Politics

What to Know About the UN General Assembly

World leaders are descending on New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, with wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, climate change, and the rapid development of artificial intelligence expected to dominate the annual diplomatic gathering.

CNN, MS Now and Politico to sue Trump after being blocked from White House

Three news outlets will file lawsuit in attempt to regain access to the White House after having badges disabled

We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse

Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy

Shooting near Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur leaves police officer wounded, man critically injured

Updated on: September 21, 2026 / 7:39 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Trump admin won't give AI leaders a 'liability shield,' Bessent tells CNBC

Bessent spoke with CNBC's "Squawk Box" about AI safety concerns and this week's summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue to restore White House access

Updated on: September 21, 2026 / 10:23 PM EDT / CBS News

From the ridicule of Trump to the rise of Jack Welch: how the 1980s shaped and changed America

In When America Roared, Pulitzer-winning reporter Jonathan Kaufman looks back to a decade of greed and excess, and uses it to explore where we are today

The Houthis’ offensive is the latest spillover from Trump’s Iran disaster

Trump’s mess has rekindled Yemen’s civil war and a years-long conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia

Don't Ask How This War Ends

During the 2003 Iraq War, then–Major General David Petraeus famously said to the journalist and historian Rick Atkinson, “Tell me how this ends.” It is the obvious query to be posed about the conflict with Iran, but it requires a different answer.

The Northern Passage

ICE is targeting Haitians with new intensity. Now some are fleeing the United States for Canada.

How Fairfax County Keeps Letting Killers Off With Insanity Pleas

Virginia police who were responding to a tip opened the door to Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda’s home to find him shirtless and covered in blood.

Putin tests Trump’s hopes for a Russia reset

Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his war against the West. Putin is directly targeting the United States itself, not just U.S. allies. The Russian dictator is probing for weakness, and America must respond.