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Washington — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in a Colorado counselor’s challenge to the state’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors.The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, who argues the state’s restriction unconstitutionally censors conversations about gender dysphoria and sexual orientation that she seeks to have with young patients. Chiles, who is Christian, says she wants to engage in talk therapy with minor clients who want to “reduce or eliminate unwanted sexual attractions, change sexual behaviors, or grow in the experience of harmony with [their] physical body.”But she says she fears that having those conversations with young patients…

VoteVets, a liberal group that typically backs veterans running for office, is pouring $1 million into aggressive ad campaigns backing the Democratic candidates in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial contests with less than 30 days until Election Day.Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey, is a former Navy helicopter pilot. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for the same job in Virginia, was a CIA operations officer before entering politics. The $500,000-apiece ad campaigns take direct aim at the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, and the GOP candidate in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears. VoteVets…

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. The federal government shut down early Wednesday after Congress and the White House failed to reach a funding deal. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP swoop into power last year. Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk if Congress doesn’t pass a law to preserve low premiums…

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California’s controversial plan to redraw its congressional maps mid-decade is among the most pressing issues discussed by candidates in the 2026 gubernatorial race.Proposition 50, placed on the ballot by the state legislature for a November special election, would authorize California lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts before the 2030 Census.The redistricting effort, backed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, would shift five of the state’s U.S. House seats to be more favorable to Democrats in next year’s midterm elections. California Democrats call it a countermeasure to Texas’ recent redistricting, which favors Republicans in the midterms. Unlike in Texas, California voters took the power to…

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano speaks during an event in the Oval Office to mark the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, Aug. 14, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Monday, making him the latest member of the Trump administration to be put in charge of multiple federal agencies. As IRS CEO, Bisignano will report to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who currently serves as acting commissioner of the IRS, the Treasury Department says.…

10/6: CBS Evening News Plus – CBS News Watch CBS News Breaking down dispute over Trump’s latest National Guard deployment; Reporter’s Notebook: When Trump tests presidential power Source link

Unlawful crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2025 plummeted to the lowest annual level since the early 1970s, amid the Trump administration’s sweeping clampdown on illegal immigration, internal federal statistics obtained by CBS News show.U.S. Border Patrol agents recorded nearly 238,000 apprehensions of migrants crossing the southern border illegally in fiscal year 2025, which began in October of last year and ended on Sept. 30, according to the preliminary Department of Homeland Security data, which has not been previously reported.The number is the lowest annual tally recorded by Border Patrol since fiscal year 1970, when the agency reported…

A group of friends and family traveling on a road trip, Harriett Green of Milford, N.J., Eveyn Hauck of Bangor, Pa., Colleen Abahazy of Easton, Pa., and Sharon Reuss of Easton, Pa., look through the locked gate to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine on Oct. 3 in Baltimore, Md. The fort is closed due to the government shutdown. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The federal government is currently shut down, after lawmakers failed to pass a funding bill by 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1. All non-essential services have been suspended and several hundred…

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean.In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, Arun Subramanian, to “strongly recommend” that the federal Bureau of Prisons place Combs at FCI Fort Dix, a massive prison located on the grounds of the joint military base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.FCI Fort Dix, one of several dozen federal prisons with a residential drug treatment program, will best allow Combs “to address…