Politics

Karoline Leavitt returning to White House at crucial point for Trump

EXCLUSIVE — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is in the midst of returning from maternity leave following the birth of her second child, with administration officials discussing potentially holding her first briefing back behind the podium as soon as next week.

Court gifts Trump administration huge victory in mass deportation operation

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of expanding a fast-track deportation process to let the Trump administration expeditiously remove illegal immigrants who are living inside the United States, not just at the southern border.

Merz backs plans to raise Germany’s retirement age to 70 in pension changes

Recommendations from commission propose gradual rise in retirement age by the early 2090s

Historians paint a damning picture of what went wrong for Biden

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which takes a deep dive into a new history of the Biden presidency. The verdict is brutal, even among writers who are willing themselves to find some wins. So given all that, why is Gavin Newsom talking up his relationship with a president who is even less popular now than when he was in office?

Farage breaks cover at last but finds the £5m question hasn’t gone away

A testy Reform UK leader tried to bat off questions about why a gigantic gift to him had anything to do with the public

Mexico eyes sending oil after Cuba's major liberalization

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is considering restarting oil shipments to Cuba, taking advantage of the Cuban government’s new free-market reforms.

10 years after "Brexit" vote, majority of Britons say leaving European Union was a mistake

June 23, 2026 / 11:23 AM EDT / CBS News

Sen. Cassidy plans to push 'big idea' for Social Security reform in last days in office

As Social Security faces an imminent funding shortfall, Sen. Bill Cassidy said he has come up with a plan to invest in the stock market on the program's behalf.

JD Vance has written another book? Couldn’t he just concentrate on his day job?

As the US tries to limit the damage from the Iran war, its vice-president has admitted he doesn’t understand diplomacy. Of course not: he’s been too busy churning out another memoir

Keir Starmer was the perfect man for the times

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is a technocrat who is inept, a would-be despot who doesn’t believe in anything, and a career politician who lacks all charm and political skill.

Trump Administration Loaning $17.5 Billion to Build 10 Large Nuclear Reactors

The Trump administration plans to issue $17.5 billion in loans to support the development of 10 new large nuclear power reactors, with the hope that the reactors will be under construction by the end of the decade and operational by the mid-2030s.

Lewis George’s Small-Dollar Map Complicates Her Working-Class Pitch

Socialist Janeese Lewis George won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Washington, D.C., presenting her victory as one brought by and for the working class. But an analysis by the Washington Examiner found that many of her small donors are located in progressive enclaves.