CBS Evening News, 07/16/25

President Trump is sending mixed signals about Fed Chair Jerome Powell, prompting strong reaction in Washington. Publicly, he told reporters, “we’re not planning on doing anything.” Questions about the death of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and an alleged list of abusers are echoing from Washington to small-town America. President Trump is now calling it a “hoax” and urging his supporters, including some Republican lawmakers, to move on. Texas Pastor Ricky Pruitt has been holding vigils with youth and assisting in the cleanup following the Fourth of July weekend flooding, offering support to the families who lost loved ones and the volunteers searching tirelessly for the missing, helping the community heal.