Politics

FBI no longer treating applicants’ experience with sex workers as automatic bar against hiring

Bureau will still dismiss those engaged with sex workers within past 10 years, three or more times overall, or while in public safety capacity

Royal Navy spent three days tracking Russian vessels in UK waters

Three vessels and a helicopter deployed to monitor four ships travelling through the North Sea to the Channel

Pentagon hands Stars and Stripes journalists a one-week delay of dismissal

The Pentagon has agreed to pause the immediate firings of three Stars and Stripes employees for one week after the fired reporters and editors had sought a temporary restraining order to halt their removal.

Ex-White House teleprompter operator fined $172,000 for Trump speech bets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Gabriel Perez wagered on Kalshi about words president used in speeches

Is Donald Trump’s bid to brand Democrats as ‘radical’ communists working?

In deep red South Carolina, the president helped stoke apprehension of a deeper red surge ahead of November’s US midterm elections

U.S. military takes out ship used as refueling station for alleged drug-trafficking boats

August 29, 2026 / 8:52 AM EDT / CBS News

Russian strike on warehouse near Kyiv kills at least 37

Attack on business apparently storing ‘explosive objects’ sparks huge fire, damaging residential buildings

Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’

Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies

The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us

Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratings

Government Should Run Like Chick-fil-A, Not a Court Summons

In a free society, the waitress at the DMV does not face apathy and lethargy from her public servant. She is the sovereign. The clerk is her employee, paid by her taxes to provide durable, verified proof of identity: sex, age, name, and citizenship under the Constitution. The transaction is ordinary. The citizen should feel served.

Russian strike on Kyiv-area ammunition depot triggers blast, killing 37

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months.

Democrats ignored the uncommitted movement for Gaza in 2024. Now, it’s winning elections

By linking progressive politics with nominally Arab American issues, organizers are building winning coalitions