President Donald Trump’s administration moved Monday to block a lawsuit Minnesota officials filed almost six years ago alleging oil companies and a petroleum trade group deceived state residents about climate change. The U.S. Department of Justice, the administration’s law enforcement arm, filed an action in federal court in Minneapolis arguing that the federal government has …
NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94. Fisher died on Saturday surrounded by her family, a Gap spokesperson confirmed on Monday. The San Francisco-based company did not specify a cause of death. The couple co-founded …
One of multiple corrections officers charged in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate at an upstate New York prison last year pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday and agreed to serve 11 years in prison. Former guard Caleb Blair had initially faced the most serious charges filed against the officers, including second-degree murder, in …
A sweeping new survey of 3,000 registered Latino voters across the country finds that economic anxiety continues to dominate the political mood heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with cost of living, jobs, and housing far outpacing other issues as top priorities for the nation’s second-largest voting bloc. The new survey finds that while immigration …
Gov. Andy Beshear has spent years building a distinct political identity in the reliably red commonwealth of Kentucky by winning statewide as a Democrat even as Republican power has surrounded him. He’s now playing a crucial role that will influence whether there will be others like him around the country. Heading into what could be …
Cheyenne, Wyoming — Flying in over the Wyoming prairie aboard the Air Force’s new Grey Wolf helicopter, the commanders of U.S. Strategic Command are taking us to a place that was once so highly secure that trespassers could be shot on sight — a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM, silo. Hundreds of these …
“I won’t feel like we’re out of the wilderness until we win in ’28,” DNC Chairman Ken Martin told CBS News in the first in a series of interviews with both major parties’ leaders ahead of next year’s midterms.
If the hope among Democrats for a decisive blue wave in the 2026 midterms has a chance of coming to pass, the party would likely have to win difficult House contests in redder parts of the country. Montana’s 1st Congressional District may prove to be the test case for whether that can happen. Smokejumper Sam …
Immigration may have been a political liability for Democrats in 2024. But two years later, it’s shaping up to be a top issue they’re relying on to galvanize support and mobilize their base. Voters will be casting their ballots in the midterm elections in 10 months. In their campaigns, Democrats across the country are responding …
Details on Supreme Court’s temporary restoration of access to abortion pill by mail – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily restored the ability to receive the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.