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"Throwing out a precedent overnight that the country has relied upon for half a century is not conservative," the Maine Republican said in a statement.

Cruz called Justice Clarence Thomas, who wants the court to reconsider same-sex marriage and access to contraceptives, a 'happy warrior.'

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the landmark precedent will prompt immediate changes to the country’s abortion landscape.

Texas' 'trigger law' which goes into effect following the court's ruling will ban the procedure, offering no exception for cases of rape and incest.

In his first television interview since his deposition with the Jan. 6 committee, filmmaker Alex Holder described former President Trump's behavior after the riot and said Trump saw violence on Jan 6. as an "inevitability." Watch Norah O'Donnell's interview.

'The only reason I know to ask for a pardon, is because you think you’ve committed a crime,' said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who sits on the Jan. 6 committee.

The discussion draft would modernize a financial data protection law known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

The threats to democracy are everywhere now. A new guidebook tries to show reporters the right way to cover them.

Sen. Kevin Cramer says there’s a “possible need for amputation” after he suffered a serious injury to his hand. The North Dakota Republican shared his medical news on Wednesday in a statement he posted on Twitter. “While working in the yard over the weekend, I sustained a serious injury to my right hand, which required…

The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have centered on law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health.

Donald Trump extended his losing record in Georgia on Tuesday after two Trump-backed U.S. House candidates lost in landslides.

A Republican who was backed by Donald Trump at the last minute prevailed on Tuesday in an Alabama Senate runoff. Meanwhile, moderate Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser won her Democratic primary, offering a fresh warning to progressives.

West beat Hunt despite being outspent roughly 10 to 1 and without the endorsement of national Republican figures. Here’s more.

Katie Britt has secured the GOP nomination for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat, ousting U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in a runoff, according to a race call by The Associated Press.

In emotional testimony, elected officials and election workers described being barraged by threatening voicemails and protests at their homes.

Vermont’s moderate Republican governor is urging the nation's senators to work together to address gun violence.

"Do not give that to him," Pence legislative aide Chris Hodgson replied to a text from Johnson's Chief of Staff Sean Riley hours before the attack.

"You let the people who are really extreme take control, then these are the kind of things you get," said the former GOP presidential candidate.

Eric Greitens of Missouri is among the Republican candidates in a highly competitive Aug. 2 primary to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Blunt.

Eric Greitens of Missouri is among the Republican candidates in a highly competitive Aug. 2 primary to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Blunt.

Eric Greitens of Missouri is among the Republican candidates in a highly competitive Aug. 2 primary to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Blunt.

Texas Republicans have included a plank in their platform urging the legislature to allow Texans to vote on whether the state should secede from the United States.

The tech billionaire's 18-year-old daughter has applied to legally change her name and gender.

In Georgia, four Republican congressional races have runoffs, as do Democratic contests for secretary of state and lieutenant governor.

In Virginia, two Democrats in competitive congressional districts await to see who their Republican challengers will be.

Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake criticized drag queens as dangerous to children. A drag performer says she has attended his shows for over 20 years.

South Dakota senators have begun hearing evidence for the impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, whose account of a fatal 2020 traffic accident led criminal investigators, some lawmakers and the victim’s family to question his truthfulness.

The Texas Republican Party passed a resolution over the weekend rejecting the 2020 election, calling President Biden the "acting" president, and outlining policy goals that include overturning same-sex marriage and possibly seceding from the United States. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns joins anchors Tanya Rivero and Tony Dokoupil with details.

During the March primary, more than 12% of the state's mail-in ballots were thrown out due to new restrictions imposed by the bill.

The Educative Teacher Performance Assessment was designed to better prepare new teachers.

Behind the raw public frustration and anger over election security that has played out this week in New Mexico was a hint of something deeper -- a growing divide between the state’s Democratic power structure and conservative rural residents who feel their way of life is under attack. In Otero County, where the crisis over certifying the state’s June 7 primary election began, County Commissioner Vickie Marquardt struck a defiant tone as she relented under pressure from the state’s Democratic attorney general, Democratic secretary of state and a state Supreme Court dominated by Democratic appointees. “If we get removed from office, nobody is going to be here fighting for the ranchers, and that’s where our fight should be right now,” said Marquardt, the commission chairwoman in a county where former President Donald Trump won nearly 62% of the vote in 2020.

