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The U.S. Senate rejected a war powers resolution aimed at limiting President Trump's ability to conduct further military operations against Iran.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's book tour stops in Los Angeles.

A new contract will keep King, 71, on 'CBS Mornings,' after rumblings that she and the network would part ways.

The U.S. war effort against Iran was gaining momentum Wednesday, top U.S. officials said. A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship.

The prospect of extended combat creates novel political risks and uncertainties for President Trump.

Padilla sent a letter to his Senate colleagues saying that any election takeover order by Trump would be 'wildly illegal and unconstitutional.'

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced tough questions from Republicans as well as Democrats in an appearance the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Trump acknowledged that the public would feel some economic pain as fighting continues to threaten areas that are critical to the world's oil and natural gas production.

A big field of candidates makes it possible for a Republican to be elected governor. California's Democratic Party leader told unviable candidates to bow out.

Fewer than 3% of asylum cases decided in January were approved -- a record low, according to Mobile Pathways, a San Francisco nonprofit that analyzes federal immigration data.