating the January 6 attacks on the Capitol are looking deeper into former President Trump's actions that day. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, CBS News political contributor and The Associated Press' White House reporter Zeke Miller and NPR senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro join CBSN's "Red & Blue" with more.
With just two weeks left of 2021, President Biden's hope of passing his ambitious social spending and climate bill has faded for now. Democrats are now re-focusing their efforts on voting rights legislation. Christina Ruffini has more from the White House.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced he will not support the Build Back Better Act, a key part of the Biden administration's legislative agenda, while cold weather and the Omicron variant are driving an increase in COVID-19 infections -- both major challenges for the Biden administration. Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan joins CBSN to discuss her interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Negotiations between Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and President Joe Biden on the social and climate spending package have stalled, holding up other legislative efforts such as the voting rights legislation the president and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about with a group of Democratic senators virtually Thursday. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports and CBS News political contributor Molly Hooper joined CBSN to discuss the latest on Capitol Hill.
President Biden spoke about how the federal government is helping areas damaged by tornadoes. Plus, Democrats are trying to pass Mr. Biden's spending bill and voting rights legislation. CBS News' Natalie Brand, Washington Post political reporter Amber Phillips and Washington Examiner senior political correspondent Natalie Brand join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the latest.
Around 800,000 legal immigrants will be able to vote in municipal elections in New York City if a new bill called "Intro 1857" becomes law. New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss why he first proposed the legislation back in 2020 and is leading efforts to get it passed.
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Texas, claiming the state's new voting district maps discriminate against Black and Latino voters. Kim Wehle, a professor of law at the University of Baltimore and the author of "How to Read the Constitution -- and Why," joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the details of the lawsuit.
President Trump tours areas devastated by Hurricane Laura; Team of women skydivers celebrate women's suffrage
Trump blames Biden campaign for clash between campaign bus and caravan of Trump supporters; 101-year-old voter braves long lines and bad weather to cast her ballot
The Senate voted against debating voting legislation Wednesday, with Republicans this time filibustering an update to the landmark Voting Rights Act.
Sources tell CBS News U.S. jets on a base in Jordan were hit by Iranian missiles after President Trump said the war will end "immediately" after midterms.
President Trump vowed Wednesday to send a $5,000 "dividend" to every American citizen after the midterms, but only if Republicans hold onto control of Congress. He didn't offer details on how the payments would work.
Six Americans were killed in the March 1 strike on a tactical operations center in Kuwait.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
"What happens inside frontier AI companies now clearly affects everyone outside of them," an expert said following the hack on Hugging Face by AI agents being tested by OpenAI.
One A-10 Thunderbolt, an attack aircraft known as the Warthog, was struck and lost a wing, according to sources.
21 Afghan girls, bravely defying the Taliban by continuing to study, handed CBS News letters containing their stifled, often humble dreams "for an ordinary life."
Andrew Tyler, who worked in the fraud section of the Criminal Division of DOJ, was removed Tuesday over allegations of ethical violations, sources said.
An in-depth look at how 9/11 has changed Lower Manhattan and beyond, 25 years after the World Trade Center attacks.
The wildfire, which has torn through Palo Pinto and Jack counties, forced evacuations, closed roads and disrupted schools.
Paleontologists have identified the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex, and the discovery was made in the North Dakota badlands.
"What happens inside frontier AI companies now clearly affects everyone outside of them," an expert said following the hack on Hugging Face by AI agents being tested by OpenAI.
Andrew Tyler, who worked in the fraud section of the Criminal Division of DOJ, was removed Tuesday over allegations of ethical violations, sources said.
Six Americans were killed in the March 1 strike on a tactical operations center in Kuwait.
Rapid developments in AI are prompting concerns about "superintelligence." Here's why some experts are worried.
Wall Street analysts are skeptical that the Treasury Department's bond purchases can curb yields and lower U.S. borrowing costs.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 at its annual tech showcase and unveiled its first foldable phone.
A top Anthropic researcher says there's more than a 10% chance AI "could kill all humans," after a colleague resigned over similar concerns.
The Trump administration moved Tuesday to ban imports of Canadian motorcycles, some dairy products and most types of alcohol starting later this month, intensifying the trade war between the two countries.
Andrew Tyler, who worked in the fraud section of the Criminal Division of DOJ, was removed Tuesday over allegations of ethical violations, sources said.
Six Americans were killed in the March 1 strike on a tactical operations center in Kuwait.
A coalition of advocacy groups and a Democratic-led city filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying armed ICE agents to polling sites ahead of the midterm elections.
Since Trump returned to power, the U.S. has conducted airstrikes against boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing more than 200 people.
President Trump's speech at the Republican National Committee convention touched on the polarizing NBA trade that sent superstar guard Luka Dončić from the Mavericks to the Lakers.
Neither infant was old enough to be vaccinated. The first dose of the measles vaccine is typically given at around 1 year of age.
