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
Democratic candidates swept to victory in closely watched elections in New York City, New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday night. Here is a look at how the results came in on a local level. New York City mayor’s race Democrat Zohran Mamdani won the three-way race for New York City mayor, CBS News projects — defeating former
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 — Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s victory on Tuesday in the New York City mayoral race is already fanning the debate about the future of the Democratic Party and what his sudden political stardom could mean for next year’s midterm elections. “We hope this is demonstrating a very powerful way forward,” said Ashik Siddique, a
California’s approval of Proposition 50 sets in motion a redistricting plan that could result in pickups of five seats for Democrats in the Golden State. It’s an effort that may ripple beyond California’s borders — here’s an early look at some of Prop 50’s potential effects, not all of which are related to redistricting: A
Democrat Jay Jones will win the Virginia attorney general’s race, CBS News projects, surviving a scandal that arose late in the race over violent text messages he had written in 2022 about a Republican legislator. Jones defeated GOP incumbent Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, who had tried to seize on the resurfaced text messages to
U.S. forces conducted another strike Tuesday on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported. The attack was carried out at the direction of President Trump, Hegseth said in a social media post that included unclassified video of the strike. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was