Politics

From black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform

A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoric

Russia, Trump and a battle over welfare loom over Sweden’s election

Russia's war, permanently higher defense spending and uncertainty over U.S. commitments are narrowing the choices facing whoever wins Sunday's election.

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Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians flee as Houthis advance along Red Sea coast

Global struggle for control of Bab al-Mandab strait threatens to turn Yemen’s on-off conflict into a forever war

Firewall compromised: has Friedrich Merz blown ‘democracy’s last shot’?

Many fear chancellor is wrong man for the job at a time when Germany’s defences against far right are crumbling

Trump asks Smithsonian to honor George Washington with statue

President Donald Trump on Friday urged the Smithsonian Institution to honor George Washington at its National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Ukraine war briefing: Russian developers used AI to build ‘kamikaze’ attack drone software, Anthropic says

Anthropic also found that hackers used AI in attacks against targets in Ukrainian government, military and diplomatic sectors. What we know on day 1,662

US rapper Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire scheme

Prosecutors accused musician, born Durk Banks, of putting bounty on fellow rapper in retaliation for friend’s killing

US Mint Unveils Special 9/11 Half-Dollar Coin on 25th Anniversary

The U.S. Mint unveiled the Semiquincentennial Enduring Liberty Half Dollar this week, releasing the limited-edition coin in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

An exclusive look aboard the USS George Washington in its crucial role in the Iran war

September 11, 2026 / 9:23 PM EDT / CBS News

Gen. Dan Caine reflects on responding to 9/11 attacks: "No doubt" nation was at war

Updated on: September 12, 2026 / 12:00 AM EDT / CBS News

California woman charged with murder after allegedly killing husband with flagpole

SF Gate reports bond for Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, set at $10m after man found dead at couple’s Palm Desert home