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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
Campaigning in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the House minority leader declined to predict a seat count, while Speaker Johnson says control will come down to about 22 'jump-ball' districts.
Under Harmeet Dhillon, the division has dropped police and voting cases, pursued law schools and universities over alleged bias against white and Asian students, and hired about 130 replacements, many with little civil rights experience.
WatchThe Sherman Act investigation targets the five networks for declining to fill in for CNN after the White House shut it out of the press pool. A federal judge says he will rule Tuesday on whether to restore the passes of CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
Trump campaigned on sub-$2 gasoline and 2% mortgages. A new CBS News analysis finds many essentials costing more, and economists say tariffs and the Iran war are part of the reason.
The Democratic congressman told 'Face the Nation' he's taking nothing for granted in a race that could decide Senate control. CBS News rates the seat as leaning Democratic.
Four lawmakers want answers by Oct. 20 on pardons for Nikola founder Trevor Milton and Colorado mechanic Troy Lake. A win in November would give Democrats subpoena power.
The Fed's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances shows a median net worth of $504,000 for the oldest households and a 23% plunge for those under 35.
A March internal memo flagged $30,000 in monthly consulting fees and first-class flights billed by Canny, who will keep his consulting role while running programming at a venue that is mostly closed.
David Duncan, who reviewed three botched Arizona executions, tells NPR that unlabeled drugs in a jar and cash payments to staff were warning signs, and that Tennessee's protocol copies Arizona's.
The guidance covers Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. attorneys and the FBI director, and goes further than the loosening Pam Bondi began, reversing a stricter Biden-era policy.
The former president has endorsed Ossoff, Shapiro and a slate of governors, and plans to campaign with Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Oct. 24.
A three-member 'committee of inquiry' will weigh mortgage-fraud allegations behind closed doors two days after the midterms. Cook's lawyers say they have 'grave doubts' the process is genuine.
The post has sat empty since Karoline Leavitt left in late August, and the briefing room hasn't hosted a press briefing since Sept. 3.
The two-term Republican is running as an independent voice inside Trump's party against Democrat Cait Conley, with more than $40 million in outside ad spending already poured into the Hudson Valley race.
Enforcement actions fell nearly 80% in 2025 at the agency overseeing hundreds of billions in weekly trading, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren asks whether the watchdog has been 'locked up somewhere back in the barn.'
Postal Service cuts to pickups and processing mean some envelopes aren't stamped the day they're mailed, and officials are urging voters to use drop boxes or election offices instead.
Five people familiar with the matter tell NPR that field offices have pulled agents and analysts off spy-catching work to chase violent crime and illegal immigration, while the war with Iran and Chinese espionage press on.
A Reagan-era FCC chairman called the agency's accelerated review unconstitutional as a D.C. judge heard Disney's bid to block it.
Project Meridian, announced by Hegseth with Newt Gingrich, is to be run through MITRE over 120 days, but the Defense Department won't say whether the two executives are government employees or contractors.
WatchU.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, called it an "uphill climb" for the government to defend the ban and kept reporters' access in place through Tuesday.
Prosecutors are presenting evidence to a D.C. grand jury on whether the former White House aide lied to Congress, and the Civil Rights Division is handling the case.
The agency told a federal court it expects to finish its mifepristone study by mid-December and report no later than March 2027, before deciding on any new restrictions.
Former Justice Department officials call the White House adviser's appearance at FBI headquarters unusual, given his role as an alleged victim and potential witness in the case.
CBS News verified the image of Katie Wiles in Republika Srpska as questions grow about Trump allies' ties to the pro-Russia region and a $1.5 billion energy project.
In a sunset speech at the Pnyx, the secretary of state tied ancient Greece to Trump's agenda while the war with Iran enters its eighth month without a deal.
The plan, already submitted to Palm Beach County, would have the Trump Organization build lodging on county-owned land for use by current and former presidents.
After a Sept. 4 raid in Dover, a deportee told NPR he was held with nine other men in the Roxbury warehouse's parking lot. DHS would not say whether it uses the site.
With a month to go, spending suggests the question is how big a Democratic majority could be, not whether Democrats win the House. Republicans hold a 218-214 edge.
Judge George O'Toole in Boston ruled that DHS imposed the penalties unlawfully, using boilerplate forms and skipping public comment. The agency says it has issued more than 103,000 fines.
WatchThe reversal came Monday night after backlash from Democrats and some Republicans over roughly $9.7 million in federal money spent on three ads featuring the president. He also urged his own voters to cast ballots by mail.