Politics

El Sayed's Iran and 9/11 problems keep growing

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed is facing fresh scrutiny over his views on Iran after he stopped short of unequivocally condemning the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at a University of Michigan town hall Wednesday.

Senate Republicans block Democratic effort to end US war with Iran

GOP stymies House-passed war powers resolution as conflict passes 200-day mark with 19 US service members killed

Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case

Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted

Officer fended off Ontario synagogue gunman despite being shot multiple times, authorities say

Updated on: September 24, 2026 / 4:01 PM EDT / CBS News

Man wounded at 2024 Trump Butler rally dies

Jim Copenhaver, one of the two audience members wounded at President Donald Trump’s July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, died on Wednesday.

Netanyahu rips Mamdani and calls Hamas terrorists mayor’s ‘buddies’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday hurled blistering words at New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling Hamas the mayor’s “buddies.”

U.S. troops help Ecuador arrest dozens linked to notorious Mexican cartel

September 24, 2026 / 3:42 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

Ed Miliband meets Iran’s foreign minister as Tehran gives US ultimatum on strait of Hormuz

Senior Iranian officials say Washington has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait

Celebrities join protesters in NYC ahead of Netanyahu's UN speech

Actor Elliot Page, actress Susan Sarandon, and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning were among the demonstrators blocking a road outside the United Nations in New York on Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to address the General Assembly.

Carney says Canada has prepped for 'extreme tail risk' of US military action

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state prompted him to prepare for a possible American invasion, though he acknowledged it was an unlikely outcome.

ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda

GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity

Vulnerable Republicans stick with Trump to defeat Senate Iran war powers vote

The Senate defeated the latest bipartisan effort Thursday to end the war in Iran with a war powers resolution, despite a growing number of Republicans in competitive elections breaking with President Donald Trump with calls to end the nearly seven-month-long conflict.