Politics

Trump says Iran's leaders told him their country has 'no chance' of winning war

Amid a fragile Iran war ceasefire, President Donald Trump claimed that leaders in Tehran understand they have no credible path to victory.

Live Updates: Iran ceasefire holding for now, Hegseth says, after Iran attacks UAE, ships in Strait of Hormuz

Updated on: May 5, 2026 / 12:00 PM EDT / CBS News

Does Grassley's spending bill give Trump $1 billion for the White House ballroom?

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released the Senate Judiciary Committee’s reconciliation bill text that includes a funding provision for security-related features in President Donald Trump‘s proposed White House ballroom.

Ossoff hit on border security in new NRSC ad

EXCLUSIVE — The Senate GOP’s campaign arm is targeting the immigration voting record of Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), the Democratic Party’s most vulnerable incumbent this November, who is seeking a second term in battleground Georgia.

Seth Meyers on Trump’s poll ratings: ‘His disapproval is higher than Covid and January 6’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s disapproval ratings hitting a record high and the closure of Spirit Airlines

One missing US soldier in Morocco dove into water trying to save comrade

One of two U.S. Army soldiers who went missing off the coast of Morocco over the weekend jumped into the ocean in an attempt to save a fellow service member.

Alito slams Jackson's 'insulting' dissent as Supreme Court speeds up Louisiana redistricting case

Justice Samuel Alito took sharp aim at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent on Monday to the Supreme Court’s decision to speed up the implementation of last week’s landmark Louisiana redistricting decision, writing that Jackson’s dissent “lacks restraint” and calling her rationale “baseless and insulting.”

The Parallax View: remember when Hollywood made potent political cinema?

This Warren Beatty thriller puts all the anxieties and tension of the 70s into a blender – and delivers a perfectly paranoid pulp mystery

Barron Trump is not a time traveller – but there's a reason the idea has gone viral

The latest conspiracy theory involves the president’s son and a book written in the 19th century. It’s yet another distraction from the war on Iran, the rising cost of living and the Epstein files

Rubble from Trump ballroom dumped at DC golf course has toxic metals, data shows

A federal judge also warned White House to tread carefully as it moves ahead with plans to revamp DC golf course

Progressive Activists Are Sometimes on the Wrong Side of History

Thinking otherwise can enable the left’s worst instincts, as a speech at the University of Michigan’s commencement showed.

Marco Rubio ends his media drought in the highest-profile way possible

Welcome to Washington Secrets. Today, we look at Marco Rubio’s quiet April, when he largely avoided journalists. All that changes Tuesday when he appears in the White House. Could it be a coincidence that he briefs the media on the same day that his chief rival for the 2028 GOP nomination is hitting the early nominating state of Iowa?