Politics

Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany Suffers Minor Injuries After Emergency Landing in a Lake

Updated on: September 13, 2026 / 5:27 PM EDT / CBS News

France confronts arson problem after devastating summer of wildfires

Experts believe one-third of wildfires in France are set deliberately, with arson the biggest single cause of forest fires last year

The AfD won a shock election in Germany. Elon Musk was thrilled

The billionaire and the party have developed a symbiotic relationship to spread their far-right views both in Germany and the US

Indonesian rescue crews searching for 140 people after ferry hit bad weather

More than 100 others on board were evacuated from the Virgo ⁠Transport 8 ship, including one who died

Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in

The Russian leader is ploughing on with his forever war – and each day is a crime against humanity. Western democracies cannot simply sit on their hands

My partner's sister has published a family memoir that's unfair to him. Should we cut ties?

She should have been much more careful, but everyone has their own version of the ‘truth’. Does your partner want a reconciliation?

Making Iraq ‘normal’ again: do mass arrests and cash seizures signal end to corruption?

Government insiders say the new PM is unleashing an ‘earthquake’ to clean up the system. But Iraqis have heard it all before

Search underway after Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people loses contact

Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday local time after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan province, officials said.

Kamala Harris's security successfully stops trespasser from entering home

A trespasser was stopped from entering the home of former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday night, according to a spokesperson.

L.A. County deputies respond to trespasser at Malibu home of Kamala Harris

Updated on: September 12, 2026 / 8:51 PM PDT / CBS/AP

One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas

Prime minister’s office tells families of those missing ‘the nation stands with you’ as search and rescue efforts continue

Houthis claim attack on Saudi base as fighting flares with Yemeni forces

Iran-allied Houthis say drones and missiles used in attack that targeted ‘weapons depots and command and control centres’ in southern Saudi Arabia