Texas Races to Contain Flesh-Eating Parasite Amid Threat to Livestock

A ranch worker drives cattle to a corral for inspection for New World screwworm at a ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, on July 23, 2025. AP Photo/Isabel Mateos Texas is racing to contain a flesh-eating parasite that can infect animals and, more rarely, humans, causing horrific wounds that can be fatal if left untreated. ​The

6/9: The Takeout with Major Garrett

6/9: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Primary day wrapping up in Maine as voters grapple with Graham Platner’s scandals; U.S. launches retaliatory strikes against Iran. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); } View CBS News In Original CBS

Hilton to face Becerra in election for California governor, CBS News projects

Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host and adviser to former British Prime Minister David Cameron, will advance to November’s general election in the race to become California’s next governor, CBS News projects. Hilton will face off against Democrat Xavier Becerra, the former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and California attorney general, who mounted

DHS Directs ICE to Deport Foreign Citizens Who Illegally Vote in Federal Elections

Election workers sort ballots at Contra Costa County’s election operations facility in Martinez, Calif., on May 27, 2026. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership to deport foreign citizens who vote in federal elections or make a false claim of citizenship. The order was given hours

House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party

Washington — House Democrats, with the help of several Republicans, bypassed GOP leadership on Tuesday to force a successful vote on legislation that would accelerate negotiations on newly-formed unions’ first collective bargaining agreements.  The legislation, titled the Faster Labor Contracts Act, was introduced in September by Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey. It passed

Questions about Graham Platner’s past could impact Maine’s U.S. Senate race

Voters headed to the polls in Nevada, South Carolina, North Dakota and Maine, which features a nationally-watched U.S. Senate race. As Democrats try to win back the Senate in November, their candidate in Maine has admitted to a sexting scandal and is now fighting off allegations from several former girlfriends. Caitlin Huey-Burns has more. Original