All eyes on Georgia as Trump-backed candidate battles in high-stakes congressional showdown

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s Primary Day in Republican-dominated Mississippi, where House and Senate nomination contests are being held in the Deep South state. But a special congressional election 200 miles to the east in battleground Georgia to fill a vacant GOP-held congressional seat will likely grab much more national attention … Read more

Trump “disappointed” in Iran’s pick for supreme leader, says he likes “idea of internal” candidate

President Trump gave updates on the war in Iran on Monday, saying he was “disappointed” in the country’s new choice of leadership, the former supreme leader’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins to discuss takeaways from the news conference. Then, Joe Zacks, former deputy assistant director for counterterrorism at the CIA, … Read more

Unearthed video shows Dem candidate supporting ‘reallocation’ of police funding to social service programs

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democrat running for Congress in one of the most competitive seats in the country once said she would combat systematic racism by redirecting law enforcement funding when asked if she would “defund the police” in 2020. “I support the reallocation of funding to programs that would … Read more

Wealthy elites bankroll Dem Senate candidate who has repeatedly touted ‘grassroots’ campaign

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, the Democratic Senate candidate who went viral last month for releasing an ad that said “f— Trump,” has received millions in campaign donations from figures with corporate or political backgrounds despite pledging to run a primarily grassroots-funded race. On a debate stage … Read more

Trump teases kingmaker endorsement in Texas ‘soon’ to force other candidate out of runoff

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump says he’ll soon take sides in the costly Republican Senate primary showdown in Texas between longtime Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. “I will be making my Endorsement soon,” the president wrote Wednesday in a social media post the day after … Read more

NY GOP candidate torches Columbia group over ‘Death to America’ post, tells them to ‘get the f— out’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican front-runner for governor, blasted a pro-Palestinian Columbia University student group after it posted “Death to America” in Farsi following the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader. “To the Columbia University Students and Faculty who posted ‘Death to America’ — I … Read more

In Texas, Democrats coalesce around a Senate candidate while GOP fight drags on

Three states held the first primary elections of the 2026 midterm on Tuesday, kicking off an election year that will determine who controls Congress for the next two years, and shape the direction of the two parties in the final years of Donald Trump’s presidency. The big winner of the night was James Talarico, a … Read more

GOP Texas candidate in the hot seat after rival exposes family’s Dem donations: ‘Doesn’t make sense’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A GOP candidate running for Congress in Texas believes the state’s open primaries may have allowed a Democrat to enter a Republican primary. Alexander Hale can’t help but have questions about the political positions of his fellow Republican challenger, Alexander Kalai, as they face off to represent … Read more

GOP Texas Senate candidate Wesley Hunt on why he’s a better choice than Cornyn, Paxton

Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt speaks with CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe about why voters should choose him to become the next Republican nominee for U.S. Senate over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Hunt says he will commit to serving only two terms if elected, arguing that Cornyn has held the seat … Read more