Politics

Judge hears arguments on Trump White House media ban, hopes to rule 'soon'

The DOJ on Tuesday night cited national security concerns in justifying President Trump's ban of MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.

Trump official calls for administration boycott of Fox News

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is encouraging his Trump administration colleagues not to appear on Fox News after the cable news channel agreed to be part of the TV pool boycott this week to support three news outlets banned from the executive mansion complex.

Senate Republicans urge Trump to press Xi over illicit Chinese vapes

Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) and 10 other Senate Republicans urged President Donald Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to crack down on the flow of unauthorized Chinese-made vapes into the United States when the two leaders meet in Washington on Wednesday.

Texas to execute death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing

Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, set to die by lethal injection, sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this year

Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands

Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with ‘parasites’ in bellicose general assembly speech

Israel's ambassador to U.S. says son is fighting for his life after car-ramming attack in West Bank

Updated on: September 23, 2026 / 3:45 PM EDT / CBS News

Police make 2nd arrest in death of Tasia Fortune, Mississippi woman found hanging from tree

Updated on: September 23, 2026 / 2:29 PM EDT / CBS/AP

‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club

Kremlin yet to respond publicly to US invitation that is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries

It's time for Trump to put Iran down for good

President Donald Trump should strike a killing blow at the rulers of Iran and their lackeys in October if not earlier. Press reports about the president’s alleged alteration between hawk and dove seem designed to confuse our enemy, and that is working. There is hardly a person on the planet who would presume to guess what Trump will do. “Strategic ambiguity,” meet your personification in the president.

New Social Security bill would lower retirement age to 60 for some workers

Rep. Haley Stevens introduced a bill that would let some workers in physically demanding jobs claim full Social Security retirement benefits at age 60.

Trump administration boosting Afrikaner refugee numbers

The Trump administration notified Congress on Tuesday it plans to accept thousands more of South African refugees into the United States than expected over the next 12 months.

The Guardian view on Russian disinformation: a foreign threat that relies on UK complicity

Andy Burnham’s accusation against the Kremlin tells half the story. Domestic extremists amplified by US big tech are part of the same problem