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Thursday, February 26, 2026 8:19 AM ET

CBS News - Politics

Can the U.S. and Iran reach a nuclear deal to avert a war? -- Trump says he won't let Iran to build a nuclear weapon, and Iran says it doesn't intend to, but as talks resume, experts see war as more likely than a deal.

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Hillary Clinton to appear for Epstein deposition before House panel today -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet with the House Oversight Committee on Thursday in New York.

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Bipartisan bill aims to block big investors from buying single-family homes -- A bipartisan Senate duo is teaming up on legislation that would ban large investment firms from snapping up single-family homes, a measure they say is aimed at the country's housing affordability crunch.

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Senator seeks DEA info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation -- Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

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Maduro's lawyer says U.S. blocking Venezuelan government from paying his legal fees -- The lawyer for Nicolas Maduro says the U.S. is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of his legal defense against drug trafficking charges.

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Mayor touts Baltimore as a changed city despite Trump's criticisms -- Since 2019, when Baltimore's murder rate hit an all-time high, something has changed, and data points to the city showing major improvement.

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At least 10 FBI staffers who worked on Mar-a-Lago case are fired, sources say -- At least 10 FBI employees who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's retention of classified records were fired Wednesday, multiple sources said.

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What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military's use of its technology, known as Claude.

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FBI's head of congressional affairs stepping down, sources say -- Marshall Yates also served on a "weaponization" working group tasked with carrying out Trump's quest for retribution.

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ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows -- Federal immigration agents arrested 261 DACA recipients during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to statistics shared with Congress.

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Judge rules Trump policy for "third-country" deportations is unlawful -- U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that the Trump administration's policy for swiftly deporting migrants to third countries violates federal immigration law and the Constitution.

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Larry Summers resigning from Harvard over Epstein ties -- Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from his remaining roles at Harvard over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university confirmed to CBS News.

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Casey Means, Trump surgeon general nominee, grilled on vaccines -- Casey Means is an ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and an advocate for his "Make America Healthy Again" agenda.

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Iran reacts to Trump's 2026 State of the Union, accuses him of "big lies" -- Iran accuses Trump of lying in his State of the Union about the country's nuclear ambitions, as the next round of bilateral talks looms. -- Feb 25

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New legislation in House would ban taxpayer money from going to Jan. 6 rioters -- The bill would ban distribution of taxpayer money for any "January 6th compensation fund" and any further refund of damage payments made by convicted Capitol rioters.

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