Politics

US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take over Greenland

The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determination

Patrick Clancy says "I think I did the best I could" at the time

September 18, 2026 / 8:03 PM EDT / CBS News

Speak at Your Own Risk

On the first day of his second term in the White House, President Trump signed an executive order on free speech stating that his administration would ensure that “no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.” He has gone on to violate that order many times.

Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

California judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-Parker

Trump to tout confrontation of ‘complex problems’ in UN address

President Donald Trump will underscore how he has “confronted complex problems head-on around the world” during his Tuesday address to the United Nations’s General Assembly, U.N. Ambassador Michael Waltz said.

Trump says he's struck deal to give U.S. "permanent control over security" in Greenland

Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 8:58 PM EDT / CBS News

Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say

Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence

Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall

Customs and Border Protection faces bipartisan backlash from locals for 30ft border wall through Texas national park

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Judge rules against Trump EPA efforts to terminate Solar for All program

A federal court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency illegally terminated a Biden administration program aimed at helping low-income communities install solar panels.

Trump sticks with Maria Elvira Salazar despite criticism of his immigration policy

President Donald Trump still supports the reelection Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), despite the Florida Republican publicly criticizing his administration’s immigration policies.

Sikh truck driver survives harrowing stabbing attack at Wyoming rest stop

Suspect charged with attempted murder as driver, identified by surname Singh, reportedly stabbed 17 times