Politics

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Russian strikes in Kyiv, a female militia march in Tehran and Alfie Hewett at the US Open – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

Education schools prioritize activism over teaching

Daniel Buck, my colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, has just published an important new study of America’s graduate schools of education. The study has deservedly generated attention because he found that many of these schools display “a concerning ideological asymmetry, advancing dogmas grounded in progressive and critical theory frameworks.”

Hasan Piker's Axios interview shows him caught in snares of his own politics

Hasan Piker has spent tens of thousands of hours talking before his massive online audience, but a nearly hourlong interview with Axios put the leftist streamer in a less familiar position: being confronted with his own words without control of the conversation.

Earl Spencer doubles down on claims about ‘monstrous’ call with Charles after Diana’s death

Buckingham Palace has refuted claim by Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother, that then prince told him ‘we’ll forget her soon enough’

UN says Trump funding cuts harm global 'gender equality'

The United Nations lamented the “declining” state of “gender equality” worldwide in a Thursday report that blamed its loss of government funds for the backslide.

Survivors recount panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died

Police fire teargas as protests break out in city of Minna after deaths of suspected illegal goldminers, many of whom were children

This Israeli election could be the country’s last – this week I saw that for myself

Spend time on the ground and you see how high the stakes are for next month’s contest – for Israelis and Palestinians alike

FAA says Trump arch will not interfere with D.C. airport flight path

Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 1:41 PM EDT / CBS News

Use of AI backfires on an expert witness at trial: "They have biases"

September 18, 2026 / 1:10 PM EDT / CBS News

Trump administration sued over threat to deploy federal law enforcement at voting sites

Civil rights groups say plan will make people ‘afraid to vote’ and violates the Voting Rights Act

White House announces all Medicaid programs get Trump-negotiated prices

President Donald Trump said Friday that Medicaid programs in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico will now benefit from lower prices negotiated by the administration with pharmaceutical companies as part of the president’s most-favored-nation prescription deals.

'Middle power bulls***': Diplomats dismiss EU adding 'associate members'

Days after Canada agreed to pursue an ill-defined and counterintuitive “associate membership” with the European Union, the continental alliance is handing out further invitations to countries on the other side of the world.