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Thursday, March 05, 2026 3:26 AM ET

CBS News - Politics

Rep. Tony Gonzales admits to affair with former staffer, calling it a "mistake" -- Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he had a relationship with a former staffer, but alleged the controversy that has engulfed the situation is "about power and money."

5 hours ago

GOP Sen. Steve Daines of Montana won't seek reelection -- Sen. Steve Daines said he had wrestled with the decision for months.

7 hours ago

Israel's president: It's "time that everybody tells Iran, 'Guys, we're fed up'" -- In an interview with CBS News Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that he is "not calling on any boots on the ground" in Iran.

7 hours ago

GOP senator joins police in ejecting protester from Capitol Hill hearing -- A Senate Republican assisted several police officers in ejecting a man who interrupted a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday to object to the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.

7 hours ago

Man arrested in Virginia is latest Jan. 6 defendant to face new charges -- Jonathan Munafo is among the Jan. 6 riot defendants who have been arrested on charges in new cases in the months after their pardons.

8 hours ago

Companies are entitled to Trump tariff refunds, trade court rules -- A federal court in New York ruled Wednesday that businesses that paid emergency tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court are eligible for refunds.

8 hours ago

Probe into Biden autopen closed by D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, source says -- Federal prosecutors are dropping their probe into whether Biden and his aides unlawfully used an autopen for pardons, a source said.

9 hours ago

House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi to testify in Epstein probe -- Several Republicans on the Oversight panel joined with Democrats in supporting the motion to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi.

10 hours ago

Justice Dept. employee charged in child pornography case -- Timothy Parsons, a legal staffer at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., is facing federal criminal charges in Maryland, where he lives, three sources said.

11 hours ago

Anthropic CEO: We're trying to "deescalate" Pentagon AI standoff to reach agreement -- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said his company and the Department of Defense "have much more in common than we have differences."

11 hours ago

Trump nominee to lead nation's cyber agency removed from post as senior DHS adviser -- Although Sean Plankey's access badge was taken and he was escorted out of Coast Guard headquarters Monday, he remains the nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, sources said.

12 hours ago

Key takeaways from House hearing with Walz, Ellison on Minnesota fraud -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told lawmakers that fraud "happened on my watch," but defended his administration's handling of the allegations.

12 hours ago

Trump says he will endorse "soon" in Texas GOP Senate runoff -- President Trump said the candidate he doesn't endorse in the Texas Republican Senate race should drop out before the May 26 runoff.

12 hours ago

What to know about the agency Trump says will insure ships in the Gulf -- President Trump said the government agency will provide political risk insurance to "all shipping lines" operating in the Persian Gulf.

13 hours ago

House Ethics panel investigates Tony Gonzales over allegations of affair with aide -- The House Ethics Committee announcement comes one day after the Texas primary, which resulted in Rep. Tony Gonzales and Brandon Herrera heading to a runoff.

16 hours ago