Politics

Zelensky bestows Musk with award for Starlink access

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Order of Freedom to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday for giving Ukraine access to his company’s Starlink satellite internet service during the embattled country’s ongoing war with Russia.

Why are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?

Lethal temperatures and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires.

Trump pushes Saudi Arabia nuclear deal through to Congress

President Donald Trump sent the civil nuclear agreement he inked with Saudi Arabia to Congress this week, seeking legislative approval of the “peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement” that he has made contingent on the Saudis joining the Abraham Accords.

When Trump and Moscow agree, you know the UN has gone too far

Washington and Moscow agree on very little. This week, diplomats from both countries accused Annalena Baerbock, president of the United Nations General Assembly, of exceeding her authority in the selection of the next U.N. secretary-general. The Trump administration is right. Baerbock has turned a useful exercise in public scrutiny into an attempt to decide which candidates the Security Council may consider.

Bringing the Middle East to a boil

It is often said that the Middle East’s greatest export isn’t oil, it’s instability. For centuries, great powers have been drawn to the region, often filled with ambitions of grandeur and empire, only to grow disillusioned and broken, shattered by what they can not change. And yet, try as it may, the West can’t seem to escape its labyrinth pull.

Trump hasn't decided on Leavitt's replacement as White House press secretary, sources say

Updated on: August 26, 2026 / 11:08 AM EDT / CBS News

ICE agent embroiled in interstate extradition dispute after allegedly shooting Venezuelan man

Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime by another

Tribute to Dolly Parton and a tomato festival: photos of the day

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived back in UK, say reports

Harry, Meghan and family expected to enjoy ‘extended stay’ with children Archie and Lilibet already enrolled at school

‘My TikTok was flooded’: Suad Mooge on Ireland’s Rose of Tralee, navigating backlash and celebrating identity

Dublin’s representative in the traditional festival defiantly reckons with xenophobia and balances Gaelic pride with her Somali heritage

The Fourth Circuit Just Took Away Grandpa's Voting Perk

South Carolina lets anyone 65 or older mail in a ballot for any reason at all. Everyone younger needed an excuse: a disability, a job that keeps you out of the county, a stint in the county jail. On Aug. 18, the Fourth Circuit said that scheme violates the 26th Amendment. Not because mail voting is some newfound constitutional right. Because a state that hands out a voting convenience can’t ration it by birth year.

Lindsay Clancy trial testimony ends after 85 witnesses, closing arguments set for Thursday

Updated on: August 26, 2026 / 11:37 PM EDT / CBS Boston