South Dakota Sen. John Thune puts in bid to succeed McConnell as Senate leader
South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November.
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South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November.
More than 1,400 pages of emails, text messages and other documents released Monday reveal details of a strategy by Republican operatives tied to then-President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in Wisconsin.
Voters in more than a dozen states and one territory are heading to the polls.
Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying he won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory there.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said states cannot bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot using a rarely invoked provision of the 14th Amendment.
The RNC reportedly reversed course after Trump said he wanted to win the nod "the old-fashioned way" — at the ballot box.
Later this month the former president will stand in the first of four state and federal criminal trials. Trump's defenders call the prosecution "election interference," but legal experts call the trials of an ex-president a defining moment in the rule of law.
Democratic voters in suburban Minneapolis seem far less interested in sending President Joe Biden a message of dissatisfaction with him than they are in keeping Republican Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
The race for the Republican presidential nomination is continuing in Washington D.C. with voting underway there ahead of next week's Super Tuesday primaries.
Sixteen states and territories, including Minnesota, have presidential contests this coming Super Tuesday. A third of the delegates on both sides are up for grabs that night.
Judge Anil Singh of the state's mid-level appeals court ruled that Trump must post a bond covering the full amount in order to stop enforcement of the judgment.
Michigan is seen as the first major battleground state in the primary election season.
We're about a week away from Super Tuesday when more than a dozen states will pick their candidates for the November election. Minnesota voters will be among those deciding and Republican Nikki Haley is hoping to win them over. She brought her campaign to Bloomington on Monday. Esme Murphy spoke with her one-on-one.
The two cases concern Republican-backed state laws that aim to restrict social media companies like Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, from moderating content.
Ronna McDaniel had told former President Donald Trump a few weeks ago that she would step aside as chair of the Republican National Committee after the South Carolina primary.
Michigan’s primary is set for Tuesday. Trump has a substantial lead over Haley in the polls. Meanwhile, Biden is facing some pushback from Michigan voters.
Former president Donald Trump has his eyes set on Michigan after sweeping the primaries thus far. In the meantime, Nikki Haley is defying calls to drop out. CBS's Nicole Sganga joins us with what's next for these candidates.
Former President Donald Trump secured another decisive primary win in South Carolina last night, defeating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in her home state.
How Trump defeated Haley in the 2024 South Carolina Republican primary election, according to CBS News' exit polling.
A new draft RNC resolution would have the GOP block paying for a candidate's legal fees and keep the party neutral during the primary.
The bipartisan Wisconsin Ethics Commission is recommending prosecutors pursue felony charges against a fundraising group allied with former President Donald Trump.
A Minnesota man who repeatedly attacked police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, wielded a police baton as a weapon and stole two riot shields has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
Trump's political apparatus continued to spend more than it raised, according to campaign finance reports filed for January.
Former President Donald Trump, sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization were dealt severe penalties in a civil case alleging widespread fraud.
2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump was on the defensive all weekend after a judge ruled that he must pay hundreds of millions of dollars in a New York fraud case.
