Politics

Texas judge denies Karmelo Anthony’s request for a new trial in stabbing death

In June, a jury found Anthony guilty of fatally stabbing his classmate Austin Metcalf in 2025 at a track meet

USPS issues final rule to restrict mail-in voting and comply with executive order

The United States Postal Service issued a 95-page final rule on Friday outlining how it would comply with President Donald Trump’s March executive order aimed at “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.”

Trump requests court to protect family records from BBC defamation case

President Donald Trump filed a motion on Friday to bar the BBC from subpoenaing his family members as part of the U.K. media company’s legal defense against Trump’s defamation lawsuit.

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies aged 94

Kassebaum Baker became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office

Paramount, California AG office reportedly plan to meet Monday to discuss settling WBD lawsuit

Paramount and the California A.G. office are set to meet Monday to discuss a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit over Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

Judge Denies Karmelo Anthony's Appeal for a New Trial in Killing of Austin Metcalf

Updated on: August 22, 2026 / 11:15 PM CDT / CBS Texas

The moment I knew: Days after September 11, we flew through turbulence

In 2001, Scott Westerfeld travelled from New York City to Sydney to see Justine Larbalestier. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, they navigated the crisis as best they could, together

Leavitt will return to Trump-aligned super PAC to spend more time with children

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday that she will be returning to the Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc. after exiting the White House.

11 cruise ship workers arrested in Boston over alleged child sex abuse materials in "Operation Tidal Wave"

Updated on: August 22, 2026 / 2:17 PM EDT / CBS Boston

Ossoff insists he won’t run in 2028. The presidential buzz is growing anyway

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) insists he has “zero interest” in running for president in 2028, but a growing corner of the Democratic internet is acting as though he may not get the final say.

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor's daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died, her son Bill Kassebaum told CBS News on Saturday. She was 94.

Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him

PEN America condemns lawyers using passage from thriller to bolster claim ex-FBI director intended to harm Trump