Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them “finish the job.” But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.

Republicans held their first ever midterm convention this week with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance delivering remarks. CBS News' Zak Hudak has a recap.

Trump closes first-ever GOP midterm convention with final plea: ‘Go out and vote.' (Credit: RNC)

The second day of President Trump’s rare midterm convention is underway in Dallas on Thursday, with several high-profile Republicans lining up to speak before a keynote address from Vice President JD Vance.

Joe diGenova, the Trump ally who spent the past five months leading a Justice Department investigation into whether federal officials conspired to target the president, said Friday that a clash with department leadership prompted his abrupt resignation this week.

Longtime ally of President Trump Joseph diGenova resigned from a post leading a probe into past investigations into the president on Sept. 10.

Joseph diGenova, a loyal ally of President Donald Trump chosen to lead a sprawling criminal investigation into whether former government officials conspired to stymie him, has resigned.

Joseph diGenova, a former federal prosecutor and ally of President Donald Trump, resigned Thursday from the Justice Department, where he was leading a wide-ranging conspiracy investigation into Trump's perceived political foes.

President Donald Trump said the modernist "Infinity" sculpture outside the National Museum of American History should be replaced with a "Colossus statue" of George Washington.

President Donald Trump has called on the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History

Trump called the Smithsonian’s “Infinity” a “strange modernist sculpture” that “inspires no one,” demanding a Washington colossus.

President Donald Trump criticized what he called the Smithsonian's overwhelming focus ​on oppression on Friday and called for a five-year exhibition on George Washington, in ‌his latest critique of an institution he has repeatedly attacked.

An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, a decision that comes as the Supreme Court considers the same case and states have already started sending out ballots for the high-stakes midterm elections.

A U.S. appeals court on ⁠Thursday ⁠declined to allow President Donald Trump's administration ⁠to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ​before November's congressional election,

President Trump has renewed his push to eliminate mail-in voting, proposing an executive order to abolish the method despite its widespread use by both parties in the last election. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson explains what could happen next.

A federal appeals court decision on Thursday dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s attempt to impose new rules for voting by mail, leaving Ohio’s mail voting rules unchanged for now. A panel of three judges in Boston refused to lift a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Trump’s March executive order.

Emergency orders forcing plants to remain open have cost ratepayers nearly $1 billion, according to utility filings.

A federal court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from keeping a decades-old Michigan coal plant open based on an “emergency” order. The 64-year-old coal plant was set to close as part of a transition to cleaner energy in May 2025,

The decision is a blow for the administration’s effort to force aging plants to stay online rather than retire.

Consumers Energy isn't shutting down the plant yet, a spokeman said, after a federal appeals court struck down an emergency order keeping it open.

Terry Strada, national chair of 9/11 Families United and a 9/11 widow, accused U.S. administrations of protecting Saudi Arabia as families continue seeking

A woman whose husband died during the 9/11 attacks called on the Trump administration to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its alleged role.

Terry Strada, whose husband was killed Sept. 11 attacks, appealed to President Donald Trump about Saudi Arabia's links to the terror attacks.

Every presidential administration since 2001 has chosen “to protect the Saudis,” Terry Strada told those gathered in New York.