U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a press conference as members of Congress have two weeks to reach a deal to avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Fox News in a Sept. 18 interview that he
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to reporters after a bill signing at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2025. Eric Gay/AP Photo WASHINGTON—Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 17 signed a bill into law that aims to halt the sale of abortion medication by mail to residents of his state. The bill, known
Federal agents detain elected officials after they demand access to inspect the detainment facility at immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building in New York City, on Sept. 18, 2025. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo Federal agents arrested more than a dozen New York State elected officials inside a federal facility in Manhattan used to
Watch CBS News Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new action to reform the nation’s organ transplant system, as well as a move to decertify an organ procurement organization. Omar Villafranca has details. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); }
Federal Communication Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 5, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The House Oversight Committee rejected a motion on Sept. 18 to subpoena Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications
President Trump on Thursday floated revoking TV broadcast licenses for networks that cover him negatively, a day after ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. “They give me only bad publicity or press,” the president said of the broadcast networks on the flight back from London. “I mean, they’re getting a license. I would think maybe
In two weeks, the federal government is scheduled to run out of money as Congress is in a standstill over a budget deal. Democrats have seemingly taken a stand that calls for reversing White House funding cuts from President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and implement an extension of healthcare subsidies set to expire at the