CBS Evening News Season 77 Episode 266 Nov 17, 2025

President Trump has changed his mind and is now calling on the House to vote to force the Justice Department to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein. Nancy Cordes has details. In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Virginia accused Justice Department prosecutor Lindsay Halligan of misconduct, saying there was a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps." Scott MacFarlane has more. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford has arrived in the Caribbean, giving the United States the ability to strike inside Venezuela if President Trump gives the order. The U.S. has also sent thousands of troops to the region. Charlie D'Agata reports from Puerto Rico. Hundreds of immigration agents descended on Charlotte, North Carolina, pulling people from shopping centers and moving in on a landscaping crew putting up Christmas lights. Skyler Henry reports. In the past year, food prices are up more than 3%, and President Trump has been getting a healthy serving of complaints. He responded, two weeks before Thanksgiving, by rolling back tariffs on hundreds of food products. Kelly O'Grady explains what to expect with your holiday grocery bill. In 1972, fewer than 3% of Americans identified as non-denominational Christians. Now it's 14%, or nearly 40 million people, according to the General Social Survey. Maurice DuBois visited a non-denominational church in St. Louis, Missouri. Quarterback Jack Curtis played his final college football game while battling broken bones in his throwing hand and a life-changing diagnosis. Omar Villafranca has the story.