Politics

Fed watchdog finds no laws broken in $2.5 billion Fed renovations Trump has called "disgraceful"

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 6:17 PM EDT / CBS News

Senate Democrats block bill to limit lawmakers' stock trades, citing voter ID provision

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 9:25 PM EDT / CBS News

Senate Democrats block stock trading ban over voter ID ‘poison pill’

All Senate Democrats lined up against a bill restricting members of Congress from buying and selling stocks, utilizing the 60-vote filibuster to block the measure from becoming law.

Justice Department files judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 3:04 PM EDT / CBS News

Russia begins air campaign targeting Ukrainian energy grid

Russia’s anticipated air campaign targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure began Tuesday night into Wednesday, with drones and ballistic missiles hitting power plants and other energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv and across the rest of the country.

Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU

French president, speaking alongside Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez, says EU bid would be good news for UK and Europeans

Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks

The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance and right before the midterm elections.

‘Strong indications’ that Iran played role in RAF Fairford incident, says Burnham

PM also defends decision to release suspects on bail and expresses ‘complete confidence’ in security services

Russia is stockpiling weapons to intensify attacks on Ukraine, analysts say

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 2:38 PM EDT / CBS News

French court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel

Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more still missing

‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities

Women say nothing has changed since Delhi’s infamous Nirbhaya bus rape case 14 years ago

Too woke for Kansas? Adam Hamilton said Jesus would have backed DEI

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Secrets is on the road. We just arrived in Kansas to bring you up to date with everything happening here, and to see if there is really any chance that Democrats could flip it blue. Spoiler alert: It’s game on.