Politics

Is the GOP Starting to Defy Trump?

Republicans aren’t automatically falling in line anymore.

Trump's European nuclear weapons plan risks backfiring

Joining NATO talks in late May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the alliance’s status quo was not working. “There’s a broad recognition that there are going to be eventually less U.S. troops in Europe than there have historically been,” Rubio told reporters. Still, he argued that he was a “strong supporter” of NATO, calling it an important enabler of U.S. national security.

Warning for Senate Republicans: MAHA voters oppose Save Our Bacon Act

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) generated significant media attention with her successful MAHA-backed work to remove pro-pesticide policies from the House version of the Farm Bill. But despite attracting less attention, her rejected amendment to remove the so-called Save Our Bacon Act may prove to be even more consequential for congressional Republicans.

The military needs more innovative risk takers

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India's Viral 'Cockroach' Party Has Millions of Followers. What Investors Need to Know

A Gen Z-led, social media-first mock political party in India that has amassed millions of followers and is set to hold an in-person protest on Saturday.

Murdered, missing, unidentified … the tragic stories that inspire Britain’s cold case investigators

When Dave Grimstead left the police after more than 30 years, he knew just what he wanted to do: solve some of its most intractable mysteries. The founder of Locate International explains why the country needs him and his volunteers

Democrats are still soft on crime

There is perhaps no better example of Democratic Party dysfunction than what one sees when visiting the aisles of an urban retail store.

Dominion by Addie E Citchens review

The violence of male entitlement is embodied in the charismatic son of a Mississippi pastor, in a sharp portrait of cruelty and inheritance

Motherhood Is Not a Trade

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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

Finland's president says EU should expand to 40 states

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said the European Union needs to expand to project power on the global stage.

1 dead, 3 hurt in high school graduation shooting in Northern California, officials say

Updated on: June 3, 2026 / 9:45 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento