Delaware voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their nominees for U.S. Senate, House and a number of local races — the last primary contests of the 2026 midterm election cycle. Delaware state law dictates state and local primaries be held the second Tuesday after the first Monday in September in general
The FBI has lost hundreds of employees through firings, retirements and resignations since the start of the Trump administration. Amid those departures, the FBI has adjusted some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other bureau personnel. Last month, CBS News reported the bureau has shifted hiring
Attorney General Todd Blanche fiercely defended the Trump administration’s push to impose tighter mail voting rules just before the midterm elections, telling CBS News in an exclusive interview that the Justice Department is examining election practices in multiple states. When asked for evidence that the administration’s new mail voting rules — which are on hold
President Trump on Monday nominated Kimberly Greenwood, the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood, to serve as ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries. Kimberly Greenwood’s nomination was sent to the Senate along with dozens of other nominations for judgeships, ambassadorships and administration officials. She was tasked to serve as ambassador
Senior Democratic lawmakers vowed Monday to investigate the new market that has sprung up around President Trump’s pardons, citing CBS News video of lobbyists offering to “put pressure on the president” in exchange for a hefty fee from a convicted felon. “They’ve basically converted the president’s pardon power into a for-profit industry,” said Rep. Jamie
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the rules in the run-up to the November midterm elections. The court’s decision keeps implementation of the Postal Service’s requirements,
Gas prices are running about 15 cents per gallon more than they were just a week ago, and diesel fuel for trucks is now at an all-time high, topping $6 a gallon. The war with Iran is the biggest factor, but President Trump is instead blaming Ukraine. Ed O’Keefe has more details. Original CBS News