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Monday, August 03, 2026 6:00 AM ET

CBS News - Politics

RFK Jr., Oz blame ACA enrollment drop on fraud, but experts cite rising costs -- Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.

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Acting attorney general issues order rescinding "anti-weaponization fund" -- The order came after Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn threatened to block Blanche's confirmation for Attorney General if the fund was not rescinded in writing.

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Hugging Face CEO calls hack by rogue OpenAI model "very weird and unprecedented" -- An artificial intelligence model that was being tested by OpenAI went rogue and hacked the firm Hugging Face on its own, in what Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue called a "very weird and unprecedented" incident.

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Rep. Marcy Kaptur hospitalized after "hit-skip crash" in Toledo, police say -- Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office said the congresswoman was a passenger and she was on her way to a church service when her vehicle was struck on Sunday.

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Sen. Moreno says ex-son-in-law Max Miller shouldn't serve in Congress -- GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio said his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller, shouldn't serve in Congress amid swirling abuse claims, as Miller vowed to stay in the race for another term and strongly denied all allegations of misconduct.

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Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 2, 2026 -- On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly and Republican Rep. Mike Turner join Margaret Brennan.

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Transcript: Sen. Mark Kelly on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 2, 2026 -- The following is the transcript of an interview with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 2, 2026.

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Rep. Turner says infrastructure should be "hardened" as U.S. probes water cyberattack -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said critical infrastructure assets "need to be hardened" as investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind malicious cyber activity that affected technology at water systems in U.S. states last week.

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Trump admin. touts its transparency. Yet few Iran war details have been shared. -- The Trump administration is offering the public less information about the Iran war and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount.

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Transcript: Joe and Heather Manchin on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 2, 2026 -- The following is the transcript of an interview with former Sen. Joe Manchin and his daughter, Americans Together CEO Heather Manchin, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 2, 2026.

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Transcript: Rep. Mike Turner on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 2, 2026 -- The following is the transcript of an interview with Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 2, 2026.

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Exclusive - ICE detentions set Trump-era high in July, as immigration crackdown widens - Detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement set a monthly record high for the second Trump administration in July, internal agency data obtained by CBS News shows, as ICE widened its crackdown. 18H ago

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Sen. Mark Kelly: Trump "has to try to figure out a way out of" Iran war -- Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly also voiced concerns about the Pentagon's funding requests, calling the approach "irresponsible - and now they want a blank check."

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What's behind the $4B funding cut for California's high-speed rail? -- Records reveal California twice missed deadlines to buy the trains at the center of a federal funding fight - then quietly dropped its lawsuit weeks after missing its new deadline.

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Trump says deal to end Iran war may be imminent, agrees to "cancel the attack" -- On Saturday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Mr. Trump and cautioned him against conducting a fresh round of strikes on Iran, CBS News learned. -- Aug 1

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