Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia gubernatorial race, CBS News projected Tuesday, marking one of Democrats’ first major victories since President Trump’s win last year. Spanberger will be Virginia’s first female governor. Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial race tends to serve as a referendum on the president who was
President Trump has decided once again to nominate Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator, he announced Tuesday evening, months after withdrawing the tech billionaire and private astronaut’s nomination because of concerns about his political leanings. Mr. Trump nominated Isaacman to the Senate-confirmed post last year, but announced in late May he had decided
Although it’s an off-year for elections, Americans are voting in local races with national implications. The results could give an early indication of how Americans are feeling nine months into President Trump’s second term. Ed O’Keefe, Jericka Duncan and Nikole Killion have the latest. Original CBS News Link</a
Walking to the Senate floor on Monday afternoon, Thune was asked by a reporter if he was “optimistic of the deal to open the government this week” and whether there had been “progress over the weekend.” “I’m optimistic,” Thune said. “Confident?” the reporter asked. “Don’t push it,” Thune replied, laughing. Returning from the floor, Thune
A Customs and Border Patrol Agent testified in federal court on Tuesday that a sandwich “exploded all over him” after a D.C. man threw a sub-style sandwich at him during an expletive-filled rant in protest of President Trump’s federal policing crackdown and National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital this summer. Sean Dunn, who was
Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits provided through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will go out only when Democrats vote to end the ongoing government shutdown. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote that SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which
A Texas-based researcher has filed a pair of lawsuits against lawyers who represented defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, alleging some of the attorneys “pirated” her research and used it in court — without paying for it. The lawsuit, filed by Lindsey Olson, alleges the defense attorneys infringed on