Politics

Trump Faces Growing Scrutiny Over ‘Profoundly Concerning’ Cash Gifts for Aides Including Natalie Harp

The payments amounted to 30% of each aides’ $150,000 annual salary

China's Huawei branded a criminal enterprise as tech firm's US trial opens

The defense says: ‘It’s about competition, not conspiracy’

Secret son revelation ignites bitter succession dispute in Ugandan kingdom

Family of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee’s choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monarch

Appeals court rejects Trump request to lift block on Postal Service rule for mail ballots

September 10, 2026 / 1:19 PM EDT / CBS News

US appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to impose restrictions on mail-in voting before midterms

Court declined to put on hold injunction preventing the USPS from tightening rules around postal voting

Is Trump’s $5,000 Midterm Pledge a New Low?

Donald Trump has pledged a payment of $5,000 to every adult American citizen if the Republicans win in the November midterms. The outlandish proposal, which would cost over $1tn, immediately raised legal and ethical concerns. It comes as the president’s approval rating has hit a record low, hovering at about 38%. Lucy Hough speaks to global editor Devika Bhat – watch on YouTube

Why You Shouldn't Bank on Trump's $5,000 Dividends Happening

Updated on: September 10, 2026 / 7:35 PM EDT / CBS News

‘All the persuasiveness of a North Korean newscast’: Democrats denounce Fetterman video at GOP convention

Surprise appearance by Pennsylvania senator raises fresh questions over loyalty to and future in Democratic party

The Man Who Made Osama Bin Laden

There’s no shortage of documentaries or books tracing the “road to 9/11,” or the decadeslong wars that followed in the attack’s wake. But surely one of those paths both began and ended on a street in Peshawar, Pakistan, in November 1989, not far from a mosque on a dead-end road.

Daughters of 9/11 victims seek justice, answers about accused mastermind's stalled trial

Updated on: September 10, 2026 / 12:27 PM EDT / CBS News

George W. Bush says Americans 'don't pay attention to the lesson of 9/11'

Updated on: September 10, 2026 / 2:34 PM EDT / CBS News

The dark celebration of the ‘Kirkaversary’

One year ago, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was brutally murdered in a horrifying attack on free speech and democracy. A year out from this dark day, good-hearted people across the political spectrum will remember it with horror and work to ensure political violence has no place in American life.