North Carolina Republicans redrew the state’s congressional maps this fall, in the hopes of improving their chances at ousting a Democrat in one of the country’s most competitive districts. In doing so, they may have created a window for a Democrat to make what has been a reliably Republican neighboring seat more competitive. CBS News
Illegal immigrants walk along the U.S.–Mexico border wall after crossing the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images Mexico is extending “unprecedented” cooperation with the Trump administration in combating drug smuggling and illegal immigration along its 2,000-mile border with the United States, but House Republicans say it must do
Alina Habba speaks during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 20, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The Senate is set to take a vote Thursday on 97 nominees, mostly for the executive branch, in one swoop. It comes as President Donald Trump has expressed increasing frustration with
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Tourists observe demolition of the East Wing of the White House during construction of new ballroom facilities from the top of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15, 2025. Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters A federal district judge on Dec. 17 allowed the ongoing ballroom construction project at the White House to continue, turning away a
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, according to two sources familiar with the planning, in one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades. One source cautioned that while the plan is for the order to be signed Thursday,