If GOP won't unite for speaker, Turner says a deal "will have to be done" with Democrats
Republicans have selected Rep. Jim Jordan to be their nominee to be the next speaker.
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Republicans have selected Rep. Jim Jordan to be their nominee to be the next speaker.
The Department of Homeland Security said nearly 72% of its workforce, or about 185,000 employees, would be kept on the job with their pay delayed.
President Biden issued several stark warnings about threats to American democracy Thursday in Arizona. CBS News election law expert and political contributor David Becker discusses what stood out from the president's speech.
The House advanced four spending bills that have no chance of passing in the Senate, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy seeks to appease conservatives.
Congress has only a handful of working days left to keep the government funded. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on where efforts stand to avoid a shutdown.
On Sunday, a group of immigrants and their allies in the North Bay embarked on a 3-day march to San Francisco to support a bill before Congress that lets Homeland Security grant lawful permanent resident status to certain longterm immigrants.
A former military intelligence officer-turned-whistleblower told House lawmakers that Congress is being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena.
"My kids don't play in our front yard because we get letters to the residence that are also threats," Rep. Eric Swalwell told "The Takeout," noting he receives "multiple death threats" daily.
Two former military and one former intelligence officer dropped a bombshell in Washington on Wednesday.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
Without a deal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the U.S. could be unable to pay its bills and might default on its debt as soon as June 1.
Bay Area Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna on Wednesday called for California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign after her extended absence from Congress since announcing she had shingles in March.
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg estimated about $20 billion would be needed to cover the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk pledges to review "both sides" of Jan. 6 and will consider panel interview of Nancy Pelosi. Democrats call effort "obscene" and "political theater."
A member of BART's board of directors announced Tuesday that she is running to take the congressional seat of Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who is running for U.S. Senate.
Biden's calls for bipartisanship comes as a new CBS News poll released Tuesday showed many Americans are still anxious about inflation and the economy.
The new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said on "The Takeout" this week that Bankman-Fried has "proven himself to be untrustworthy by his actions," and "no word he utters should be believed."
The Justice Department's second year of investigating the Capitol riot was marked by 40 convictions and the appointment of a special counsel.
The bill provides an additional $45 billion in emergency assistance for Ukraine in its continued fight against Russia.
At a final meeting on Monday, the Jan. 6 panel's seven Democrats and two Republicans are poised to recommend criminal charges against former president Donald Trump.
Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray Friday in a new U.S. House district in the Central Valley that produced the closest congressional contest in the state this year.
The House vote to impose a contract brokered by the White House but rejected by some workers was 290 to 137.
House and Senate leaders said they plan to take up a bill quickly to avert a national rail strike before Dec. 9.
The Senate on Tuesday approved historic legislation that provides federal protections for same-sex marriages.
A Michigan man used the phone and internet to make violent threats against a Northern California congressman and the head of the FBI, authorities said Tuesday.