The race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is taking shape.

The race for Alaska's U.S. House seat is taking shape, with Republican Sarah Palin seeking a return to elected office 13 years after she resigned as governor and two of her rivals, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross, trying to paint her run as unserious and self-serving. The fourth candidate running, Democrat Mary Peltola, said negative campaigning and “tearing each other down" is the “most unsavory" part of American politics.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection continued its case Monday.

The Educative Teacher Performance Assessment was designed to better prepare new teachers, but faced pushback from people who thought it would create barriers for people of color to enter the profession.

After a pilot crashed into a lake in Austin, Texas, paddleboarders on the water came to the rescue, pulling the pilot to safety.

The Senate left town this week with a deal on guns still unresolved and a coronavirus funding package in severe peril.

Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call; Drew Angerer/GettyApparently lacking a fundamental understanding of how television works, Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) on Thursday confidently blared on Twitter that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed CNN to broadcast its Jan. 6 committee hearings coverage from the floor of the Capitol.“In case you forgot the sham #January6thcommitteehearings are purely for TV ratings,” Steube wrote in a since-deleted tweet, “Pelosi let The Communist News Network build a full TV set whe

Cruz has said Luttig, who said that Pence overturning the 2020 election would've caused "paralyzing constitutional crisis," is "like a father to me."

Walker, a Trump-backed candidate who has derided absent fathers, began the week with only 1 acknowledged child. He's changed that twice this week.

Mackenzie Salmon and Andy Nesbitt look at Serena Williams' chances at Wimbledon this summer.

Republican Mayra Flores will fulfill the remainder of the term for Texas Congressional District 34 in South Texas.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales said the funding, some of which will go to mental health services, will get the community on the path to healing.

Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not being counted after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.

House GOP portrayed the 20 million viewers who watched the Jan. 6 committee's first public hearing as not that impressive, a jab that's pure Trump.

"Keep fighting – You will WIN!" Trump wrote on a printed copy of a Washington Examiner article about Gaetz's response to the federal investigation.

Primary elections take place Tuesday in Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota, plus a special election in Texas. Trump has endorsed GOP candidates in several races. Follow along for live coverage.

In Nevada, there are notable Republican primaries for U.S. Senate, governor and secretary of state, along with primary races for U.S. House.

The analysis cautions that many of the GOP election deniers now running for office are "overt in their intention" to change the outcome of future political contests.

A federal judge in Michigan on Monday refused Republican Perry Johnson's request to halt the printing of ballots for the GOP primary or to put his name on the ballot for governor, further dashing Johnson's chances at challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Johnson was among five governor candidates who were deemed ineligible for the Aug. 2 ballot after the state elections bureau determined they fell short of collecting the necessary number of valid signatures. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith on Monday rejected his bid for a temporary restraining order or an injunction, saying Johnson hasn't shown he was unconstitutionally left off the ballot.

Ex-AG Bill Barr testified before House January 6 investigators that Trump's voter fraud claims in Pennsylvania made no sense.

Red carpet and show highlights from the 75th Tony Awards in New York City included a number of reunions plus wins for "Company" and "A Strange Loop."

Called one of the most important western writers in decades, Taylor Sheridan created the hit TV series "Yellowstone" and its prequel, "1883" (along with the prequel's upcoming sequel, "1932"). Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Sheridan (who is as cowboy as they come), and with "Yellowstone" star Kevin Costner, about a return of the drama of the west.

Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat.

Disclosure that many House Republicans sought presidential pardon may show they believed election fraud claim was false

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Katie Britt in the Republican primary for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat.

Cruz is the Washington equivalent of an Internet troll, a shit-swimming bottom feeder.

The committee said they held former president Donald Trump directly culpable for the violence of Jan. 6.

U.S. House battles are taking shape that could tip the balance of power in Congress.

