Politics

Trump barred from hinging counterterror funds on state election rules

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., barred the Trump administration from holding back certain counterterrorism grant funding from states that do not comply with select election security measures.

Vietnamese government accused of abducting Melbourne human rights activist

Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Vietnamese Australian anti-human trafficking campaigner, not heard from since 18 September

Collins Exploring Pocket Rescissions Ban After Trump Cancels $810M in Spending

Senate appropriators are exploring a ban on pocket rescissions as part of the next spending package after President Donald Trump clawed back $810 million in congressionally approved funding.

Man Who Spent Decades on Death Row in Utah Ordered Released on Bail After No DNA Match

September 28, 2026 / 8:58 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Ukraine war briefing: Putin orders army expansion as Zelenskyy says more North Koreans to be deployed in Russia

Putin’s order comes as both Russian and Ukrainian forces suffer mounting casualties. What we know on day 1,679

Exclusive video obtained of Cornell frat's text chain in alleged gang rape investigation

Updated on: September 28, 2026 / 11:38 PM EDT / CBS New York

Exclusive video obtained of Cornell frat's text chain in alleged gang rape investigation

Updated on: September 28, 2026 / 11:38 PM EDT / CBS New York

In-laws arrested on suspicion of murder after New York Times engineer shot dead in California

Police arrest couple in their 70s after Jonathan McKinsey, 40, found dead in park in Bay Area city of Dublin

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Spectacle-heavy Trump-Xi summit was more about domestic messaging

Much of the pageantry was meant for the leaders' constituencies at home, analysts said.

Tennessee to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency

Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing a classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask the supreme court to grant a stay.

Trump demands Axios pull 'hoax' story about Iran sanctions relief

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to slam what he called a “fake” Axios story about him offering up sanctions relief and currently frozen funds to Iran in exchange for promises on their nuclear program.

Election denier Kurt Olsen has resigned from DOJ, sources say

September 28, 2026 / 6:42 PM EDT / CBS News