Politics

DEI policies brought no financial penalty for companies that kept them, study finds

August 18, 2026 / 1:52 PM EDT / CBS News

As a doctor in Congress, I’m protecting families from drug middlemen

I ran for Congress because, as a doctor, I saw that Washington and big insurance made life harder for the very people I was trying to heal. That fight started with House Rule 6833, the Affordable Insulin Now Act, capping insulin costs at $35 a month, one of my first and most important votes. I was one of only 12 Republicans to cross party lines and vote for it. It’s on the record, full stop.

The leftist 'Omnicause' lies to us every day

Destructive wildfires in Europe and the suicide of a black professor are closely linked, even though they seem utterly unconnected. The tissue that joins these unhappy events is an activist matrix sometimes referred to as the “omnicause.”

Woman accused of vandalizing WWII memorial released

A judge on Monday ordered the release of the woman accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall.

Burnham: 'Zero consequence' from falling for Wiles impersonator

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is insisting that the conversations he had with a scammer impersonating a top White House official were of “zero consequence” and did not present a security concern despite a recent leak of multiple ministers’ phone numbers.

Justice Department to send a record 1,000 monitors to polling places in midterm elections

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 5:54 PM EDT / CBS News

Ukraine Targets Moscow with Huge Drone Strike as Russia Warns U.K. Will Pay Price for Supplying Attack Drones

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 8:02 PM EDT / CBS News

DOJ to stop using outside experts to help vet competitive grant applicants

August 18, 2026 / 11:42 AM EDT / CBS News

Things get even more tricky for Dicky Tice, the Reform deputy with lots of cash but zero self-awareness

Telling the country to enjoy the heat while it burns, you have to wonder if Tice has lost all sense of reality

Washington wants to decide what drug ads you're allowed to hear

If you’ve ever seen a drug commercial, called your doctor about it, and walked out of that appointment with a better treatment plan, you may soon lose that ability. Not because the drug stopped working or the ad was misleading, but because someone in Washington decided you don’t need to know about it.

Michigan Commands Perfection in Football

In the age of “everyone gets a trophy,” American higher education just fractured another vertebra in the backbone of America.

Why is Sweden deporting Britons faster than any other EU country post-Brexit?

The official talk is of the government acting with understanding and flexibility. But devastated lives tell another story