Texas Democrats flee to Illinois to block redistricting vote while California's Newsom vows to counter Republican gerrymandering efforts with similar measures.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington in Washington on July 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times With the 2026 midterm season drawing nearer, Republicans are examining the possibility of using redistricting to give themselves an advantage at the polls—and Democrats have indicated they’re ready to respond in kind. Republicans hope that redistricting in red states
The headquarters of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in Washington in a file image. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security has changed a document that could have explicitly denied disaster relief to states, cities, and smaller recipients for any boycotts targeting Israel. It no longer defines what it calls a “discriminatory
U.S. border agents have been directed to stop deporting migrants under President Trump’s ban on asylum claims, following a federal court order that said the measure could not be used to completely suspend humanitarian protections for asylum-seekers, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News. The move effectively lifts a sweeping policy that had
President Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday creating a task force to oversee the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the White House confirmed Monday. Reuters news service first reported the task force, which it said would work on security, transportation and visa processing. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass —
Vivek Ramaswamy faced accusations at a Cincinnati town hall that Black history has been swept under the rug in America, particularly when it comes to the debate around rising crime.
Republicans in Texas are escalating the partisan debate over congressional districts by attempting to redraw their map in time for the midterm elections next year. Kyle Kondik, political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics and co-author of the book “Campaign of Chaos,” joins the “CBS Evening News” to discuss the battle in