Two candidates for Michigan governor have lost their final appeals and will remain off the ballot in the Republican primary.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban.

In Texas Legislature runoffs, three of four Republican House incumbents succeed, while Democrats set their sights on retaining a South Texas Senate seat.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 24 for the primary runoff election.

David McCormick’s campaign is suing in a Pennsylvania court over his neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. McCormick is trying to ensure counties obey a brand-new federal appeals court decision.

The Democratic and Republican primaries for Congressional District 28 are both in runoff races. The winners will face each other in the General Election in November.

Fourteen GOP legislators warned Lyft that they’d seek to ban companies that pay for abortions from doing business in Texas. The extent of support for the idea is unclear.

Vote counting in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate has dragged into a third day as Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick remain essentially tied with tens of thousands of ballots left to tally.

Congress has bestowed its highest honor on merchant mariners who fought in World War II, almost eight decades after the conflict in which more than 8,000 of them were killed.

Donald Trump’s choice for Pennsylvania governor has won his primary, and his Senate pick is locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president works to expand his hold on the Republican Party.

The Supreme Court has sided with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in his challenge to a provision of federal campaign finance law.

Republican Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz is stepping up his criticism of a far-right candidate in Pennsylvania who is gaining traction ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says senators who visited Ukraine on Saturday have reaffirmed that the U.S. will back Ukraine until it wins its war with Russia.

A Georgia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. Sen. David Perdue that alleged fraudulent or counterfeit ballots were counted in the state’s most populous county during the 2020 general election.

Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes.

The sponsor of a bill that would have subjected Louisiana women to murder charges for having abortions has abruptly pulled the proposal from debate.

The May 24 runoff election will decide races that did not have a majority winner during the March 1 primary.

Final congressional approval of a $40 billion Ukraine aid bill seems certain within days.

New York Congressman Tom Reed is resigning, leaving office more than seven months before the end of his term.

The top race in Tuesday’s primary elections in Nebraska and West Virginia is a heavily contested Republican primary for Nebraska governor.

The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections.

A second book by “Hillbilly Elegy” author and U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance will not be released as planned by an imprint of HarperCollins, the publisher tells The Associated Press.

Tuesday’s debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was defined by the absence of frontrunner Herschel Walker.

Current and former Delaware politicians, family and friends of Pierre S.

A former Idaho lawmaker has been convicted of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern after a dramatic trial in which the young woman fled the witness stand during testimony, saying “I can’t do this.”.

Trevor Reed is back in the United States one day after the Marine veteran was swapped for a Russian drug trafficker in a prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow.

A Republican Oklahoma lawmaker who wanted to refer to himself as “The Patriot” on the ballot can't use that nickname.

U.S. Rep. Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) will be leading a congressional delegation to Eagle Pass on Monday for a visit to the southern border.

Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio’s guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated.

On May 7 voters can weigh in on two state constitutional amendments as well as a city bond proposals in San Antonio. Several local school districts have bond issues on the ballot and there are some municipalities deciding on mayor and city council races.

Republican Kelly Tshibaka has filed to run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate race.

See the full list of candidates in the Democratic and Republican primary runoffs, and find out who’s on your ballot based on where you live.

Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor are pledging to open up natural gas production, but there are constraints to what a governor can do.

Maryland lawmakers have overridden GOP Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a measure to expand access to abortion in the state.

The Oklahoma House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony.

With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions.

Despite substantive doubts surrounding the cause of her child’s death and a suspect “confession” obtained after hours of interrogation, Lucio is set to be executed next month for killing her 2-year-old daughter.

Texas abortion providers say their best hope of stopping the nation’s most restrictive abortion law is all but over.

Republican U.S. senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course and allow the transfer of Poland’s MiG fighter jets to the Ukrainians to fight the Russian invasion.

A former Tennessee Republican lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge involving a disgraced former state House speaker.

In the Texas House, the biggest intraparty attack on Republican leadership came from the Defend Texas Liberty PAC, led by former state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford. Backed by hard-right donors like Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, West Texas oil tycoons, the group spent at least $5.2 million from January onward.