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House cancels votes, cutting week short before adjourning until after midterms

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday canceled votes in the chamber that were planned for Thursday, cutting the work week short and sending members home until after the November midterm elections.  Lawmakers will be away from Washington for more than six weeks, avoiding potentially controversial votes and intraparty fighting before voters head to…

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Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Sept. 13, 2026

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Weijia Jiang:  Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican  CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto  CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed…

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Judge extends block on Postal Service’s new Trump-backed mail-in ballot requirements

Washington — A federal judge on Friday extended her block on the U.S. Postal Service’s new requirements for mail voting, as states prepare to begin sending mail ballots to voters for the November midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction barring the agency from enforcing the rules, which were finalized and…

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Elon Musk’s data centers are pushing out a family that’s owned land since “before people of color were allowed to”

On a 2-acre property in Mississippi, 52-year-old Krystal Polk’s family lived off the land for generations, raising chickens and pigs, growing onions and herbs and trading their peaches for pears. The land, on the border with Tennessee in the city of Southaven, was her family’s survival, Polk said. “We lived a very simplistic life,” she…

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Appeals court says Trump lacks authority to build White House ballroom without approval from Congress

Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday said the Trump White House lacks the authority to unilaterally construct a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom where the East Wing once stood, finding that the $400 million project requires congressional approval. In a 2-1 decision, a federal appellate panel in D.C. sided with a lower court in ruling that the…

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