Politics

World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editor

Editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal says those with deep pockets are launching legal challenges as a PR strategy

Trump commits to opening Strait of Hormuz if Iran agrees to deal

President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday morning to open the Strait of Hormuz to all nations, including Iran, if the country agrees to the current proposed peace deal with the United States.

‘Educated under embargo’: How Cuban doctors vital to Latin America and the Caribbean became under threat by the US

The US is blocking the employment of Cuban doctors around the world – and the poorest will suffer the costs

Trump says Iran will be bombed at a 'much higher level' if it doesn't agree to peace deal

Stocks rose and oil prices plunged on news reports signaling the U.S. and Iran could soon strike an agreement to end the war.

Zack Polanski’s Jewish identity is being erased because he is leftwing

The leader of the Green party has faced antisemitic attacks, and yet his thoughts on the subject don’t count as far as the rightwing UK press is concerned

‘Heat, floods and droughts make men more violent to women’: Natasha Walter on eco-feminism in a world on fire

The author has become acutely aware of how the climate crisis is affecting women – and, in her new book, she argues that it’s time for mainstream western feminists to join the dots

Americans want big pharma reform. Candidates should deliver

Having spent 12 years on Capitol Hill, I know just how rare it is to find an issue with real bipartisan consensus. That’s why when a new national survey shows 94% of voters blame pharmaceutical companies for the high cost of healthcare, it demands our serious attention. The American people are speaking with one voice, and every candidate running in the 2026 midterm elections should be listening.

TPUSA counter More Perfect University misses the point

In conversations with college students across the country, the same quiet admission keeps surfacing: They are tired of being told what to think, and unsure anyone is willing to solely teach them.

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit

With most major European cities well-served by trains and buses, bringing US transit up to par would cost $4.6tn

Mexico nightclub’s $300 cover charge for US citizens captures popular mood

Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States’

A visual investigation of White House Correspondents' Dinner attack

A CBS News visual investigation is revealing new details in an assassination attempt on President Trump at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.

ADL audit finds antisemitic assaults soaring

After two years of dramatically increasing numbers of antisemitic incidents, the Anti-Defamation League announced on Wednesday that it recorded the highest number of physical assaults in 2025 of any of its annual audits. These attacks resulted in more than 300 victims. And for the first time since 2019, antisemitic attacks claimed lives, with three people killed last year.