Three states are holding primaries on Tuesday, with Florida deciding its nominees for both governor and for Senate. In Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan is facing several competitors — including one who shares his name — in the nonpartisan top-four primary. Floridians will also be voting in primaries in new congressional districts after GOP Gov. Ron…
A federal judge in Maryland blocked the Trump administration’s plan to relocate the FBI’s proposed headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., after the Biden administration had announced a plan in 2023 to move the headquarters to Greenbelt, Maryland. In July 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau would instead relocate a few…
Washington — A former federal prosecutor who was fired earlier this year for her previous work on a case against activists accused of blocking an entrance to an abortion clinic sued the Justice Department on Monday, arguing her ouster was driven by unlawful political retaliation. Sunita Doddamani, previously an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern…
London — The BBC has asked a Florida court to subpoena members of President Trump’s family as part of the British public broadcaster’s legal defense against Mr. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, according to a court filing released Friday. The BBC’s legal team asked the U.S District Court in the Southern District of Florida for…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Ed O’Keefe: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Rodriguez, NOTUS reporter Paul Kane, The Atlantic staff writer Toluse…
The following is the transcript of an interview with Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 16, 2026. ED O’KEEFE: We turn now to Republican Congressman Don Bacon. He joins us from Omaha, Nebraska. Good morning, Congressman, and we understand it is your birthday. So…
Democrats on Saturday approved a new presidential nominating calendar for 2028, cementing South Carolina’s place as the first official Democratic primary state, as the party looks to elevate states that better reflect its diverse coalition of voters. The vote came during the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Austin, where members signed off on a schedule that…
Two Senate Republicans released a set of early 2021 text messages that show Dr. Anthony Fauci and other federal health officials discussing how to “weigh the potential risks against the benefits” of pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccines. The 11 text messages that were made public Monday were among more than 34,000 that the Department of…
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and several of his co-defendants, after politically appointed leaders in the Justice Department decided to kill the case in May. But in an unusual twist, U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis for the Eastern District of New York refused to…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Nicole Sganga, CBS News homeland security and justice correspondent Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with…
