’60 Minutes’ host Scott Pelley fired after accusing CBS chief of ‘murdering’ show

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) is headed to the general election to once again face former Democratic state Rep. Christina Bohannan in one of the country’s most competitive races. Miller-Meeks beat advertising executive David Pautsch in a rematch Tuesday night, receiving 73.2% of the votes compared to Pautsch’s 26.8% with 32% of the votes counted, according to the Associated Press. […]

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday the start of “Operation Summer Heat 2.0,” a nationwide violent crime and narcotics crackdown that officials say will expand on last summer’s initiative credited with thousands of arrests, major drug seizures, and the recovery of hundreds of endangered children. The operation, which will involve all 56 FBI field offices […]

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (D) is projected to win the Democratic primary in the race to succeed Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico, according to Decision Desk HQ. Haaland, who would became the first Native American woman elected to the position, celebrated Tuesday night at a historic plaza in Albuquerque’s Old Town neighborhood,...

The ballots are set in two Republican-held battleground House races in Iowa, part of a slate of primaries Tuesday shaping the battle for control of Congress in the fall