Mike Johnson wins the House speaker vote after two Republican holdouts switched their votes. cbsn.ws/3W7Lh9g

New: here's the list of DNC chair candidates who qualified for a key Jan. 11 forum. Candidates needed signatures from 40 DNC members. Who's in? Quintessa Hathaway Ken Martin Martin O’Malley Jason Paul James Skoufis Nate Snyder Ben Wikler Marianne Williamson

Scoop: DNC chair candidate Ken Martin has 51 endorsements from current state party chairs and vice chairs, including more than 20 new ones going public. The new details mean Martin has 86 public endorsements from voting members, according to his campaign. cbsnews.com/news/ken-marti…

Obtained the message Sanders 2020 campaign manager Faiz Shakir sent to DNC members on entering the chair race. "I have only become more frustrated by what I have observed as a lack of vision and conviction for what to do to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand" he writes.

Tucked into President Trump's wave of executive action tonight- undoing former president Biden's move revoking Trump's controversial first term schedule f executive order. web.archive.org/web/2025011607…

New w/Ed O'Keefe & aaron navarro: Jaime Harrison, outgoing DNC chief, says more Democrats “need to pause” on being “rigid” cbsnews.com/news/jaime-har…

Ken Martin, the Minnesota Democrat, has won the DNC chair race. First ballot: Ken Martin -246.5 Ben Wikler -134.5 Martin O’Malley -44 Abstain -4 Shakir -2 Jason Paul -1

Challenge to Hogg's DNC vice chair election dates back to Feb before current controversy. A DNC member said challenge now “might pique some interest." Another said “election challenge provides a convenient way to remove him from the role without it being about what he’s doing.”

Waltz's old congressional campaign account has more than $1.2 million in cash on hand, per most recent federal filing, which gives the Republican some interesting options in terms of his political future.

Looking at GOP dynamic that could be ahead in the Georgia Senate race depending on who runs: FEC records show Rep. Buddy Carter's old House campaign had more than $3.4 million in cash on hand at end of March. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's House campaign had around $728,000.

Scoop: Excerpts obtained by CBS News show Sen. Amy Klobuchar, potential 2028 candidate, to accuse Trump of “unprecedented overreach” in speech tonight. Comes as Democrats look to find effective messaging on Trump that will resonate with voters. cbsnews.com/news/klobuchar…

Source familiar with Sen. Amy Klobuchar's plans tells me the senator is planning to be in New Hampshire the weekend of June 14 where she'll campaign for Rep. Chris Pappas who is currently running for the state's U.S. Senate seat.

Scoop: the NRCC is putting out new attack ads on Democrats in Trump districts who opposed the GOP agenda bill focused on the tax cuts. Is part of larger effort targeting 25 Dem districts post-vote. cbsnews.com/news/republica…

Scoop: Americans for Prosperity is readying a $4 million advertising buy aimed at helping steer President Trump’s "one, big, beautiful bill" through the GOP led Senate. cbsnews.com/news/americans…

The significance? Television advertisements from the group will initially air in North Carolina, Louisiana, Maine, Idaho and the District of Columbia but could expand further.

DNC members have voted overwhelmingly to clear a procedural hurdle and hold new elections for two vice chair roles, including the one held for the last few months by David Hogg. Voting for the first of the two vice chair roles starts tomorrow.

Hogg has announced tonight he’s not running for the vice chair slot. “Ultimately, I have decided to not run in this upcoming election so the party can focus on what really matters,” he says in an emailed release.

First to CBS News: Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger makes her general election introduction with a bio based appeal. cbsnews.com/news/2025-virg…

New campaign finance filings show RNC has larger cash on hand advantage over DNC at end of May than it did during same time in '17. End of May '17: RNC had around $34 million more in cash on hand than DNC. End of May '25: RNC has over $57 million more in cash on hand than DNC.

During May of '17 when Democrats were out of power in Washington, DNC raised around $4.3 million and had about $7.7 million in cash on hand. The DNC disclosed having $15 million in cash on hand at the end of last month and raising around $10.7 million.