Tight races across country in 2026 midterm elections
Across the country, nearly 60 million Americans cast their ballots early for the 2026 midterm election. Bradley Blackburn has final pitches from President Trump and candidates in tight races.
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Across the country, nearly 60 million Americans cast their ballots early for the 2026 midterm election. Bradley Blackburn has final pitches from President Trump and candidates in tight races.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, relatives say.
Neither of the victims of the ICE shootings in Maine or Texas were the target of enforcement operations, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Colombian driver in Maine on Monday, and an ICE officer also shot and killed a driver in Houston last week. Jarred Hill reports.
Maine Sen. Angus King said he told Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that he wanted a transparent investigation into the shooting in Biddeford.
Maine's independent Senator Angus King said he spoke with U.S. homeland security secretary Markwayne Mullin about the shooting who says the Columbian man who was shot and killed was not the target of the investigation.
Graham Platner had until 5 p.m. on Monday to formally suspend his campaign or he would remain on the ballot in November.
Voters in Nevada, South Carolina, and North Dakota head to the polls on Tuesday too. But most of the attention will be on Maine, where Democrat Graham Platner is seeking to become his party’s nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
SkyWest Airlines flight 5783, operating as United Express, returned safely to O'Hare after the reported lightning strike, a spokesperson for SkyWest said.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the plane crashed as it was taking off around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. Eight people were on board, but their conditions are unknown.
Des Moines Public Schools has released a report claiming it received an incomplete background check and a likely forged transcript when hiring former superintendent Ian Roberts.
The fine was issued because the contractor bulldozed a wildlife area to create a path, violating the town of Palermo's lake shore ordinance.
The fine was issued because the contractor bulldozed a wildlife area to create a path, violating the town of Palermo's lake shore ordinance.
Last month, the education department determined Maine's Department of Education violated "Title IX" by letting transgender girls take part in female sports teams.
The bear took the show on the road, walking off with it as the camera recorded.
Someone is leaving dirty diapers on the side of roads near Portland, Maine – and it’s not something new.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said the appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ensures it has "the opportunity to weigh in now, before ballots are counted."
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state's primary ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The attacks at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston are now the deadliest shooting in Maine's history.
Authorities said the family of the gunman from Maine alerted the sheriff about his deteriorating mental health five months before last week's mass shooting. CBS Investigative Correspondent Stephen Stock has the story.
CBS News analysis of data compiled by The Violence Project shows 26% of mass shooters since 1966 have military experience — a much higher share than the general U.S. population.
Community members held candles and prayed after 18 people were killed and 13 others injured in a mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine.
Hundreds of state and local police and federal agents have been involved in the search for Robert Card since the shootings Wednesday night.
Robert Card, the gunman in the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead, law enforcement sources told CBS News on Friday. Here's what to know.
Authorities pressed their manhunt for Robert Card, the suspect in the shooting that killed 18 people and injured 13 more at a restaurant and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine.
