COST OF LIVING: A veteran in Atlanta, raising two children on her own, says she’s struggled to find steady work since leaving the Army in 2022.
Relying on gig jobs like Uber to get by, she still can’t afford healthcare for her kids and wants leaders to understand the sacrifices veterans continue to make at home. More tonight on the CBS Evening News at 6:30 p.m. ET.
EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was established to replace the United Nations as the main distributor of aid. In late June, the U.S. State Department approved $30 million for the group, calling its work "absolutely incredible."
But according to the U.N., hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces and "foreign military contractors" at or near GHF aid sites. CBS News’ @Debora_Patta spoke to a new eyewitness who concurs, saying it's not only the IDF shooting, but personnel hired through American subcontractors to secure the sites.
Meet Michelle Boisjoli, a 37-year-old Minnesota teacher by day and a DoorDash driver by night. The single mother of three had to pick up a second job, like many Americans, as the cost of living soars. She wonders what happened to the American Dream.
TUNE IN: CBS Evening News is spotlighting America’s growing Affordability Crisis in a new series, The Cost of Living. As essentials like rent, groceries, taxes, and tuition soar, families nationwide are struggling to keep up. Yet, many show extraordinary resilience.
Watch the powerful day-in-the-life, first-person stories this week starting Tuesday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Just one day before Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration agents at what he was told was his citizenship interview, the Columbia student and Palestinian activist told CBS News’ @lilialuciano he thought there was a chance the long-awaited appointment could be a trap. https://t.co/rooPo30ZCg
On Guam, combat veterans gather weekly to share their stories and shoulder each other’s pain through the “Got Your 671” program. With federal budget cuts threatening its future, members say the group is more than support — it’s survival.
During the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, 33 hostages, or their remains, were returned to Israel. But for the survivors, freedom is not the end of their journey as many must learn how to live freely. @Debora_Patta got rare access to a doctor helping with recovery.
At least one of the more than 200 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. last week had no known criminal record, @CBSNews has learned. His family believes he was sent to one of the most notorious prisons in the world and tell @lilialuciano they have had no contact with him.
TONIGHT: The Trump administration recently said that El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has offered to accept and incarcerate deportees from the U.S., including criminals with American citizenship currently imprisoned in the U.S. inside the Terrorism Confinement Center, a mega-prison that houses the country's most notorious gang members and criminals.
CBS News' @lilialuciano traveled to El Salvador to see the conditions inside the maximum security prison. Watch at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS Evening News.
Some migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally aren’t doing it alone — Americans are helping them in. One smuggler anonymously tells @CBSNews he’s moved nearly 500 people, making up to $2,000 per person. He calls it a lifeline for families fleeing violence, but some critics say it’s simply criminal.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined ICE officials in New York for a series of pre-dawn raids targeting undocumented migrants with criminal records – aiming for 500 arrests in a week. CBS News’ @MajorCBS gets an inside look at the operation in the Bronx.
Israel’s Mossad learned Hezbollah was buying pagers from a company in Taiwan, and in 2022 started its pager plot. Sunday, a retired Mossad agent, key to the operation, explains how they made pagers explode.
President-elect Donald Trump's threat to carry out mass deportations is putting immigrant communities on edge. In Springfield, Ohio, where Trump falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating pets, many Haitians are leaving the city, fearing they'll be deported.
An Israeli airstrike near Beirut's largest public hospital killed at least 18 people. Israel says it is striking Hezbollah posts in civilian areas. First responders who are risking their lives to save Lebanese civilians that are caught in the war zone believe they're being targeted, telling @Debora_Patta that much of their equipment has been destroyed.
“There is no safe place in Gaza”: CBS News producer Marwan Al-Ghoul was born in Gaza and raised his family there.
Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, Marwan has reported on the war in Gaza nearly every day. This is his first-hand account.
Online criminal syndicates in Ghana are targeting elderly Americans with romance scams, stealing their life savings. A 75-year-old radiologist lost over $700,000. As scams like this grow, they leave victims financially and emotionally devastated.
CBS News’ @Debora_Patta looks at these secret operations as part of our series Anything for Money. https://t.co/LNh5U8G1g0
@JimAxelrod In underground boiler rooms across Ghana, 'Yahoo boys' pose as women on dating sites, targeting lonely older men and swindling millions.
CBS News’ @Debora_Patta goes inside these secret operations in part two of our series Anything for Money.
Every year, thousands of guns once owned by police departments are used in crimes across the U.S. Here's how we uncovered them. https://t.co/JiL137sOZW
EXCLUSIVE: A former quality manager who blew the whistle on Spirit AeroSystems, a troubled Boeing supplier that builds the bulk of the 737 Max, tells @CBSNews’ @krisvancleave he was pressured to downplay problems he found while inspecting the plane's fuselages.
Pope Francis has never sat down for an extensive interview, one-on-one, with a U.S. television network. That changed when we spoke to him here in Rome. Part of our global exclusive tonight on the @CBSEveningNews and more to come on @60Minutes