Politics

Florida man scheduled for execution in connection to Hog Trail Murders

Daniel Owen Conahan Jr’s sentence will make him the state’s 15th person executed this year

Federal prosecutor who withdrew from dismissed bribery case against Indian billionaire Adani fired, sources say

Updated on: September 10, 2026 / 3:59 PM EDT / CBS News

Kimmel says interview with Talarico won’t air on TV after threats from Trump’s FCC

Host says he’s interviewing Senate candidate ‘under unusual circumstances’ and it will be posted on YouTube

Violence erupts in Yemen again: why it matters globally and how it is linked to the US-Iran war

Houthis try to take control of more of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government, giving Iran and its allies control over a key shipping lane

Trump sends $500 rebate checks for Obamacare overcharges

President Donald Trump began sending $500 rebate payments to as many as 1 million Obamacare enrollees who were overcharged for their coverage, with the payments expected to arrive before the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump is treating a hemispheric war like street crime

President Donald Trump’s Latin America policy fails because Washington misclassifies existential threats, treating regional slaughter as street crime instead of global war. Both the Pentagon and the State Department remain willfully blind, too. So far this year, Colombia has suffered 204 explosive attacks, including car bombs and weaponized drones. The national Ombudsman counted 121 drone assaults just from January through May, killing 21 and wounding 145. Ecuador recorded roughly 9,200 homicides in 2025 — 51 per 100,000 residents, against 1,189 killings in 2019.

Chemical companies reach $455m settlement with North Carolina over ‘forever chemicals’ claims

Chemours, DuPont and Corteva reach settlement after lawsuits accuse companies of polluting drinking water

Spain's spy agency warned of Ceuta border breach before crisis, declassified files show

September 10, 2026 / 8:15 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Trump Is Preparing for a Long War

The military is doing long-term planning for its force in the Persian Gulf, risking further strain on the Navy.

Gold Star family calls on Army to release internal probe into deadly attack on Kuwait base: "My son died unnecessarily"

September 10, 2026 / 8:06 AM EDT / CBS News

‘I feel the pain of all those souls’: Ground Zero visitors remember lives lost on 9/11

People from across the US and around the world pay their respects at memorial to victims of the terrorist attacks

American democracy depends on the census. Trump is undermining it

The very mechanisms that allow the census bureau to resist partisan interference are coming undone. And Congress is silent