DNC and top Democratic leaders sue Trump over mail-in voting executive order

A coalition of major Democratic groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, seeking to strike down an executive order that would exert more federal influence over mail-in voting — including by creating lists of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state. The suit — filed in D.C. federal court by the Democratic …

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4/1: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump addresses the nation on the Iran war; Artemis II blasts off in a historic moon mission.

Trump Says ‘Core Strategic Objectives’ in Iran War Are Nearing Completion

WASHINGTON, ⁠April ⁠1 (Reuters) – U.S. ⁠President Donald ​Trump ‌said ‌on ⁠Wednesday Washington’s “core ⁠strategic objectives” in ​the ​Iran war were ⁠nearing completion. “I’m ⁠pleased ⁠to say ​that these ​core ⁠strategic ⁠objectives are nearing completion,” Trump ⁠said in a primetime address. (Reporting by Kanishka ⁠Singh in Washington, editing ​by Michelle ​Nichols) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.

Trump Threatens to Hit Iran ‘Extremely Hard’ Over Next Two to Three Weeks

WASHINGTON, April ⁠1 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump ​said on Wednesday ‌Washington will strike ‌Iran “extremely ⁠hard” ⁠over the next two to ​three weeks and hit ​the country into ⁠the “Stone Ages.” “We ⁠are ⁠going to ​hit them extremely hard ​over ⁠the next two to three ⁠weeks. We are going to bring ⁠them back …

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Florida Vice Mayor Shot Dead, Husband Jailed as Suspect

April 1 (Reuters) – The vice ⁠mayor ⁠of Coral Springs, Florida, ⁠was shot and killed on Wednesday and ​her husband was taken into custody as the lone suspect in what ‌police called a case ‌of domestic violence, officials said. Nancy Metayer Bowen, 38, was ⁠the first ⁠Black woman and first Haitian American woman to serve …

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Takeaways from Trump’s prime-time address on the Iran war

President Trump addressed the nation about the Iran war Wednesday night, saying that the U.S. would complete its mission there “very shortly.” CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe remarks on the president’s remarks and J.D. Simkins, editor-in-chief of the Military Times and Defense News, joins with analysis.