Takeaways from Texas’ primaries: Trump’s power, Latino vote, redistricting and more

Washington — The November ballot in Texas is now set, after a four-term incumbent Republican senator lost to a Trump-endorsed challenger in Tuesday’s primary runoffs. Meanwhile, Texas Democrats are angling to win their first Senate race since 1988. The Senate race was just one storyline on Tuesday night, as many downballot primary races highlighted larger

Conservative tech critic seen as leading candidate to be DOJ antitrust chief

The leading candidate to oversee the Justice Department’s antimonopoly enforcement has been a critic of the tech sector and is a government lawyer who led an effort to crack down on social media companies during President Trump’s first term.  Adam Candeub is being considered for assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division, sources familiar with

Jill Biden: “I was frightened” by 2024 debate, thought husband was having a stroke

Former first lady Jill Biden said she was “frightened” by her husband Joe Biden’s 2024 debate performance and thought he was having a stroke. “I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” Jill Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing Sunday on

Jill Biden: “I was frightened” by Biden’s debate performance and thought he was having a stroke

Former first lady Jill Biden said she was “frightened” by her husband Joe Biden’s performance at the 2024 presidential debate. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death,” Biden told Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing Sunday. Original CBS News Link

Justice Dept. to start fast-tracking benefits fraud enforcement

The federal government plans to speed up the review of certain whistleblower complaints related to fraud against benefit programs like Medicare, federal officials told CBS News exclusively Wednesday. The officials said the move will help to fast-track fraud enforcement, a Trump administration priority. The U.S. Department of Justice reviews whistleblower complaints made under the False