Washington — The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies in a post-midnight session after Republicans revolted and refused President Trump’s push for a longer extension. The measure passed by unanimous consent, meaning no members objected. It now goes to the Senate.
Crushed waste rock from processing taconite rises above a street lined with trees in Eveleth, Minn., on Oct. 2, 2018. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on April 16 to overturn a 20-year mining ban imposed by the former Biden administration on a national forest in northeastern Minnesota. The measure, which
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the State Department in Washington on April 14, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The State Department on Thursday expanded a visa restriction policy that targets foreign nationals working for U.S. adversaries to undermine the nation’s interests in the Western Hemisphere. The new restrictions target 26 unnamed individuals and include
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Analilia Mejia, the Democratic candidate running for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, talks to people at coffee shop in Morristown, N.J., on March 24, 2026. Seth Wenig/AP Photo Analilia Mejia, a Democratic activist and labor organizer, won the April 16 special election to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherill’s former seat in Congress. Shortly after
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida accused Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of misconduct on Thursday, which Gallego denied. Luna told CBS News’ “The Takeout with Major Garrett” that the Arizona Democrat was the previously unnamed senator whom she said was facing “very disturbing” allegations in a cryptic social media post earlier this week. A
Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is planning to leave the federal government later this spring, after leading the agency at the forefront of President Trump’s deportation crackdown for over a year, two U.S. officials familiar with his plan told CBS News. Lyons, a two-decade ICE veteran, told colleagues that