Tracking Trends, Breaking News
El Paso, Texas — Illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border in May are down by more than 50% compared to the record highs reported in December, giving the Biden administration an unexpected reprieve during a time when migration has historically surged, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. During the first 21 days
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As Donald Trump’s trial in New York City nears closing arguments, most Americans believe he is guilty of a crime in this case. But they are less sure what the jury will do after it deliberates next week. Fifty-six percent — a majority — say Trump is definitely or probably guilty of a crime in
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Washington — Reports of two different flags flown outside of Justice Samuel Alito’s houses have ignited a political firestorm and reinvigorated a focus on ethics practices at the Supreme Court, as Democrats push legislation that would require the court to adopt a binding code of conduct and call for the justice to recuse himself from cases
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday maintained the lines of a congressional district in South Carolina that a lower court had invalidated as an unlawful racial gerrymander, delivering a win to Republican mapmakers who said they used politics, not race, as the predominant factor when drawing the district bounds. The 6-3 ruling from the
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The political consultant who admitted to orchestrating a fake robocall impersonating President Biden ahead of New Hampshire’s Democratic primary earlier this year has been indicted on 26 charges in the state and fined $6 million by the Federal Communications Commission. New Hampshire’s attorney general announced Thursday that Steve Kramer was indicted on 13 felony counts
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Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the Senate will consider legislation next month to protect access to contraception, as reproductive rights come front and center heading into November’s election. “Now more than ever, contraception is a critical piece of protecting women’s reproductive freedoms,” Schumer said from the Senate floor on Wednesday,
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Nebraska is sueing social media giant TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, claiming the platform targets minors with “addictive design” and is “fueling a youth mental health crisis.” “TikTok has shown no regard for the wreckage its exploitative algorithm is leaving behind,” Attorney General Mike Hilgers said in a statement. The lawsuit, filed in state
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The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced a proposal Wednesday that would require political advertisers to disclose when they use AI-generated content in broadcast TV and radio ads. The proposal, if adopted by the commission, would add a layer of transparency that many lawmakers and artificial intelligence experts have been calling for as rapidly
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Washington — The Louisiana House approved legislation Tuesday that would classify the drugs used in medication abortions as controlled substances, criminalizing possession of the drugs without a prescription. The bill passed 64 to 29 in the GOP-controlled state House, and if it’s signed into law, Louisiana would become the first state to classify misoprostol and
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Washington — The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., was placed on lockdown early Wednesday morning after two vials of blood were found in a suspicious package, U.S. Capitol Police confirmed. The source of the blood is unclear and under investigation. Capitol Police, which took the lead on the response, confirmed its Hazardous Incident
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