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Georgia voters headed to the polls to decide who will represent their parties in several high-stakes statewide contests and a number of consequential local races. On the ballot were nominations for U.S. Senate, governor...
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday in a series of state primaries that include pivotal contests in Georgia and Pennsylvania and a high-profile intraparty clash in Kentucky. Alabama, Idaho, Oregon and other states...
President Trump and the Justice Department agreed to settle his lawsuit over leaked tax returns by creating a $1.776 billion fund to handle claims of government "weaponization," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche...
A CBS News poll released May 18, 2026, found President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest point since 2023. The survey also found that more than half of Americans say his policies are making the...
Across multiple state primaries, Republican voters are offering a real-time assessment of how much sway Donald Trump still holds over the party — and those results could reshape GOP politics for months or years to come....
The following is a paraphrased transcript of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s interview with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation, May 17, 2026.
Watch Margaret Brennan’s full interview with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. A portion of this interview aired on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan on May 17, 2026. The complete video is presented on the CBS...
The Associated Press projected that two Republican challengers, Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming, will advance to a June 27 runoff in the state's high-profile GOP Senate primary, denying incumbent...
Sen. Bill Cassidy made a brief public appearance after NBC News projected that he would not advance from Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary and that the race would head to a runoff. The projection, delivered as...
Washington — Louisiana voters head to the polls Saturday for a high-stakes U.S. Senate primary in which Republican incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy is fighting to keep his seat. Cassidy, 68, is running for a third Senate...
Updated May 15, 2026 — Washington The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a voter-approved Virginia congressional map drawn to benefit Democrats, leaving intact a decision by the Virginia Supreme Court that...
Major Garrett filled in for Tony Dokoupil on the May 15 CBS Evening News, opening with a string of national and international developments: a foiled terror plot in the U.S., a massive mill explosion in Maine...
