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Samantha Wender

New York

Executive Producer at CBS News

storyteller, executive producer, cbs news

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  • 3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Samantha Wender

    The Trump EPA's rollbacks and air quality Washington — Since President Trump took office in January, his Environmental Protection Agency has been both slashing and reconsidering dozens of rules designed to fight pollution. The White House is also firing many of the EPA staffers who enforce the rules that remain. This week, CBS News visited a Houston neighborhood that's near an NRG Energy coal-fired power plant, the largest in Texas.

  • 2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann |Samantha Wender

    Inflation has more people turning to food banks for help, including people with six-figure incomes struggling to feed their families. Chandra Kelsey of Wallingford, Connecticut, is a mother of three who works full-time as a program director at Yale's School of Public Health and sometimes takes on a second job to make ends meet. In their household, two people take home a total of $150,000, but it's often not enough. "That's not what you bring home after taxes. You know we have mortgage, insurance.

  • Mar 24, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann |Samantha Wender

    Florida's decimated orange groves face new threats In its juicy heyday, a glass of orange juice was a staple of a healthy breakfast. Orange crops flourished in Florida — the "Orange State."Shannon Shepp, executive director of the state's Department of Citrus, agrees those were the "good old days," but she also knows nostalgia is no nutrient to grow a sunny future. While some industries have supply issues and some have demand issues, oranges have both.

  • Mar 18, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Janet Shamlian |Samantha Wender

    Hope Ngumezi still can't believe he had to bury his wife after he took her to a Texas hospital for a miscarriage when she was 11 weeks pregnant. "I blame the doctors, I blame the hospital, and I blame the state of Texas," Ngumezi said. In 2021, Texas lawmakers passed a near-total abortion ban.

  • Mar 17, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann |Samantha Wender

    Since 2017, three generations have taken care of Gladys Ortiz, an 83-year-old woman who lives in Miami and struggles with Parkinson's and dementia. Among them is her daughter, Yanira Portuondo, who views being a caregiver for Ortiz as a second, full-time job. "She's having hallucinations. Sometimes she doesn't recognize me. There are days that, going from the living room to the bathroom, she gets lost," Portuondo said.

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