Tenure for college professors is the latest front in Republicans’ battle with higher education. Since tenure gives a professor job security for decades, undercutting it is one way conservatives can more easily change campus culture, experts say, as well as fight against the liberal values the right says have taken over schools. In Indiana, lawmakers...

House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner on Sunday claimed he was told by CIA Director William Burns "we're close" to reaching a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war after weeks of negotiations and mediation with international leaders. Turner told CBS News's "Face the Nation" anchor Margaret Brennan he was briefed last Friday by Burns on the...

President Biden narrowly leads former President Trump in a new poll asking whether democracy and the rule of law will be protected if either of the front-runners is elected to the White House. The new CBS News/YouGov poll found that 34 percent of voters think U.S. democracy and rule of law “will be safe” if Biden wins...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Sunday brushed off low favorability numbers for President Biden and his policies, arguing Democrats often "overperform" polls when it actually comes down to the elections. Anchor Shannon Bream pointed to recent Fox News polling that shows the majority of voters disapprove of Biden's job, with his worst ratings over border...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee visited members of the state's National Guard ahead of their deployment to the southern border to help with the immigration crisis.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reacted to a "Saturday Night Live" sketch making fun of President Biden's age and his administration's defense of him.

Kentucky Democratic state Sen. Karen Berg argued that child sex dolls could lower a pedophile's likelihood of abusing a child, sparking outrage from Republicans.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) left the door open on Sunday to running for Senate GOP leader after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced his plans to retire from the top post. NewsNation's Chris Stirewalt asked Johnson on "The Hill Sunday" whether he would consider taking the job as the next Senate Republican leader, noting that he sent...

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday targeted former President Trump over recent Republican election losses. In an interview on the inaugural episode of “The Hill Sunday” on NewsNation, Haley said Trump has hurt Republicans' chances in elections across the country since he was first elected. "Since Trump took office, since he became president, [Michigan]...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday criticized the Supreme Court's decision last week to take up former President Trump's immunity appeal because it delays the start of the former president's federal Jan. 6 trial. "Their delay in considering this critical issue, this timely issue, is going to delay the resolution of these...