Updated 35m ago Government shutdown now the longest in U.S. history The shutdown became the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday night, eclipsing the record previously held by the shutdown of late 2018 and early 2019. That funding lapse ended on the evening of the 35th day, when President Trump signed a bill to
Zohran Mamdani will be New York City’s 111th mayor, CBS News projects, capping a closely watched campaign in which the little-known state assemblyman energized voters with his focus on making America’s largest city more affordable. The 34-year-old democratic socialist defeated Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent after
Washington — The Department of Homeland Security is planning to terminate Temporary Protected Status for nationals of South Sudan imminently, CBS News has exclusively learned. The change will end more than a decade of protection that allowed thousands of displaced South Sudanese nationals to live and work legally in the United States. According to DHS officials,
The Trump factor He may not have been on the ballot, but President Trump was on the minds of voters in the 2025 elections. He was a factor for many voters in each of the places where exit polls were conducted: Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California. And more said their vote in
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to consider Wednesday whether President Trump can unilaterally impose tariffs on nearly every country under a federal emergency powers law, with the justices poised to test a centerpiece of his economic agenda and the limits of presidential powers. The court fight over Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs marks the
California voters have passed Proposition 50, CBS News projects, approving a measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats that will redraw the state’s congressional districts. The measure is intended to make several Republican-held congressional districts in California more favorable to Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections in an effort to counter recent redistricting in
Democratic New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani thanked supporters in a speech Tuesday night, framing his campaign as a victory over “big money and small ideas.” “Tonight you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city we can afford,” he told the cheering crowd.