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Friday, March 06, 2026 9:19 AM ET

CBS News - Politics

Epstein files on woman's unproven claims about Trump released by DOJ -- The Justice Dept. has released Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations by a woman against President Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld.

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Mom whose son was killed by ICE doesn't blame Trump, but calls for change -- "I just want to know what happened," Rachel Reyes told CBS News during her first TV interview since the death of her son, Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen shot and killed by an ICE agent in Texas last year.

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Rep. Tony Gonzales drops out of House runoff race after admitting affair with aide -- GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales had been in a runoff with Brandon Herrera after Tuesday's primary in Texas.

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U.S., Venezuela to establish diplomatic relations for first time since 2019 -- Relations between the two countries were cut off in 2019, during the first Trump administration.

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Iran appeared to surveil center where U.S. forces were killed, Army memo says -- In the week before an Iranian retaliatory strike that killed six U.S. service members, Iranian intelligence was likely able to identify and track American forces, according to a memo reviewed by CBS News.

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Lindsey Halligan under investigation by the Florida Bar -- Lindsey Halligan was the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Inside the decision to remove Kristi Noem as DHS secretary -- The timing of Trump's Truth Social post​ announcing Kristi Noem's removal as DHS secretary took DHS officials and the secretary herself by surprise.

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U.S. seeking to "raze or level" Iran's ballistic missile industry, Adm. Cooper says -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a press briefing with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command.

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Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply chain risk amid feud over AI guardrails -- The U.S. military has formally designated artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a supply chain risk, a sweeping move that could cut it off from military contracts.

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Kristi Noem out as secretary of Homeland Security, Trump says -- The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.

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GOP leaders urge Gonzales to drop reelection bid over affair scandal -- The Texas Republican admitted Wednesday that he had a relationship with the staffer, who later died by suicide.

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Tech investors sue Trump administration, accusing it of violating TikTok ban -- A pair of tech investors have filed a civil lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of failing to enforce a law that required TikTok to either separate from its China-based owner or face a U.S. ban.

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FBI confirms its networks were targeted by "suspicious" cyber activities -- The FBI said it "identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks" and that it was responding but did not elaborate.

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Obama calls on voters to help Democrats' Virginia redistricting ahead of midterms -- A special election is being held on April 21 on whether to amend Virginia's constitution to enable redistricting that could help Democrats in the midterm elections.

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Arab states running dangerously low on interceptors in Iran war, officials say -- Officials speculated that Iran is intentionally hitting the Arab states to get them to pressure the U.S. to end the war.

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