The great free-market classical liberal William Leggett believed that Americans do not need politicians telling us on which days Americans ought to be thankful.

David Plouffe, a senior adviser to the Harris campaign, said its difficult for his party to win the swing states, in his first postmortem interview since President-elect Trumps victory earlier this month. In an interview on Crooked Medias Pod Save America, hosted by former Obama aides, Plouffe joined his campaign colleagues to reflect on what...

More than 5,000 public schools have closed in recent years, often due to low enrollment, leading to abandoned buildings. One Detroit nonprofit is helping underserved communities repurposed the closed schools. CBS News' Meg Oliver shows how the program is changing neighborhoods and lives.

Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, who have been imprisoned for years by China, have been released.

China is releasing three Americans who were "wrongfully detained," a National Security Council spokesperson says.

Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung have been released from detention, a spokesperson for the National Security Council said.

The Biden administration wants to expand access to popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic. The new proposal would allow millions of obese Americans covered by Medicaid and Medicare to be eligible for the drugs. Out-of-pocket costs could plunge as much as 95%. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder explains what to know about the proposed rule.

WASHINGTONThe American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8 percent annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth. The Commerce Department reported that growth in U.S. gross domestic productthe economy’s output of goods and servicesslowed from the ...

The Biden administration has reportedly secured the release of three Americans from detention in China in exchange for unnamed Chinese persons held in the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said Wednesday.The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung.Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,...

Tariffs on U.S. imports would raise prices for consumers on a range of goods, experts say. Here's what to know.

The African American Film Critics Association on Wednesday revealed honorees for its 2025 Special Achievement Awards and 16th annual AAFCA Awards, with the casts and creative teams behind Amazon MGM Studios’ Nickel Boys and Netflix’s The Piano Lesson leading the way. For Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of the Colson Whitehead novel, the drama will […]

Pierfrancesco Favino, who plays Maria Callas’ protective butler in Pablo Larrans Maria, doesnt back down from a fight, on-screen or in life. At last years Venice Film Festival, the Rome native erupted with the kind of volcanic indignation that Callas was known for, furious that American actors like House of Gucci and Ferrari star Adam […]

McDonalds Corp. unveiled an overhaul of its U.S. value platform that it hopes will lure penny-pinching customers back into its restaurants.

WASHINGTON (AP) With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season, Americans will again be consumed with the annual trifecta of turkey, travel and transactions lots of them.While most big U.S. r...

WASHINGTON (AP) The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth.The Commerce Department reported that growth in U.S. gross domestic product the economy’s output of goods and services ...

The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years agobut not for the reason you think. The post The Great American Turkey appeared first on JSTOR Daily.

Donald Trump's inauguration this January will signal a tectonic shift in American foreign policy unmatched by any since Ronald Reagan's swearing in 43 years before.

UPDATED 05.34 a.m. PT: Mishal Husain is heading to Bloomberg. The BBC’s top anchor will launch a global interview series for Bloomberg Weekend Edition, the U.S. news outlet has just announced, and she will become editor-at-large. She started her career at Bloomberg before joining the BBC. David Merritt, Head of Media Editorial, Bloomberg, said: “Mishal […]

Some of the prices on grocery store shelves may have been on an upward trajectory, but overall, Americans are expected to pay less for their Thanksgiving dinners for the second year in a row.Thats according to the