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President Trump's call to terminate the filibuster could alter the ways the Senate and congressional dealmaking operate.
State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- being unable to buy food.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted star athletes, princesses, dinosaurs and at least one Trump impersonator at the White House's annual Halloween event Thursday.
The Justice Department is investigating whether donations to the national Black Lives Matter foundation were misused by the group's leadership, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, was the longest in U.S. history.
The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history at 7,500 spots.
The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sweeping sanctions on members of an alleged human smuggling network based in Mexico that it says trafficked people from four continents using yachts, hotels and cartel connections.
Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without another vote.
The Justice Department placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they filed court papers calling the Jan. 6 Capitol siege a "riot" perpetrated by a "mob," three sources told CBS News.
While flying back to Washington on Air Force One after the meeting, Trump told reporters it was a "great success" and said he would head to China in April for new talks.
Colorado's Attorney General Phil Weiser is pushing back against the Trump administration's plans to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs, claiming the move is "unconstitutional and unlawful."
President Trump said Wednesday he's allowing South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine in Philadelphia.
The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution that would block President Trump's tariffs on Canada.
The new site is intended to "help Americans push back peacefully, lawfully, and defiantly against presidential abuses of power."
The government shutdown has gone on for more than four weeks, with no sign the impasse will end soon. Here's what lawmakers told CBS News they're doing.
