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Harmeet Dhillon Resigns as Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division After Gutting It
Dhillon, who oversaw the departure of more than three quarters of the division's workforce, says she is returning to private practice after the midterms.
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PoliticsJudge Bars DOJ From Forcing Washington State to Set Aside Suspected Noncitizen Ballots
A federal judge in Seattle issued a 14-day order stopping the Justice Department from demanding officials segregate the ballots or threatening prosecution for counting them.
PoliticsTrump Declares Oval Office and Cabinet Room National Monuments in First Act After Midterms
The proclamation puts the Interior secretary in charge and requires review before any major alteration, but it still lets future presidents redecorate.
WatchPoliticsDemocrats Won Congress on the Economy, but Trump's Veto and the Filibuster Await
Party leaders promise relief on health care and prices, yet they lack the votes to override a veto and face Senate Republicans who can block bills. Analysts warn voters could be disappointed.
PoliticsGen Z Voters Backed Democrats by Nearly 50 Points, Reversing Their 2024 Shift to Trump
Exit polls show voters under 30 delivered a rebuke over the economy, tariffs and the Iran war, with Democrat James Talarico winning them by 60 points in Texas.
PoliticsMississippi's Senate Race Hangs on Provisional Ballots That No One Can Count
About 2,000 votes separate Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom, and the state has no recount provision and no central tally of outstanding ballots.
WatchPoliticsHouse Poised to Vote on Impeaching Hegseth as Republicans Turn on Him
Rep. Thomas Massie says he will force a vote when Congress returns, and GOP sources expect it to pass after midterm losses tied to the Iran war.
PoliticsBerkeley Student Held by ICE Since Airport Arrest Asks Court for Release
Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old Colombian asylum seeker with no criminal record, was detained at San Francisco International on October 30.
PoliticsU.S. Homelessness Fell More Than 6% in 2025, but Both Parties Claim the Credit
About 49,000 fewer people were without housing, the second straight annual decline, though nearly 700,000 remain in shelters or on the streets.
PoliticsMaryland Woman Evicted in 2024 Helps Block a $5 Billion Data Center Near Her Home
Taylor Frazier McCollum's petition drew over 25,000 signatures and helped spur moratoriums in Prince George's County, as data center backlash spreads nationwide.
WatchPoliticsTrump Replaces Chief of Staff Susie Wiles With Hard-Liner Stephen Miller
The president named his immigration architect to run the West Wing three days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress. Miller takes over Monday.
PoliticsDemocrats Win Senate Control, Holding at Least 54 Seats After Upsets in Texas and Kansas
CBS News projects the party will hold the upper chamber in January. Schumer vows "legislative razor wire" against Trump while Mississippi and Alaska remain undecided.
PoliticsDemocrats Plan Wider Probes of Fatal ICE Shootings, Eyeing Subpoenas for Homan and Miller
With subpoena power coming in January, incoming committee chairs say they will use "every tool" to investigate the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal agents.
PoliticsTrump Offers White House Press Secretary Job to UFC Boss Dana White, Who Will Meet Him Monday
The post has been vacant since Karoline Leavitt left in August, and the last pick lasted five days. White says he has "a lot of jobs already."
PoliticsNewsom Commutes All 548 California Death Sentences, Largest Mass Clemency in U.S. History
The outgoing governor emptied the nation's largest death row, writing that the offenders 'will die in prison but not by our hand.' Victims' groups vowed a court fight.
PoliticsJon Ossoff Wins Reelection in Georgia, Beating Trump-Endorsed Rep. Mike Collins
The 39-year-old Democrat was the only Senate Democrat defending a seat in a state Trump carried in 2024, and the race was called early in the evening.
PoliticsTrump Tells CBS He Has 'Tremendous Powers' Even if Democrats Win Congress
In a phone interview before polls closed, the president cited the Supreme Court's Slaughter ruling and called his veto the 'ultimate power' against a Democratic-led House or Senate.
PoliticsDemocrat Jamie Ager Flips North Carolina's 11th District After GOP Incumbent's Exit
The fourth-generation farmer won a seat Democrats have not held since 2010, after Rep. Chuck Edwards dropped his bid following a House censure.
PoliticsSen. Ashley Moody Beats Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon to Hold Florida Seat
The appointed Republican will serve out the rest of Marco Rubio's term, while three Florida Democrats survived GOP-friendly redistricting.
WatchPoliticsTrump Says U.S. Will Stop Paying Israel $4 Billion a Year as of Year-End
The president announced the end of military aid on Election Day in a Fox News phone interview, saying he and Netanyahu struck the deal months ago. Details remain unclear.
PoliticsJustice Department Sends Target Letters to Democrats in Alaska Ballot Probe
About 20 letters went out in the days before the election, and Democratic lawyer Marc Elias says he is a target of what he calls a sham investigation.
PoliticsSupreme Court Conservatives Lean Toward Catholic Preschools in Colorado Case
Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett pressed Colorado at argument, while Chief Justice Roberts asked hard questions of both sides and may decide the outcome.
WatchPoliticsPolls Open With 59 Million Ballots Already Cast, Democrats Favored for the House
The Senate is anyone's guess as Democrats need four flips in a map built on Republican turf, and counting in the closest races could take days or weeks.
PoliticsTexas Tech Professors Say New Rules Are Forcing Them to Cut Books and Courses
Directives from Chancellor Brandon Creighton restrict how faculty can teach race, sex and gender, and professors say the vagueness has pushed many to censor themselves.
PoliticsU.S. Plans to Deport Nearly 200 Afghans Through Pakistan Into Taliban Hands
A sworn ICE declaration shows a Nov. 3 charter would land in Pakistan before deportees are moved overland to Afghanistan, alarming advocates for those tied to the U.S. war effort.
PoliticsWhy Control of Congress May Not Be Clear Tonight, and Why That Isn't Fraud
Election experts say slow counts in California, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are normal, and warn that early complaints from candidates are a sign they think they are losing.
WatchPoliticsStudy Finds AI Chatbots Give Voters Wrong Answers, as Millions Ask Them How to Vote
Researchers testing seven popular chatbots found nearly 14% of voting-logistics answers were outdated or inaccurate, and most tools offered candidate lists when pressed.
PoliticsCalifornia Votes on First U.S. Billionaire Tax as Economists Split on $100 Billion Payoff
Proposition 40 would levy a one-time 5% tax on billionaires; a Berkeley economist says it raises $100 billion while a Stanford rival says it costs the state $39 billion.
WatchPoliticsSupreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots, With No Dissents
A one-line, unsigned order on the eve of the midterms denies the Justice Department's emergency request to force California to quarantine mail ballots from voters it calls noncitizens.
PoliticsAlabama Sheriff Who Lost His Primary by 300 Votes Faces a Mystery Write-In Campaign to Win It Back
Signs reading 'On Election Day write in Sheriff Jay Jones' have spread across Lee County, and nobody will say who started them.