Outgoing DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on Democratic Party’s future – CBS News Watch CBS News The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party tries to navigate President Trump’s second term. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe spoke with outgoing DNC head Jaime Harrison about how … Read more
What RFK Jr. told senators about his views on vaccines, abortion – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appeared for a confirmation hearing before senators Wednesday on Capitol Hill. As Republicans heaped praise, Democrats worked to pick apart Kennedy’s views … Read more
Rep. Gabe Vasquez reacts to Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown is also targeting legal ways to enter the U.S. Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico joins “America Decides” with his reaction. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live … Read more
A bill to impose sanctions on officials affiliated with the International Criminal Court stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after Democrats refused to back it, a setback for legislation that aims to rebuke the court for its top prosecutor’s decision to bring war crimes charges against top Israeli leaders for their military offensive against Hamas … Read more
Washington — Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, said he won’t seek reelection in 2026, in a surprise announcement that opens up a key seat in the battleground state. Peters, 66, has represented Michigan in the Senate since 2015, after serving in the House. He worked as chairman of the Senate Democratic campaign arm in … Read more
The speaker of the House has for centuries played a singular role among political leaders in the United States, as the only partisan figure in Congress who is also explicitly empowered by the Constitution to lead the legislative branch. One wouldn’t necessarily know that from watching the recent behavior of Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of … Read more
A special session of the Tennessee General Assembly that began on Monday reflects the way President Trump’s aggressive conservative agenda is already emboldening Republicans to pursue his priorities at the state level. Gov. Bill Lee has proposed new measures to toughen immigration enforcement, including the creation of a position in state government that would directly … Read more
Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. Thirty years ago, Congress considered a bill much like President Trump’s recent executive order on birthright citizenship. It sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who were not legal residents. Such bills have been introduced from time to time, and … Read more
When Donald J. Trump huddled with Republican senators at a closed-door meeting in the Capitol days before his inauguration, Senator Rick Scott of Florida rose and gushed to him about the exhilarating opportunity the party had to “right-size” the federal government by slashing it mercilessly, a long-held conservative goal. Mr. Trump brusquely agreed but quickly … Read more
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a surgeon in Texas who was accused of obtaining and sharing private medical information about gender-transition-related treatments for minors at one of the largest children’s hospitals in the country. The surgeon, Dr. Eithan Haim, was indicted last May in U.S. District Court in Houston on four counts of obtaining, … Read more