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Updated May 8, 2026 — The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a voter-approved congressional redistricting referendum, overturning a new map that would have favored Democrats and potentially increased their...
The Pentagon has begun publishing previously classified documents and videos related to UFOs — now often called UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomena) — and President Trump said the releases are meant to increase...
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina says a subpoena she issued uncovered that the U.S. House has quietly paid $338,000 since 2004 to settle sexual‑harassment claims involving members of Congress. The figure...
Headlines - Americans aboard a cruise hit by a hantavirus outbreak are being evacuated and placed under observation in U.S. biocontainment. - The Pentagon released a large cache of previously classified UFO documents...
Congressional Democrats have opened a formal inquiry into a group of clemency grants from former President Trump that they say occurred under "suspicious circumstances," and are seeking documents and explanations from...
Updated May 7, 2026 / CBS News Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature approved a new congressional map Thursday that effectively breaks up the state's lone Black-majority, Democratic-held district. Gov. Bill Lee...
The Los Angeles mayoral contest intensified after a spirited first debate that gave former reality-TV figure Spencer Pratt a higher profile in the nonpartisan race. Pratt, who is a registered Republican, has centered...
In an exclusive interview with CBS News for a story published May 7, 2026, reality TV alum and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt compared his limited political experience to where Barack Obama was when he...
By Caitlin Yilek May 7, 2026 / 6:43 PM EDT A federal judge on Thursday found that the Trump administration's broad termination of National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unlawful and unconstitutional. In April...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is expected to appear for a closed-door deposition Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its ongoing probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
President Trump’s campaign to punish Indiana Republicans who opposed his preferred congressional map largely succeeded in Tuesday’s primary elections. Five state senators who voted against last year’s redistricting plan...
On May 5, 2026, CBS News projected that Derek Merrin won the Republican primary in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, setting up a rematch with Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in one of the nation’s most competitive House...
