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Thursday, August 20, 2026 10:13 PM ET

CBS News - Politics

USS Abraham Lincoln leaving Middle East after 9-month deployment -- The aircraft carrier and its 5,000 crew members will return to San Diego after an approximately nine-month deployment.

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Aisha Wahab wins special election to serve out remainder of Eric Swalwell's term -- The partial term for California's 14th Congressional District ends January 2027, after which the candidate chosen in the November election will serve the next full term.

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Dan Green wins crowded GOP primary in Florida's 9th District -- Green will face Democratic Rep. Darren Soto after gerrymandering reshaped the district to heavily favor Republicans.

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New details about Trump's plans for Kennedy Center and White House ballroom -- The latest court filings in cases involving the Kennedy Center and the White House ballroom project detail the work being done at the two institutions.

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Woman accused of plotting "major attack" on New York State Capitol building -- A New York woman is accused of plotting "a major attack" on the state Capitol building in Albany, authorities said Thursday.

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Army to nix drone battalion set up to absorb lessons from Ukraine war -- The decision to phase out the Army drone battalion comes amid tension between senior officers who envisioned the unit and the acting chief of staff of the Army.

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First on CBS -- New U.S. sanctions target cocaine smuggling network in Ecuador -- The U.S. on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on 15 individuals and entities based in Ecuador for their roles in an alleged maritime cocaine trafficking operation.

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The fight to protect Big Bend, one of America's last wild places -- Months after Congress approved billions for infrastructure across one of the least-trafficked stretches of the southern border, bulldozers arrived at Big Bend National Park.

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FBI seizes Swalwell's devices, executes warrants in sexual misconduct probe -- FBI agents executed search warrants targeting former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and seized his electronic devices, two sources told CBS News.

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Democrats narrow 2028 convention finalists to 3 cities -- The Democratic National Committee is on the hunt for the best host city for the 2028 Democratic convention.

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First on CBS -- Tulsi Gabbard shares story of husband's cancer diagnosis: "It was tough" -- In a new video shared first with CBS News, Tulsi Gabbard said doctors discovered the cancer, a sacral chordoma, a rare tumor, after her husband, Abraham Williams, experienced back pain.

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U.S. designates American citizen held by China as wrongfully detained -- Min Zin is the second American academic to be designated as wrongfully detained in recent months.

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Live -- Vance says war in "new phase" of economic pressure as Iran dismisses Trump threat -- Iran has shrugged off President Trump's threat to hit the Islamic Republic with an "economic D-Day" as a "doubling down on failed policies."

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ICE, Iran quietly worked together on deporting Iranians to Iran, emails show -- U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport more than 100 Iranians to Iran in 2025, newly released emails show, revealing a working relationship between them despite tensions mounting at the time.

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Exclusive -- Pentagon officials considering firing Stars and Stripes publisher, sources say -- Max Lederer, who has served as the publisher of Stars and Stripes for 19 years, this week announced to colleagues his decision to retire on Sept. 30, citing fundamental differences with the Trump administration.

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