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Trump and Clinton have launched a series of heated attacks on each other this past week, accusing each other of bigotry. CBSN political contributor and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and co-founder of 50 State Communications and Democratic strategist Lis Smith joins CBSN to discuss.

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) was one of five Senate Democrats withholding support for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Actuntil yesterday.

Aides to Republicans and Democrats told Axios that the conviction of Derek Chauvin takes the pressure off of them to pass police brutality legislation. The odd report explained, "Senior Democratic and Republican aides — who would never let their bosses say so on the record — privately told Axios the...

Supreme Court bill by Democrats Ed Markey and Jerry Nadler will make the body even more political.

A pledge to cut U.S. carbon pollution by roughly half of its 2005 levels would be hard to meet — but falling short would bring "consequences."

Former President Obama said Tuesday that the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial "did the right thing" by finding the former Minneapolis police officer guilty on all counts in the murder of…

Public interest groups determined to stay focused on the Trump administration say they have new o...

Abortion advocates oppose fetal-remains laws because they expose the reality of what happens in an abortion.

As a Minnesota judge read a jury's verdicts against the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd, Donald Graham, a federal judge in the...

The president spoke to members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Tuesday and pledged to lean in to immigration reform.

In another random act of federalism, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill into law Monday aimed to crack down on violent protests and riots.

New CBS Battleground Tracker polls show Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by five points in Florida, 45 to 40 percent. With only 85 days left until the election, CBS News Director of Elections Anthony Salvanto explains how Clinton could turn several battleground states blue.

Progressives who want to "defund the police" have not presented any viable alternatives to combating violent crime without police officers.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito told reporters she hoped to have a counter-proposal ready by the end of the week.

Former advisers say he's done a lot and gotten little credit. But others wonder what good could have come if he'd been more aggressive in pushing the jab.

The office of North Carolina's Republican Senate leader said on Tuesday the chamber won't advance a controversial bill put forward this month by three GOP...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that a group of senators working...

President Joe Biden, a most hands-on politician, this week will host a major climate summit with dozens of world leaders — all of them stuck on Zoom.

President Biden placed a call to the family of George Floyd on Monday as the country awaits a ver...

Former President Donald Trump has elevated his son Donald Trump Jr. to an unofficial new role inside his orbit as he weighs the idea of a comeback presidential bid in 2024 that would require him to maintain a vise grip on the Republican base for any chance of success.