Politics

RFK Jr. and Lee Zeldin pressed by Democrats on possible roles in Trump pardons

Updated on: October 9, 2026 / 2:04 PM EDT / CBS News

Two Latvians arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire released on bail

Men found inside RAF Molesworth, used by US and Nato for intelligence, freed on strict conditions as police continue investigation

Spanberger says it ‘appears’ she restored dead people’s voting rights

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) told reporters Friday that her administration is “looking into” the possibility that it restored the voting rights of deceased individuals when reinstating voting rights for Virginians with prior felony convictions.

Florida execution called off after DeSantis withdraws death warrant for first time

Governor halts execution of William Lee Thompson, after Christa Pike survived failed lethal injections

Netanyahu leads outcry over Navi Pillay being awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Israeli officials are voicing outrage at the Nobel Foundation for honoring former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay with its annual Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump's Not-So Super Intelligent Effort to Rename Artificial Intelligence

The midterm elections are less than a month away. You might, therefore, expect Republicans to fixate on political messaging that galvanizes loyal voters and attracts independents, especially since the polls suggest that the GOP is facing the loss of both the House and the Senate.

'Medieval' and 'disturbing': US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation

Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live

India blasts Vance's comments about H-1B workers: 'Unwarranted' and 'painful'

India’s Ministry of External Affairs released a statement on Friday bashing a comment from U.S. Vice President JD Vance in which he referred to foreign workers on the H-1B visa program as “indentured servants.”

Fort Hood survivor questions livestreamed execution of shooter

One of the survivors of the Fort Hood mass shooting in Texas nearly 17 years ago finds the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator questionable.

U.S. sanctions International Criminal Court, vowing to dismantle it "brick by brick" without changes

Updated on: October 9, 2026 / 4:40 PM EDT / CBS News

History has not been kind to presidents bouncing from state to state

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, today we run the rule over the president’s week with two political strategists. Plus, who did the chief executive of Anthropic label as “Benedict Arnolds?”

Mullin offers new details in ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal in NYC

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin adamantly defended federal immigration officers involved in the shooting of Oscar Belgal, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, in New York on Thursday.