Two years ago, President Trump made historic gains with Hispanic voters nationwide and won a majority of Texas Hispanics, upending conventional wisdom and setting back the Democratic Party’s hopes of making the state competitive. But now, Hispanics may be coming back. They’re frustrated with the state of the economy and concerned about the Trump administration’s…
The first thing you should know is the ping pong game happened before the coronavirus, and it was Sir Patrick Stewart’s idea. “This is match point,” Sir Patrick said. “What are you trying to communicate right now?” asked “CBS This Morning” co-host Tony Dokoupil, on the other side of the ping pong table. “I won’t…
Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist who ever lived, has been the subject of hundreds of books and movies. A pop icon, even today. He died 100 years ago this week, on Halloween – a coincidence that did nothing to diminish his mystique. But we’ll get to that. Erik Weisz was born in Hungary, in…
Ukraine is still unable to use its interceptor systems against Russian drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, because of speed restrictions imposed on Starshield, an upgraded military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink, amid an ongoing row with President Trump. “Unfortunately, we can’t use Starlink or Starshield technology on our territory today to shoot down…
The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine “received no advance warning from our partners” when Russia launched a ballistic missile barrage at Kyiv and other locations early Tuesday. The sources said American officials told…
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken Paxton, the pugnacious Republican state attorney general who speaks about a refusal to compromise. They share an enemy, though. They dislike social media’s effects…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Energy Secretary Chris Wright that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 4, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning, and welcome to Face the Nation. We begin with one of the Trump administration officials tasked with working to lower those high gas and oil…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Energy Secretary Chris Wright Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of news and surveys Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona Zach Lahn, Iowa GOP nominee for governor Brett McGurk, who served as a top Middle East adviser to former President Joe Biden…
Alan Alda, now 90, is one of the country’s most-beloved actors, best-known for his role as “Hawkeye” Pierce on the classic TV series “M*A*S*H.” Alda talks with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about his challenging childhood, dealing with polio and his mother’s schizophrenia; his decades of work to help scientists and health…
Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived the state’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection Wednesday night, are calling for her sentence to be commuted after she endured what they said was a “cruel,” “torturous,” and “predictable” botched execution. “The state of Tennessee has shown us again that they are…
