Politics

Elijah Manley rips white Dem's bid for majority-black Florida district

Progressive House candidate Elijah Manley on Monday accused Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) of trying to dilute black representation by running in a newly drawn South Florida district where she faces four black candidates in Tuesday’s primary.

US Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump’s Bid to Overturn E Jean Carroll Verdict

Decision leaves intact $5m civil judgment against Trump after jury found him liable for sexually abusing writer

Holy water: nuns fight Italian town’s plans to take away their beach club

Sisters argue they should retain concession in Ligurian town of Spotorno because it funds charitable activities

Jon Ossoff calls Trump’s handling of Iran war ‘uniquely despicable’ in excoriating speech

Georgia Democratic senator has stoked speculation for 2028 presidency bid by delivering stinging attacks on Trump

Louisiana man allegedly killed his wife and drove her body across states before arrest

Authorities say man, 50, shot wife in Louisiana and put her body in car before driving and being stopped in Tennessee

John Oliver on fetal personhood: ‘It effectively treats women as incubators’

The host discussed problems with giving fetuses equivalent rights to humans after the overturning of Roe v Wade

Trump's policies meat the moment: National beef herd size stabilizes after years of decline

Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Can you cope with good news? It may be that the national beef herd is on the road to recovery after five years of shrinkage. It is too early to see the price of supermarket ground beef getting back to 2020 levels, but at least things may have stopped getting worse. Plus, we have the latest on who’s up and who’s down in the race to be Donald Trump’s next press secretary.

Senior Israeli official calls for killing of "30 to 40" people in Gaza every night: "They're not even people"

August 17, 2026 / 11:28 AM EDT / CBS News

Supreme Court rejects Trump's renewed appeal in Carroll lawsuit

The Supreme Court denied a long-shot effort by President Donald Trump to review the $5 million civil judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.

British Muslim student with valid visa refused entry to US after 23-hour detention

Laith Alani, who had booked week-long trip to visit theme parks and family, believes US border force profiled him on arrival in Orlando

CENTCOM commander tries to assuage concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln with visit to carrier

August 17, 2026 / 10:24 AM EDT / CBS News

UK Prime Minister Mistakenly Texts Susie Wiles Impersonator

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged texts with someone he believed to be President Donald Trump’s top adviser before discovering that a fraudster was impersonating her.