Politics

What’s the Point of the Trump-Xi Summit?

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Mary Peltola’s campaign says reports of her using slurs and shoving staffer are exaggerated

Alaska Democratic nominee in pivotal Senate race ‘struggled to deal with her grief’ after death of husband and mother, spokesperson said

I was arrested protesting Netanyahu’s New York visit. Here’s why we took a stand

I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars. I refuse to be complicit in genocide

Italy approves cap on foreign students and burqa ban in schools

The Italian government on Thursday approved rules capping the number of students without Italian citizenship in each classroom at 30%, as well as banning burqas and niqabs.

California Supreme Court demands Sheriff Chad Bianco return ballots

The California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return the over 650,000 ballots he seized in February to county election officials on Thursday, delivering a blow to his goal of investigating alleged election fraud in a November 2025 election.

New bill would lower Social Security retirement age for some workers

Updated on: September 24, 2026 / 5:17 PM EDT / CBS News

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to revive third-country deportation policy

Updated on: September 24, 2026 / 5:12 PM EDT / CBS News

California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry

Court says Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and seizure of ballots ‘creates substantial risk to election integrity’

DOJ says it's moving to end more than 50 decades-old school desegregation cases

Updated on: September 24, 2026 / 7:24 PM EDT / CBS News

Netanyahu relishes UN spotlight as he fires on critics from all directions

By the time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived on the floor of the United Nations, his country had been on the receiving end of scores of condemnations from the podium for two days.

How AI Is Driving Both Parties Back to Their Roots

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Banning diesel exports won't save the GOP in the Midwest

Farm-state Republicans have coalesced around a new winning message for November: a federal ban on American companies exporting diesel around the world. Resurrecting the 1970s’ failed energy policies would be a disaster and replicate a COVID-19-level shock to global supply chains.