Politics

Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-up

Washington says it acted after observing Iran was planning to deploy fresh mines in strait of Hormuz

No, Democrats haven’t distanced themselves from Hasan Piker

A string of news stories informs us that Democrats have “distanced themselves” from America-hating Mao-loving antisemitic terrorist-cheerleader Hasan Piker.

The Guardian view on Trump’s immigration crackdown: who will have fewer rights next?

The president’s deportation machine is creating a class of people inside the US who have fewer protections against the power of the state

James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’

Congressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of bench

Eurosceptics laud Iceland's rejection of European Union referendum

Icelandic voters have rejected a referendum that would reopen negotiations to join the European Union, raising the spirits of eurosceptics both on the island and abroad.

Kyiv suffers hours of daytime air raids as Russia deploys new jet-powered drones

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 800 Shahed drones fired into Ukraine in four days in effort to ‘wear down’ country

Nicolas Maduro shares first photos from prison since capture by US

Captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro shared photographs of himself from his Brooklyn prison over the weekend, calling the images a “small gift of love and hope” to his family and supporters.

Gen Z ‘Chinamaxxers’ fantasise about life in China. This journalist and this artist can never go back there

A graphic novel by Melissa Chan and Badiucao imagines China and the US at war in 2035. They hope to remind young people that ‘authoritarianism everywhere is bad’

Met Gala exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash

Fashion designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of racist and antisemitic remarks

Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos for life after suspicious trades

Updated on: August 31, 2026 / 2:36 PM EDT / CBS News

A pediatrician is running for Senate. Can doctors change the political debate over health and science?

After Lindsey Graham’s death, Democrat Annie Andrews finds herself in a closely watched race as she seeks to flip his Republican seat.

America saw no more oil. China saw an Atlantic military fortress

For decades, Equatorial Guinea mattered to Western powers largely because of its oil. But the small Central African country is no longer the oil producer it once was. After reaching peak production in 2007, its oil production entered a steep decline as mature fields started to deplete. The sector’s changing environment has already reshaped Western companies’ involvement.