Politics

Bystanders on fire and hands blown off: France struggles to contain protests

The French government is working to meet the demands of student rioters as the dayslong violence continues to roll across the Paris region, resulting in a cavalcade of injuries and arrests.

Beyond gas prices, Trump has delivered

Elections are won and lost on messaging. Right now, Democrats are winning that battle by hammering away at the undeniably high prices consumers are paying at the pump. And they have every reason to keep it up: They need to divert attention from their party’s indisputable march toward socialism, and they have no compelling agenda of their own.

Amy Coney Barrett calls oil companies' arguments 'slippery' in climate suit

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett criticized fossil fuel companies as “a little slippery” in oral arguments over a lawsuit in which oil majors claim that federal law blocks states from suing them for climate change-related damages.

Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory

Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal-hit state attorney general reportedly says at private event

Brazilian stocks jump as Bolsonaro now seen as heavy favorite to win presidency

The moves come after the first round results of Brazil's presidential election on Sunday. Bolsonaro will face incumbent Lula da Silva in a runoff on Oct. 25.

Christa Pike's attorneys renew push for commuted sentence after botched execution: "Take death off the table"

Updated on: October 5, 2026 / 7:40 PM EDT / CBS News

John Oliver on the overstretched, underfunded Secret Service: ‘Actively reckless’

The Last Week Tonight host looked into the issues plaguing the Secret Service, from lack of funds to an insular culture

Trump's former press secretary Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News

Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second child

Let Congress, not presidents, decide the future of public lands

President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has reignited a familiar fight over public lands. But it also raises a more fundamental question: if it is troubling for one president to shrink a national monument unilaterally, why was it not just as troubling for a previous president to create one spanning nearly 2 million acres in the first place?

Good stewardship will make the education freedom tax credit work

On Oct. 1, the U.S. Treasury and the IRS released the rules for the education freedom tax credit, the first federal scholarship tax credit in our country’s history. It is a monumental moment for education in America. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, taxpayers can give up to $1,700 to a scholarship-granting organization and receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit. Married couples filing jointly can claim a combined credit of up to $3,400.

In both France and Spain, ruling parties must prove they can give young protesters hope

Demonstrations over housing rights and crumbling schools are a sign the younger generation is withdrawing political consent