Politics

Aisha Wahab wins special election to serve out remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term, AP projects

Updated on: August 20, 2026 / 6:55 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco

An Unsettling Glimpse Into the GOP’s Future

James Fishback lost badly in Florida but showed that there’s support for bigotry among the young.

NRCC posts best July year-to-date fundraising haul

EXCLUSIVE — The National Republican Congressional Committee raised $7.9 million in July, bringing the committee’s on-hand total to $92.3 million, according to figures first shared with the Washington Examiner.

Desperate Smithsonian eyes loophole for Latino museum

The Smithsonian Institution is trying to use a loophole to sneak in a building for a yet-to-be-built controversial museum that remains homeless: the National Museum of the American Latino. It is an act of desperation by a museum complex beset with accusations of bias.

Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old

Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’

The Ossoff Theory of Campaigning Against Trump

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ActBlue cofounder pleads the Fifth during House deposition

ActBlue cofounder Matt DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination multiple times on Thursday during a closed-door deposition in a congressional investigation of the Democratic fundraising platform.

Arizona GOP leader seeks hearing on taxpayer risk in Paramount merger case

EXCLUSIVE — Arizona Republican Senate President Warren Petersen is calling for a public hearing on the potential cost that state taxpayers may have to bear if a court grants Paramount Skydance‘s $1.88 billion bond request in its legal battle against a multistate antitrust lawsuit.

Man suffered brain injury and severe bruising after ICE arrest in Virginia, records show

José Mejía Hernandez, 45, who was hospitalized for his injuries, was then transferred to an ICE office and fitted with an ankle monitor

US places sanctions on 10 people over alleged Hezbollah cash-smuggling ring

Courier network carried millions of dollars in cash to Lebanon on commercial flights, treasury department says

White House faces questions over security clearance for top Trump aide Natalie Harp

Former ethics tsar calls report that executive assistant to president worked for a year without clearance ‘shocking’

CNN clashes built Scott Jennings for the White House briefing room

Scott Jennings has spent years sparring with the Left and the media as a CNN commentator, developing a combative highlight reel that could have him prepared for the White House briefing room should he leave his lucrative cable news network contract to become President Donald Trump’s next press secretary.