The White House is considering ending funding for a longtime civil rights election program aimed at protecting the rights of minority populations to vote, sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. The federal observer program, authorized under the Voting Rights Act and launched in 1966, is an Office of Personnel Management operation that partners
The FBI has closed a politically charged voter fraud inquiry sought by Nevada’s top federal prosecutor, after finding only 38 non-citizens may have voted in the 2020 presidential election, sources with direct knowledge of the probe told CBS News. The FBI ended the inquiry in late January, after Sigal Chattah, the first assistant U.S. attorney
Washington — The Senate failed again on Thursday to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, with the impasse growing increasingly acrimonious nearly a month into the partial shutdown. In a 51 to 46 vote, the measure fell short of the 60-vote threshold needed to move forward. The vote was Senate Republicans’
Washington — The Senate approved a package of bills aimed at lowering housing costs on Thursday, the most sweeping housing legislation in decades and a rare point of bipartisan consensus in an election year, with the issue of affordability top of mind for many voters. But the path forward in the House remains uncertain given
A father of three felt that he had no other choice but to quit his job as a Transportation Security Administration officer and find other work as the partial government shutdown goes on. Robert Echeverria worked the TSA checkpoints at Salt Lake City International Airport for nine years. “I love the agency. I love the
Washington — Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina announced Thursday he will seek an 18th term in Congress, making him the last of his generation of House Democratic leaders still on the ballot. Clyburn, who is 85 years old, made the announcement at an event with supporters at the South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters
The U.S. on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to defraud businesses and funnel hundreds of millions of dollars into the hermit kingdom’s weapons programs. The sanctions, revealed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and first