Politics

Stop Talking About the US 'Jewish Vote.' It's Not That Simple

Political parties vie for Jewish support based on false assumptions about a single issue: Israel

Police target cargo thieves on trains in a first-of-its-kind national blitz. Here's how it worked.

October 9, 2026 / 8:47 AM EDT / CBS News

The Democrats taking the fight to Republican strongholds

In Florida, Kansas, Iowa and Texas, Democratic candidates are outperforming the predictions, but both parties may struggle to consolidate gains

‘Nobody is listening to us’: on the school protest frontline, I heard why France’s students feel disowned

Fixing the broken education system will be just the start. The biggest challenge for an aloof political class is to finally pay attention to an abandoned generation

Los Angeles 'mansion' tax unsurprisingly backfires

California Democrats are nothing if not shortsighted, and the knock-on consequences of every new tax or regulation they put in place always manage to catch them by surprise. Case in point: Los Angeles’s “mansion” tax.

Treasury's Bessent hires Trump's controversial former Fed board pick, Judy Shelton, as advisor

Shelton's controversial economic ideas led the Senate to block her nomination to the Fed. Now she's going to be a counselor to the Treasury secretary.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Granted £302,000 for End of Royal Lodge Lease

Former prince surrendered lease on home within its first 25 years after public outcry about the rent he paid

ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

Committee recognizes the work of a South African who chaired a UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza.

Live Updates: Iran's Houthi allies kill 3 in strike on Saudi airport as Trump rules out pre-midterms strikes

Updated on: October 9, 2026 / 8:39 PM EDT / CBS News

‘It could have been any one of us’: Black college students march for Nolan Wells

Recent death of the student in Mississippi is just the latest in a long string of unsettling deaths of young Black people

AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them

Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat

Democrats hid a 'Green New Scam' poison pill in a bipartisan bill

Republicans did something rare in Washington. They passed a bipartisan permitting reform bill through the House. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 would speed up construction of the pipelines, power plants, and grid upgrades this country needs. It should be an easy win, but Senate Democrats have put in a poison pill where it’s most likely to be overlooked: the so-called “transmission title,” a section about the grid and electricity transmission.