North Carolina Senate race moves to toss up Cook Political Report moves North Carolina Senate race to toss up 06:48 Washington — Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley is preparing to enter the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, one of the top battleground contests of the 2026 cycle, according to
Melbourne, Australia — Australia announced it will reduce restrictions on U.S. beef imports in a move President Trump’s administration claimed as a major victory over “non-scientific trade barriers” to trade. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said Thursday that relaxing the restrictions designed to keep Australia free of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy
The Trump administration instructed Customs and Border Protection officials this week to offer migrant teenagers the option of voluntarily returning to their home countries, instead of being sent to government-overseen shelters, upending longstanding U.S. immigration policy, two U.S. officials told CBS News Wednesday. For many years, U.S. immigration officials were required to transfer all unaccompanied
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday declassified additional materials on the intelligence community’s assessment of Russia’s actions in the 2016 election, claiming in a social media post and at a White House press briefing that they showed Obama administration officials “manufactured” information in order to undermine then-candidate Donald Trump. Her statement on X
Dewey Yopp, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer, was sent to Afghanistan in 2002 to train up a new Afghan army during the early days of the war in Afghanistan. He met Amir, his then-18-year-old Afghan translator, at the airport on his first day there, and says Amir went on to save his life
Latest on Trump birthright citizenship order What’s next for Trump’s birthright citizenship order? 02:20 A federal appeals court said Wednesday that President Trump’s executive order curtailing birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. The policy, which has been the subject of a complicated monthslong legal back-and-forth, is currently on hold. But Wednesday’s decision appears to mark the first
Washington — A House committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as Republican leaders have resisted action on the issue. Democrats on a subcommittee for the House Oversight panel forced a vote on the subpoena, and three Republicans voted alongside Democratic