[ad_1] Although it’s an off-year for elections, Americans are voting in local races with national implications. The results could give an early indication of how Americans are feeling nine months into President Trump’s second term. Ed O’Keefe, Jericka Duncan and Nikole Killion have the latest. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a force in Republican politics for over 30 years, and one of the most powerful people to hold the second-highest office in the U.S., has died. He was 84. Major Garrett has more. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Democrats are set to sweep Tuesday’s gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, as the national party — still facing internal battles about its future — seeks to recover from last year’s losses to President Trump. Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill is projected to defeat Republican former legislator Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey, and Democratic…
[ad_1] Democrat Jay Jones will win the Virginia attorney general’s race, CBS News projects, surviving a scandal that arose late in the race over violent text messages he had written in 2022 about a Republican legislator. Jones defeated GOP incumbent Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, who had tried to seize on the resurfaced text messages…
[ad_1] California voters have passed Proposition 50, CBS News projects, approving a measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats that will redraw the state’s congressional districts. The measure is intended to make several Republican-held congressional districts in California more favorable to Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections in an effort to counter recent redistricting…
[ad_1] Democrat Mikie Sherrill, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a former Naval helicopter pilot, is set to be the next governor of New Jersey, CBS News projects, after she defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a close race that turned ugly at times. In September, a branch of the National Archives released…
[ad_1] Results are still coming in as votes are counted in closely watched elections in New York City, New Jersey and Virginia. Democrats swept each of those races, CBS News projected. New York City mayor’s race Democrat Zohran Mamdani will win the three-way race for New York City mayor, CBS News projects — defeating former Gov….
[ad_1] Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia gubernatorial race, CBS News projected Tuesday, marking one of Democrats’ first major victories since President Trump’s win last year. Spanberger will be Virginia’s first female governor. Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial race tends to serve as a referendum on the president who…
[ad_1] President Trump has decided once again to nominate Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator, he announced Tuesday evening, months after withdrawing the tech billionaire and private astronaut’s nomination because of concerns about his political leanings. Mr. Trump nominated Isaacman to the Senate-confirmed post last year, but announced in late May he had…
[ad_1] Polls show Republican Jack Ciattarelli has closed in on Democrat Mikie Sherrill since the start of September in the race for New Jersey governor. Sherrill is a former Navy officer and was elected as a New Jersey congresswoman in 2018. Ciattarelli is a former state assemblyman and this is his third attempt at becoming…
