Politics

David Morens, former NIAID adviser, pleads guilty in COVID-19 records scheme

August 18, 2026 / 4:03 PM EDT / CBS News

Shapiro signs executive order restricting data center development

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) signed an executive order Tuesday to remove current and future data centers from Pennsylvania’s fast-track permitting program, which he says has received more than 100 data center proposals from technology companies.

Judge sentences would-be Bessent assassin to six years in prison

A biological male who identifies as a woman was sentenced to roughly six years in prison on Tuesday after being accused of attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Who is Trump aide Natalie Harp? Loyal assistant suddenly in the spotlight

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 4:04 PM EDT / CBS News

Trump moves to end protections for nearly 45M acres of national forests

The Trump administration has proposed ending decades-old protections for nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests, paving the way for logging and road building on the land.

Swedish MP intervenes in ‘damaging’ Brexit row over elderly Britons ordered to leave

Migration minister asked how he intends to stop deportations of people ‘who had lived in Sweden for decades’

Former DOJ lawyer alleges Trump administration abused investigative process to target Harvard, Brown and Columbia

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 3:45 PM EDT / CBS News

US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor

Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza

U.S. Quietly Deporting Mexican Migrants to Guatemala and Honduras, Angering Mexico

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 2:33 PM EDT / CBS News

Israel withdraws support for embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino

Premier League chief says Infantino ‘hit self-destruct’

San Diego Padres minor-league staffer detained by ICE after arrest in Texas

San Diego Padres minor-league catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela remained in federal immigration custody on Tuesday after being detained at an airport in El Paso, Texas, while returning from a work trip.

New abortion law tests the limits of barbarism in Massachusetts

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