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In Texas, one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country has temporarily stalled. Democrats staged a walkout off the House floor on Sunday to block Republicans from making the legislation a new law. Matthew Watkins, managing editor at The Texas Tribune, joins CBSN with a look at the bill and its potential impacts on the state.
Democrats walked out of the state Capitol, denying Republican a quorum as the clock ticked down on the legislative session. The governor said a special session will be called.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott instructed over 50 shelters and foster care porgrams in the state to stop housing migrant children in federal custody.
At 26 years old, Poppy Northcutt made history as NASA's first female engineer in Mission Control. Today, at age 77, she has a different mission: helping patients in Texas navigate the state's maze of abortion restrictions.
The event will benefit the Make America Great Again Action PAC.
At 93, Pat Moore proves that age, like the year on a diploma, is just a number.
George P. Bush, a member of the famous political family, has announced plans to run for Texas attorney general, challenging the incumbent fellow Republican Ken Paxton. CBSN "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano has details.
Health experts in the U.S. are calling for China to comply with a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19, including whether the coronavirus could have emerged from a lab leak. Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, joined CBSN to discuss the possible scenarios and what needs to happen next.
Voters in New Mexico headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in a special election in the state's 1st congressional district. Democrats are fighting to retain the seat recently vacated by Deb Haaland, who resigned after joining the Biden administration as secretary of the interior. Author of Politico's "Morning Score" newsletter Stephanie Murray joins "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the race and the latest on the battle in Texas over a restrictive voting rights bill. She also discusses a convention attended by QAnon conspiracy theory followers in Dallas over the weekend.
Michael Flynn, who served as national security adviser for President Trump, appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup in the U.S. at the "For God & Country Patriot Roundup" conference in Dallas. The event hosted droves of political conspiracy theorists and QAnon supporters. CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson joins CBSN AM to discuss.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he would suspend pay after Democrats walked out of session to block passage of a voting restrictions bill.
Search of Texas man's home found firearms, ammunition and plenty of white supremacist paraphernalia, sheriff says
The bill, approved by the GOP-led Texas Legislature, allows people to carry handguns in public without a license, background check or training.
The political fight over new voting restrictions in Texas has taken a dramatic and unexpected turn. At the last minute, Democrats did the only thing they could to block passage of a voting bill by walking out shortly before the bill's midnight deadline. Christina Ruffini has the details.
Texas Democrats have temporarily blocked Republicans' new voting restrictions bill late Sunday when they walked off the House floor to prevent a vote. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins CBSN's Nancy Chen with details on what's in the bill.
Up against the midnight deadline, Texas House Democrats staged a walkout, blocking one of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. Christina Ruffini has the latest.
Texas Republican lawmakers have a midnight deadline to pass some of the toughest voting restrictions in the country. President Biden criticized the bill, saying it "attacks the sacred right to vote." Christina Ruffini has the latest.
Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo discusses two recent deadly shootings in South Florida as well as a bill Texas' governor is likely to sign into law that would allow people to carry handguns in public without a license, background check or training.
President Biden slammed the bill introduced by Texas Republicans as "an assault on democracy."
The did it despite opposition from police and gun control groups. Governor Abbott has said he'll sign it into law, scrapping one of the state's last major gun curbs.
Republican lawmakers in Texas are moving closer to passing new voting restrictions, making it the largest to do so in the wake of fomer President Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat. Matt Masterson, former lead election security official for the federal government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, spoke to CBSN's Tanya Rivero about how Trump's false claims about fraud are driving changes to state laws.
The Texas State Senate has passed a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. Mireya Villarreal speaks with Libby, a transgender 11-year-old, and her family about how this bill could impact her life if it's signed into law.
Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said she spoke to a young boy housed at Fort Bliss who told her he was depressed: "it just broke my heart."
Andrea Lucia of CBS station KTVT speaks to theft victims and the deputy police chief in Arlington, Texas, about this disturbing trend and what's behind it.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN to discuss cities reopening as U.S. COVID-19 cases decline, and what you need to know about the latest guidance on wearing masks.
