Climate change pushed the Earth’s environmental system to, and perhaps beyond, its limits in 2026, as several of its “vital signs” reached record extremes, researchers said in a new report on the state of the global climate. Of the 16 climate markers that researchers consider integral measures of how the Earth is doing, seven are…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he intends to serve as GOP leader if Republicans lose their House majority in November — but he remains bullish about the party’s chances despite significant headwinds. “In the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference, even…
When Nidal Hasan is put to death by firing squad during a public livestream, he will become the first person to be publicly executed in the United States in nearly a century. The Defense Department announced Thursday the execution of Hasan, the ex-Army major who was convicted in the 2009 killings of 13 people at…
In July, Reps. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, and Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, had a request for the Federal Election Commission: help make sure artificial intelligence chatbots do not feed voters false information about the 2026 midterm elections. The lawmakers, writing to the FEC as well as the Justice and Homeland Security…
President Trump said Monday he will start paying for the pro-Trump ads that have blanketed the airwaves in recent weeks with money raised by his super PAC, after his administration drew intense pushback for using public funds on the ads. “The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Energy Secretary Chris Wright Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of news and surveys Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona Zach Lahn, Iowa GOP nominee for governor Brett McGurk, who served as a top Middle East adviser to former President Joe Biden…
The following is the full transcript of the interview with Brett McGurk, who served as a top Middle East adviser to former Preident Joe Biden, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 4, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: So, October 6th, 2023, Saudi Princess Reema Bandar shakes hands with you…
President Trump deflected on Wednesday when he was asked about leaked audio of his close ally, Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who reportedly told donors that “everybody’s numbers are down” after the recent GOP midterm convention in Dallas. Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office that he “hadn’t heard that” about Paxton’s comments, adding: “But I…
Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune is set to travel to several states with key Senate races in the coming weeks as the GOP fights to hold on to its majority in the upper chamber. Thune will travel to North Carolina on Thursday, with stops to follow in Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Florida, South Carolina,…
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said Saturday that it’s “entirely possible” his party could win control of the Senate in the midterm elections, but he also left the door open on his own political future. “Let’s revisit after the midterm,” Fetterman told CBS News’ Major Garrett at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. Democrats…
