Politics

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons injured in Sussex County car crash: "I'm deeply grateful to the first responders"

June 28, 2026 / 6:55 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia

Man charged with attempted murder after car hit pedestrians in west London

Timir Ahmed Mohamed, 34, charged with five counts of attempted murder after alleged incident on Ealing Broadway

Putin admits Ukrainian strikes driving Russian fuel shortages

Russia’s president says Ukraine’s attacks on infrastructure are causing ‘obvious’ but not critical problems

Trump to meet with socialist DC mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George

President Donald Trump said Sunday he will meet with Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for mayor of the District of Columbia and presumptive winner, but will not let her enact her socialist policies in the nation’s capital.

Pakistan says its security forces killed 29 militants in ground operation, strikes along Afghan border

Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by "calibrated strikes" against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said.

Naomi Lim says SAVE Act won't help GOP in November elections

Washington Examiner White House reporter Naomi Lim suggested that pressure from President Donald Trump to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act may fall short of delivering electoral gains for Republicans heading into November’s midterm elections.

Trump says 'criminally made' algae purged from Reflecting Pool

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the “criminally made” algae had been removed from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following two weeks of the water being plagued with the aquatic scum.

US homeland security secretary tells migrants to seek permanent status or leave

Markwayne Mullin’s remarks come after controversial supreme court ruling to strip TPS from over 350,000 people

Murphy says socialist wins prove Democratic Party 'alive and growing'

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday that the Democratic Party’s recent victories by socialist candidates in New York reflect a healthy debate within the party, pushing back on concerns from moderate Democrats who have warned against embracing socialism.

Zohran Mamdani says he and allies he endorsed carry a ‘national message’

Mayor says progressive peers who swept primaries speak to Americans ‘coast to coast’ as moderates have reservations

Texas Democrat defends Talarico: 'We're all gay, tofu-eating vegans'

Democratic Texas Land Commissioner candidate Ben Flores delivered a unique defense of Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), saying, “We’re all gay, tofu-eating vegans.”

British man arrested in Ecuador after woman’s body found in suitcase in Colombia

Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith, from Dorset, is accused of killing Natalia Villalba in an apartment in Bogotá