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Update: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick announced her resignation shortly before a scheduled House Ethics Committee hearing was to begin. The hearing had been set to decide whether the committee should impose punishment...
By Caitlin Yilek Updated April 21, 2026 Washington — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned from Congress Tuesday, stepping down just moments before the House Ethics Committee was set to consider...
Hector Mujica, a former Google executive who had been preparing a run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio, has shifted his campaign to Florida’s 28th Congressional District. Mujica announced he is ending his...
Virginia voters have approved a constitutional amendment creating an independent process to draw congressional districts, a change supporters say will curb partisan gerrymandering and rebuild trust in elections. The...
Updated April 21, 2026 — House Republicans' campaign arm posted its biggest opening quarter ever, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced, reporting $47.1 million raised in the first three months of...
Hours before she announced she was suspending her campaign for California governor, former state controller Betty Yee sat down with CBS News California Investigates for an emotional and candid interview, calling the...
Good evening. Headlines tonight: a community reeling after a deadly family attack in Louisiana; renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran as fragile ceasefire talks continue; rising fuel costs squeezing farmers...
President Trump and Pope Leo XIV have traded increasingly sharp public statements after the pope criticized U.S. policy on migration and spoke out about the war with Iran, producing an uncommon public rupture between...
International tensions Tensions between the U.S. and Iran intensified as a ceasefire approaches its three-day expiration. Iran reportedly fired on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and declared the waterway closed until...
A Justice Department official said Saturday that Joseph DiGenova, a conservative attorney who represented former President Donald Trump in post-2020 election legal challenges, has been appointed to help lead the...
By Caitlin Yilek Updated April 18, 2026 / 1:50 PM EDT President Trump on Saturday signed a short-term extension of a key surveillance authority after Congress approved a temporary measure that delays a decision until...
President Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to relax research restrictions on psychedelic drugs, specifically naming ibogaine, during a signing ceremony Saturday. Health and Human Services...
