Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry moved swiftly Thursday to suspend the state's upcoming House primaries after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a pair of the state's congressional maps as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The decision leaves Louisiana without a valid map to run elections, and hands…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that prosecutors can prove the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent during last weekend's White House Correspondents' Association dinner came from the alleged gunman's weapon, not from friendly fire, and that the 31-year-old suspect intended to kill President…
President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded that Senate Republicans eliminate the filibuster so they can pass the Save America Act, a sweeping election-integrity and voting-reform bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Trump issued the call on Truth Social, framing the…
Just after midnight Saturday morning, Spirit Airlines flight NK1833 from Detroit was on final approach to Dallas-Fort Worth. According to CBS News, the cockpit asked the tower a question. "Is there any other Spirit flights coming in after us?" The controller paused. "I don't see…
Three out of four American voters say the United States is winning its standoff with Iran, and solid majorities back every major step President Donald Trump has taken, from military airstrikes to a naval blockade to a temporary ceasefire, according to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris…
The House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into Rep. Chuck Edwards, the Republican congressman representing Western North Carolina, over allegations of sexual harassment, according to a report citing multiple news outlets. Axios first reported the probe on Thursday, and CNN followed with additional details,…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 1 that sharply escalates U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban government, authorizing the Treasury Department to freeze the assets of Cuban officials and their adult family members, bar them from entering the United States, and punish…
Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia have revived a separate investigation into whether former FBI Director James Comey leaked classified information, a move that could result in the Trump Justice Department's third indictment of Comey since last fall, Breitbart reported, citing Bloomberg Law.…
Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee called their state legislatures back for special sessions next week, moving within days of a Supreme Court decision that narrowed the reach of the Voting Rights Act and opened the door for states to redraw congressional maps ahead of…
Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Republican running for the Oklahoma State Senate, was found dead inside his truck in a remote wildlife area two days after he was reported missing, and authorities say the circumstances of his death remain unknown. Beckham County deputies discovered Christian's 2024…
President Donald Trump singled out Rep. Ilhan Omar at a rally in The Villages, Florida, calling the Minnesota Democrat a symbol of the kind of corruption his administration says it is rooting out of federal benefit programs, and mocking the idea that a lawmaker from…
A $2.2 billion solar power plant in the Mojave Desert, built with massive federal backing during the Obama administration, continues to burn through taxpayer and ratepayer money more than a decade after it opened, even as both the Trump and Biden administrations, the plant's own…
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to serve as the next surgeon general of the United States, moving within minutes of announcing he was withdrawing the stalled nomination of Dr. Casey Means, his second pick for the post and a favorite…
President Donald Trump told CBS News correspondent Norah O'Donnell that he may have complicated the Secret Service's effort to get him out of the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday night, saying he paused to assess the situation after shots rang out at the White House…
