Primary season kicks off with high-stakes Senate races in Texas

Voters in three states headed to the polls, with a four-term incumbent Republican senator in Texas seeking to fend off a primary challenge from his state’s starkly conservative attorney general. Texas Democrats will be choosing their own candidate in hopes of breaking their decades-long losing streak in the state. Ed O’Keefe reports. Original CBS News

Democrats raise doubts about urgency of Trump’s Iran strikes

Democrats raise doubts about urgency of Trump’s Iran strikes – CBS News Watch CBS News The Senate is expected to vote on a series of Democrat-backed war powers resolutions aimed at stopping the conflict with Iran and preventing future wars without a greenlight from Congress. Nancy Cordes has details on Democrats’ reactions. link.lazyload { position:

Noem slammed by senators as Tillis calls her leadership of DHS “a disaster”

Sen. Thom Tillis speaks as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, heavily criticized the DHS secretary for her handling of immigration enforcement, using his allotted time for a “performance evaluation,” rather than a