Amid a national blood supply crisis, Dr. Courtney Lawrence sat down with Norah O'Donnell to talk about donating blood, health myths and more.
Children in immigrant families are facing multiple health threats from President Trump's policies.
New York City officials released thousands of previously unseen documents questioning the air quality at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks.
Experts discuss the symptoms, diagnosis and stigma surrounding postpartum psychosis (not to be confused with postpartum depression), a psychiatric emergency with symptoms that can be extreme and dangerous, as testified in the trial of Lindsay Clancy.
Spain's national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings about a potential mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, declassified documents show.
The deadly fire broke out when the cargo ship was docked for repairs at a major shipping hub on China's northeastern coast.
One A-10 Thunderbolt, an attack aircraft known as the Warthog, was struck and lost a wing, according to sources.
A fire on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines left dozens of people missing and killed at least five. An intense and widespread search was on for the unaccounted for.
Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died at 70.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton's sister, Stella, sits down with Gayle King for her first interview since Dolly's death to discuss her sister's legendary life. Stella Parton says the country star was "definitely prepared" and at peace when she died last month.
Fashion designer Romeo Hunte joins "The Daily Report" to discuss pieces in his new collection as New York Fashion Week kicks off.
Two weeks after her death at 80, a new song from Dolly Parton was released called "Bound to Ride," as part of an upcoming tribute album to the Stanley Brothers. Gayle King spoke exclusively with Dolly Parton's younger sister in an interview that will air on "CBS Mornings" on Thursday.
A new Netflix documentary is out about those who were children in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. "Turning Point: Generation 9/11" profiles people whose parents died on that day, as well as soldiers who joined the military because of 9/11. Director Brian Knappenberger joins "The Takeout" to discuss the making of the film.
"What happens inside frontier AI companies now clearly affects everyone outside of them," an expert said following the hack on Hugging Face by AI agents being tested by OpenAI.
Former and current Anthropic employees issued public warnings this week about the risks of AI development, saying it has the potential to kill all humans. The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson 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.
Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone on Wednesday, weeks after new CEO John Ternus took over. Jo Ling Kent reports.
Anthropic announced a fourth cybersecurity incident in which Claude gained access to the open internet during testing.
Paleontologists have identified the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex, and the discovery was made in the North Dakota badlands.
Ten research teams were honored at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. A study of cockroach milk was among the winners.
Marmots, not bears, are the largest "true" hibernating mammal, UCLA marmot researchers Katie Adler and Emily Renkey say. The two share more fun facts about these cute creatures and explain how to vote for the fattest marmot.
NASA's new telescope could change the way we see space. With a wide-field camera that will reveal an area up to 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, and an orbit a million miles from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is expected to find tens of thousands of unknown exoplanets.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you."
A potential killing was caught on camera in Ohio and was revealed at the trial of a man found guilty of attempting to shoot his wife in a crowded restaurant. Mark Strassmann reports.
In the wake of the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul and WBZ-TV reporter and anchor Kristina Rex share new reporting from inside the courtroom, exclusive juror insights, and behind-the-scenes details of the dramatic final courtroom moments. Plus, we learn what's next as the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office weighs its options.
Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney, sat down with "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday, where he said he plans to ask for the case to be thrown out. Caroline Polisi breaks down his statements.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington told "CBS Mornings" that he plans to file a motion for her case to be thrown out after her murder trial ended in a mistrial. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.
Kevin Reddington, the lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, said he will present a motion to dismiss on Sept. 29 at a previously scheduled status hearing.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launched shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center and blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away.
The $4.3 billion telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of exoplanets while probing the nature of mysterious dark matter and energy.
President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a ceremony Aug. 28.
The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.
A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dolly Parton, the country music legend who became a feminist icon, has died at the age of 80. Here is a look back at her life in pictures.
Sylvie Cachay was found dead in an overflowing bathtub at the exclusive Soho House in New York City on Dec. 9, 2010. A water leak at the hotel gave away a timeline that may have revealed her killer.
Summer is the time to enjoy live music, indoors and out. Scroll through our gallery of some of 2026's leading musical acts, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
The Obama Presidential Center, museum and library opens in Chicago with a star-studded grand opening ceremony and public watch party on Midway Plaisance.
Oil prices are up as the war in Iran intensifies. President Trump promised lower gas prices for Americans after the midterm elections. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports.
Dolly Parton's sister, Stella, sits down with Gayle King for her first interview since Dolly's death to discuss her sister's legendary life. Stella Parton says the country star was "definitely prepared" and at peace when she died last month.
President Trump headlined the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, promising Americans $5,000 "dividends" if his party takes the midterms. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.
Army Reserve Capt. Cody Khork was one of six U.S. troops killed in an Iranian drone strike on an Army base in Kuwait. His parents are now speaking out about their fight to get the Army to release details on an internal investigation. CBS News' Jonah Kaplan reports.
Five people died and dozens are missing after a fire engulfed a passenger ferry in the Philippines. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more details.