Politics

‘Sham tribunal’: one family’s battle with Louisiana’s ‘feudal’ eviction courts

In rural Louisiana, eviction hearings are held at kitchen tables and other unorthodox venues – and many justices have little legal training

How The Guardian Reported on Louisiana's Justice of the Peace Courts

Reporters scanned more than 11,000 pages and processed thousands of hand-written and often incomplete records.

Voters will decide on 41 data center ballot measures amid rising backlash

Voters across the country in this year’s midterm elections will decide on ballot initiatives to slow down development or issue guardrails for data centers, which have seen sharply increasing public backlash.

‘What are you implying?’: El-Sayed confronts critics head-on as attacks ramp up

Against a backdrop of rising Islamophobia, Michigan Senate hopeful has challenged premise of repeated questions on Muslim Brotherhood, Israel and faith

Usha Vance is a closed book – but her Goodreads account is surprisingly revealing

From Roman-era political potboilers to stories of Catholic priests struggling to impose their authority, what could the reading list of vice-president JD Vance’s wife be trying to tell us?

Lisa Murkowski Could Become the GOP's Joe Manchin

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has served in the Senate since 2002, in George W. Bush’s first term as president. She was appointed to the seat by her father, Frank Murkowski, after he was elected governor of Alaska.

Science magazine’s climate plan is a wealth transfer scheme

Fixing things on a blackboard and fixing things in real life are not the same. A recent article in Science, viewed by many to be the premier scientific journal in the United States (if not the world), presents a depressing example of this distinction.

Federal agents knock on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters ahead of midterms

Updated on: October 21, 2026 / 2:20 PM EDT / CBS News

U.S. Citizen Stephen Hubbard Released by Russia After 4 Years in Jail, and Trump Says 'No Swap'

Updated on: October 21, 2026 / 5:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Witkoff Calls Putin a 'Humanitarian' at Russia Peace Talks Without Ukraine

Speaking in Oslo on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Washington had reaffirmed its commitment to providing Ukraine with security guarantees.

Elissa Slotkin threatens another round of lawfare

Democrats don’t want young conservatives in government, and they are threatening to use the legal system to harass those who choose to serve. That is the “deterrence” message that Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) sent to college students last week, and it is just the latest disgraceful example of our parties, both of them, abusing the judicial system for political purposes.

Helen Haines has lost both legs after Monday’s alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind in good shape’, husband says

Haines remains in stable condition. Surgeons tried to save her right leg, but both now amputated due to her injuries