"America's ability to defend its allies, its partners and its own vital interests is increasingly in doubt," report's authors write. On the "Intelligence Matters" podcast this week, National Defense Strategy Commission co-chair talks with Michael Morell

“The Takeout” is a weekly podcast about politics, policy and pop culture hosted by CBS News Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett

Stormy Daniels' attorney and prominent Trump critic Michael Avenatti has been arrested, the LAPD confirmed

Deputy National Security Adviser Mira Ricardel's departure comes after she clashed with the first lady in a dispute that spilled into public view

The bill would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by Trump

The freshman class of the 116th Congress came to the Capitol for orientation Wednesday

As staffing turmoil plagues the White House, the president has gathered senators on criminal justice reform

The Marine-turned-reporter vanished in Syria in 2012, and the U.S. is pressing Russia for help in freeing him

House Republicans held leadership elections for the 116th Congress on Wednesday

CNN has sued the Trump administration for pulling White House hard pass for reporter Jim Acosta

A New Mexico Republican who lost her bid for a U.S. House seat is seeking to impound absentee ballots in a key county that decided the race for the Democrat,

Democrats poised to take over critical House committees are going to investigate Whitaker’s involvement with World Patent Marketing

Senators have reached a tentative accord on the first major rewrite of criminal justice sentencing in a generation

The future of deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel appears uncertain after the first lady's office publicly called for her ouster

Postmaster General pleads for relief: "We cannot generate enough revenue or cut enough costs to pay off our bills"

Scott will recuse himself from the state's canvassing commission, which officially signs off on election results in state and federal races

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally to President Trump, says he would support legislation to protect Robert Mueller's job

From the current state of American politics to martial counseling with Barack Obama, the former first lady is opening up about her journey

Critics of the Trump administration are already suing over Matt Whitaker's appointment

GOP Reps. Jason Lewis, Mark Sanford and Mike Gallagher each wrote pieces on the issues confronting Republicans in Congress

Whitaker's professional history has come under scrutiny since he was named acting attorney general

Lawyers in the Florida recount are heading back to court today, as a new problem arose: Palm Beach County's tallying machines have overheated, causing mismatched results with recount of 174,00 early ballots

EPA is holding its only public hearing today on the Trump administration's plans to roll back Obama-era rules on methane pollution

Gov. Kim Reynolds criticized her fellow Republican, Rep. Steve King, after The Weekly Standard released a tap that they say shows him calling immigrants dirt.

State officials said the matching requirement had led to the voiding of nearly 4,000 ballots, although that figure did not include larger counties such as Miami-Dade