On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the liberation of millions of slaves and the full glory of the American promise. As the bloody Civil War raged into its second year and the
Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight as 2026 arrived, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year. Nicole Sganga reports. Original CBS News Link</a
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, tackles the housing crisis on day one with executive orders targeting landlords and bankruptcy case intervention.
Mamdani starts historic term as NYC mayor – CBS News Watch CBS News Zohran Mamdani was publicly sworn in as the 112th mayor of New York City on New Year’s Day. Meg Oliver reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); } View CBS News
US President Donald Trump speaks during the New Year’s Eve Party at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida on December 31, 2025. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said in an interview published Jan. 1 that he’s healthy. “In retrospect, it’s too bad I took it because it
Mamdani joins a long history of New York City leaders inaugurated on the promise of a new era for City Hall. Lilly Tuttle, the curator of the Museum of the City of New York, gave some insight into what Mamdani might say in his first speech and how inaugurations are often a window into the
The Trump administration is aiming to move a planned 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom through the federal government’s review process at a rapid clip, with final approvals as soon as early March — potentially clearing the way for construction to start a month later. President Trump has sought to move quickly on the ballroom project, which