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2028 shadow dance is coming to an end. Does anybody actually want to tango?

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of Washington Secrets. Donald Trump flies to North Carolina for a rally today, so we look at the latest polling on the Senate race there, plus we have the latest court filings on the president’s lawsuit against the BBC. But first, does no one think they can win the 2028 presidential election?

Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff

Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody it

Jon Stewart on JD Vance’s rhetoric on immigrants: ‘cornerstone and intentional strategy’

Late-night hosts discussed Vance’s apology for ‘imperfect’ comments on immigrants, and Katie Zacharia’s brief tenure as press secretary

If Gen Z is sour on America, they're being miseducated

We shouldn’t be surprised that many U.S. students find the American story distant, hollow, or irrelevant, since their first serious encounter with America may have been a list of its failures.

Trump's obsession with Ilhan Omar has reached a dangerous new level

The administration seems intent on stripping the congresswoman of her US citizenship and deporting her. It’s a terrible abuse of power

UK deploying fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

The United Kingdom announced Tuesday that the Royal Air Force is deploying Typhoon fighter jets to fly defensive missions over Saudi Arabia as the Houthis continue attacking the Gulf state.

Rubio defends delayed Patriot shipments to Ukraine: 'We have our own needs too'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hit back at accusations that the United States was holding back Patriot interceptor shipments out of spite, instead saying the U.S. was balancing its own needs and those of other allies.

Ro Khanna Thinks Torching Jewish Shops Is an 'Inspiring' Youth Movement

Anyone who has studied the night of Nov. 9, 1938, will recognize the pattern in what has unfolded across France in recent days. During Kristallnacht, the mobs that moved through German and Austrian cities knew exactly which shop windows to smash and which synagogues to set alight, because someone had gone to the trouble of telling them where the Jews could be found. That same cold preparation has now resurfaced in the south of France, and we should have the honesty to call it by its name.

Democrats want to fire the doorman

In the first full week of October, ICE agents arrested 131 alleged gang members, including 22 tied to MS-13 and 13 to Tren de Aragua, according to the Department of Homeland Security. One was a suspected Tren de Aragua hitman whom Border Patrol caught in October 2023 and then released. The day before those numbers went public, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, the Democratic Senate nominee, told a debate audience that “ICE should absolutely be ripped apart.”

Stop telling voters crime is down when their local stores are boarded up

As we approach the midterm elections, the political class and the legacy media are eager to steer the national conversation toward abstract political theater and partisan distractions. Yet, for millions of hardworking people, the most pressing issue on the ballot isn’t playing out in the halls of Washington. It is playing out on their streets, in their neighborhoods, and outside their local businesses. Despite concerted efforts to shift the narrative, crime, public safety, and the rule of law remain the top concerns for voters across the country.

With early race for 2028 fast approaching, 3 more Democrats slated to join summit to plot out future

Updated on: October 20, 2026 / 2:09 PM EDT / CBS News

California’s dysfunction should stay in California

As the midterm elections approach, liberals are bragging about California as a beacon of progress and economic success.