Politics

Hindsight Is 2024

Some institutions jumped onto the MAGA bandwagon after the 2024 election, but it hasn’t taken long for those decisions to look shortsighted.

How Trump turned a frozen conflict into a model for peace

Generations of diplomats dismissed decades of bitter conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia as insoluble.

Blanche sworn in as attorney general, formally taking the reins at the Justice Department

August 10, 2026 / 2:45 PM EDT / CBS News

The campus pipeline behind Abdul el Sayed’s Michigan win

Thirty minutes after being sworn in as president of the University of Michigan’s student government, Summit Louth was already back onstage campaigning for someone else.

Tupac Shakur: jury selection begins in trial of ex-gang boss for rapper’s killing

Prosecutors allege Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting 30 years ago

The new fusionism: A blueprint for uniting the GOP

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Hegseth pushes for $1.5 trillion defense package during Graham ceremony

War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday used a ceremony dedicated to renaming Joint Base Charleston in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to urge Congress to approve a $1.5 trillion defense spending package, saying there would be “no greater tribute” to Graham than green-lighting the budget request.

The Guardian view on the failed Gaza peace plan: Trump’s hollow claims are ignored in Jerusalem

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no interest in agreeing to a deal. For relief to come to Gaza, real US pressure must be exerted

Pete Buttigieg to headline South Carolina Democrats conference amid 2028 rumors

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is set to headline a Democratic conference in South Carolina as he weighs a potential 2028 presidential bid, putting him in the early spotlight in the state that national Democrats recently selected to kick off the party’s presidential primary calendar.

Socialists want a do-over for the insane 2020 positions they supported

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wants her fellow progressives to receive amnesty for the insane policies and rhetoric they promoted during the 2020 pandemic because she knows those positions are anchors that will be hung around their necks in future elections.

Flip-flopping Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan but cannot placate all his allies

Israeli prime minister faces incompatible demands from his far-right government ministers and from Donald Trump

Board of Peace undeterred by Israel's rejection of peace plan at this stage

The leaders of the Board of Peace do not believe Israel’s rejection of the 15-point peace plan will be a roadblock to stabilizing Gaza, because the Jewish state is not yet needed to act.