Politics

Justice Department expands military's power to detain migrants accused of trespassing

Updated on: August 14, 2026 / 4:51 PM EDT / CBS News

Court rules companies can't import Gilead medications from overseas in blow to AFP health programs

A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of Gilead Sciences against companies known as alternative funding programs that import medicines from overseas.

France's social media ban for children under 15 struck down by top constitutional authority

August 14, 2026 / 12:15 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

Donald Trump can’t beat Iran and Nigel Farage can only beat a bin. When it counts, these populists are just losers

The pattern in the US and Britain is clear. They serve up stunt after stunt to mask incompetence and the betrayal of all those who trusted them

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case related to UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Mangione's lawyers argue his federal plea bars his prosecution for murder in state court for Brian Thompson's slaying due to New York's double jeopardy law

White House report card: Trump finds his midterm message as crime rates plunge

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Who says August has to be dull in politics? We bring you our regular look at the White House week, plus more evidence of Abdul el Sayed’s links to the Democratic Socialists of America.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murder case

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking charges connected to the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a major development that could complicate New York prosecutors’ separate murder case against him.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Updated on: August 14, 2026 / 11:48 PM EDT / CBS New York

Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue

President Donald Trump tore down the White House East Wing to make way for the ballroom project.

Feds charge woman for allegedly vandalizing World War II Memorial in D.C.

Updated on: August 14, 2026 / 3:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Across the world authoritarians want to tell us what a ‘good life’ looks like. Here’s how liberals must respond

From Maga to Hungary’s Fidesz and Australia’s One Nation, politics is returning to its oldest question: what makes a life worth living? And liberalism needs a credible answer

How will history remember Karoline Leavitt?

Depends who’s writing it