Politics

Vance says he’s worried about potential taping of Situation Room talks

Vice President JD Vance said he is worried people are taping highly sensitive conversations in the White House’s Situation Room, after a New York Times report on a meeting held in the location discussing convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Left-Wing Case Against Anti-Zionism

Discrimination against Israelis qua Israelis—and the “Zionists” who appear as their proxies—is a moral wrong.

DC risks Trump’s heavy hand with election of socialist mayor

Janeese Lewis George, a socialist councilwoman, is poised to become the District of Columbia’s next mayor, an electoral outcome that is expected to revive President Donald Trump’s scrutiny of the local government after months of intervening in its affairs.

Janeese Lewis George projected to win D.C. Democratic primary for mayor, defeating Kenyan McDuffie

Updated on: June 18, 2026 / 3:35 PM EDT / CBS News

Mamdani’s 'free' buses would cost New Yorkers $1 billion annually

New York City taxpayers could pay just over $1.1 billion annually for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “free” buses, per a new New York City Independent Budget Office estimate. It’s the latest major socialist campaign promise revealed to be more expensive than originally advertised. Go figure.

Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George to be next mayor of Washington DC

City councillor who ran on expanding childcare, education and housing slated for office after opponent concedes

GOP Rep. Tom Kean, missing from Congress for months, set to return on June 30

Washington — Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey will return to Congress on June 30, his spokesperson said, after being away since March in an unexplained absence that has confounded Capitol Hill.

Trump DNI pick Pulte poised to get access to U.S. intelligence despite congressional bid to thwart

With President Donald Trump halting his nomination of U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte is set to take on the role.

Wicker says $300 billion for Iran makes 'Obama's 2015 deal look like a pittance'

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Thursday said the $300 billion fund for Iran’s reconstruction included in the memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington makes the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement brokered by former President Barack Obama look like “a pittance.”

Pete Hegseth Accuses Nato Countries of ‘Free Riding’ in Combative Address

US defense secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgets

The Guardian view on Trump and Iran: a president’s wishful thinking gives way to uncomfortable realities

The memorandum of understanding signed in Versailles lays bare US failure and the pointlessness of this illegal war

Ben Jennings on Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran

The signing of Donald Trump’s memorandum with Iran has been met with relief – and incredulity