Justice Department to start fast-tracking benefits fraud enforcement
The U.S. Department of Justice tells CBS News it will speed up review of certain whistleblower complaints dealing with fraud against benefits programs like Medicare.
Texas Republicans pick controversial outsider Bo French over incumbent in primary for railroad commissioner
The three-member Railroad Commission regulates the oil and natural gas industry in Texas. Despite its name, it no longer oversees the railroad industry.
Zelenskyy urges U.S. to expand deliveries of Patriot missile systems to defend against Russian attacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the U.S. to expand deliveries of Patriot missile systems, warning that Russia is preparing a broader campaign of ballistic missile attacks.
U.S. setting up Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya, officials say
The U.S. is in the process of setting up a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who were exposed to Ebola or infected with the deadly illness.
Alabama Republicans ask Supreme Court to allow congressional map found racially discriminatory by lower court
Alabama Republicans asked the Supreme Court to allow the state to use a congressional map that would give the GOP an edge in the midterm elections.
Talarico says Paxton is “clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption”
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State, concedes some past statements during debates over transgender policy "missed the mark."
Bondi undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer after recent diagnosis
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, she told CBS News.
Many Latino voters have turned away from Trump, but Democrats aren’t necessarily winning them over, new poll finds
Hispanic voters are heading into the midterms feeling economically squeezed and increasingly skeptical of the direction of the country — but Democrats are not necessarily running away with their support,…
People held by ICE dying by suicide at increasing, high rate, AP probe finds
ICE detainees are taking their own lives at a pace that's unprecedented in the agency's two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight, an AP investigation finds.
Christian Menefee defeats longtime Democratic Rep. Al Green in Texas House district, CBS News projects
The race pitted two Democratic incumbents against each other after Republicans redrew the congressional map in their favor.