Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office defends the state’s efforts to stop illegal immigration. AUSTIN—Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticized Texas’s attempts to stop illegal immigration while praising Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in addressing the “root causes” of the border crisis. Mayorkas spoke Sept. 6 at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. The
The former president suggests a change to the U.S. Constitution and a pledge to increase by 10-fold the number government regulations to eliminate. Former President Donald Trump proposed a modification to the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and promised an executive order barring federal employees from engaging in domestic censorship at a campaign rally
Ted Koppel on taking election victories for granted – CBS News Watch CBS News The “Sunday Morning” senior contributor notes that “whoever gets the most votes” does not necessarily mean victory – now more than ever. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive
We live in an age of alternate facts. More and more Americans are getting their information almost entirely from outlets that echo their own political point of view. And then, of course, there’s social media, where there are few (if any) filters between users and a wide world of misinformation. For example: On July 13
Fake news and “The Death of Truth” – CBS News Watch CBS News As disinformation and conspiracy theories proliferate online in algorithm-fueled chaos, artificial intelligence is making it even harder for us to tell fact from fiction. “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel examines the consequences of fake news on the election with Steven Brill,
We hear all the time about how polarized we’ve become as a nation. When Pew Research asked Americans what one word they would use to describe politics today, the most popular response was “Divisive.” And it is true that conservatives and liberals disagree on the same issues we have for years, from gun control and
Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, the chair of the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, for the first time is definitively saying his party will recapture control of the chamber in November's elections