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President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate for a critical battleground U.S. House seat in Michigan suffered a stunning primary defeat Tuesday night, losing to a little-known Republican who had suspended his own campaign weeks earlier and endorsed another candidate. Business owner Thomas Smith unexpectedly defeated Navy veteran Amir Hassan in the …

President Donald Trump’s ongoing deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion through January 2029, according to estimates provided during the Senate confirmation process for the Pentagon’s prospective chief financial officer. The projection came from Jules Hurst III, Trump’s nominee to …

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, giving the nation’s leading public health agency its first permanent leader in nearly a year as it confronts rising infectious disease outbreaks and renewed debate over vaccine policy. The Senate approved Schwartz’s …

The House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio over allegations that he may have engaged in domestic violence, abuse or illegal drug use, escalating scrutiny of the second-term congressman as he seeks reelection. The committee disclosed it will review …

The United States has used nearly all of its global stockpile of key long-range precision missiles during its military campaign against Iran, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, raising new questions about the pace of U.S. weapons production and military preparedness. The sources told CBS News …

After a grueling primary that saw attacks from Republicans and establishment Democrats alike, Abdul El-Sayed has won in his race to be the party’s nominee to face Republican former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers in the November general election. Unofficial election results show that El-Sayed was on track to win the …

Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina announced early Wednesday that he is ending his bid for a third term in Congress, just days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured over findings that he engaged in repeated inappropriate conduct toward two young female staff members. “After much …

The closely watched Democratic primary for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat remained too close to call early Wednesday, capping an election night that exposed growing ideological divisions within the Democratic Party while setting the stage for several competitive House races in November. With ballots still being counted, Rep. Haley Stevens, …

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was one step closer to permanently leading the Justice Department Tuesday, after two skeptical Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted to advance his nomination given Blanche’s signed promise that President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is dead. Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and …

A coalition of more than 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the Trump administration from expanding federal access to the personal information of millions of Americans who receive welfare benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The lawsuit, filed in …

The House Ethics Committee has recommended censuring Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., after concluding he engaged in a pattern of inappropriate and unprofessional conduct toward two young female congressional aides that made them uncomfortable and blurred the line between professional and personal relationships. The bipartisan panel released a 25-page report Monday …

More than 4 million Americans have lost federal food assistance since last summer as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program undergoes its largest overhaul in decades, with policy experts warning that even steeper reductions could follow once major funding changes take effect later this year. Preliminary data from the U.S. Department …

Capital One is asking a federal judge to dismiss the Trump Organization’s lawsuit over the closure of hundreds of its bank accounts, arguing the decision resulted from a months-long anti-money-laundering review rather than political retaliation following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. In a motion filed Friday in U.S. District …

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded the Trump administration’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” Sunday, marking a significant concession aimed at resolving a Senate standoff that has jeopardized his nomination to become the next U.S. attorney general. Blanche issued a written order eliminating the proposed compensation fund, which was …

Sen. Bernie Moreno on Sunday publicly called for Rep. Max Miller to resign from Congress, marking his strongest condemnation yet of the Ohio Republican after renewed allegations of domestic violence and child abuse involving Miller and Moreno’s daughter, Emily Moreno. The Ohio Republican said Miller “should not serve in the …