Politics

House Democrats pitch bill to save people from having pay garnished for medical debt

Exclusive: Currently under federal law, up to 25% of a worker’s take-home earnings can be collected

Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says

Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’

David Petraeus, Boris Johnson narrowly escape Russian drone attack in Ukraine

Former Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson narrowly escaped a Russian drone attack at a Ukrainian train station near the country’s border with Poland.

Bolsonaro 2.0: Brazil braces for the return of the far right

Neck-and-neck with Lula in polls, Flávio Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbing

Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland warn UK is 'coming to an end'

The governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland might have overpromised and underdelivered on their recent independence push, signing a memorandum with bellicose language but few concrete promises for withdrawal from the United Kingdom.

Ex-CIA director John Brennan subpoenaed in Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation

Subpoena is among a flurry issued in recent weeks as part of DoJ inquiry into alleged conspiracy against Trump

Sweden's political parties launch coalition talks as both blocs try to secure power

Centre-left bloc led by Social Democrats has narrow lead with 95% of vote counted, but faces internal policy battle

Vance announces about 870,000 people suspected of defrauding COVID-era programs barred from future federal loans

Updated on: September 14, 2026 / 9:20 PM EDT / CBS News

Trump: Ukraine and Russia will stop targeting energy infrastructure

President Donald Trump announced that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an energy target detente after criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for increasing diesel prices with his drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.

Donald Trump Jr.'s wife says Russian oligarch hosted post-wedding festivities as a "gift"

Updated on: September 14, 2026 / 7:48 PM EDT / CBS News

Why Does Donald Trump Hate This Sculpture?

The president wants the Smithsonian to add a colossal George Washington statue—and remove another work of abstract art in D.C.

MAGAworld splits over Bo French's race-baiting post

Welcome to Monday’s Washington Secrets, where we are still recovering from last week’s midterm convention. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we look at the race row breaking out in Texas, plus we have news on Don Jr.’s chin, and what happened when a New York fashion designer was hired by Melania Trump for her inauguration outfit.