Former GOP congressman comes out as gay

The one-time Illinois congressman said he would be fighting for LGBT rights now if he was still in office.

• Mar 5, 2020

Surveillance court bars some DOJ, FBI officials from warrant process

Judge James Boasberg wrote in an order Wednesday that "there is thus little doubt that the government breached its duty of candor to the court."

• Mar 5, 2020

Border apprehensions rise for first time in 9 months

The small uptick in apprehensions in February could be a sign of the limits of the administration's deterrence policies.

• Mar 5, 2020

Facebook to take down Trump ads claiming to be "official" census

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Facebook was "messing with who we are as Americans" after it initially allowed the ads to stay up.

• Mar 6, 2020

Senate passes $8.3 billion package to fight the coronavirus

The House passed the package 415 to 2 in a vote on Wednesday, and the bill now heads to the president's desk.

• Mar 5, 2020

Elizabeth Warren dropping out after disappointing Super Tuesday finish

In a call with campaign staff Thursday morning, Warren said her campaign "has made a lasting difference."

• Mar 5, 2020

Officials ignored child separation warnings, report finds

A scathing Inspector General report finds the Department of Health and Human Services failed to plan for tremendous overcrowding caused by family separation, despite repeated warnings.

• Mar 5, 2020

Trump says he thinks 3.4% coronavirus death rate is a "false number"

That was the rate stated by the director of the World Health Organization. Trump also said people with coronavirus may get better "by sitting around and even going to work."

• Mar 5, 2020

McConnell slams Schumer's comments on Supreme Court justices

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared to make threatening remarks towards Supreme Court justices Wednesday.

• Mar 5, 2020

Border Patrol waited to call EMS for U.S. man who later died

The agency told Congress that agents called an ambulance "immediately," but call logs reviewed by CBS News show a lengthy delay.

• Mar 5, 2020

Michigan governor endorses Biden ahead of state's primary

Michigan holds its primary on Tuesday along with five other states, and is considered a critical contest for Biden

• Mar 5, 2020

Sanders says Biden should be nominee if he wins delegate plurality

There are nearly 4,000 pledged delegates up for grabs in the 2020 Democratic primaries and a candidate needs 1,991 to win the party's presidential nomination.

• Mar 5, 2020

2020 Daily Trail Markers: Where Bloomberg spent $570 million on ads

Mike Bloomberg spent about $18 million per delegate earned. He amassed 31 pledged delegates before dropping his presidential bid.

• Mar 4, 2020

Sanders says "of course I'm disappointed" after Super Tuesday

"'Have we been as successful as I would hope in bringing young people in?' ...The answer is no."

• Mar 4, 2020

Roberts denounces Schumer's "threatening" comments in rare rebuke

During a rally in front of the Supreme Court earlier Wednesday, Schumer said Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh will "pay the price" if they uphold abortion restrictions.

• Mar 5, 2020

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