Politics

Italian police dismantle illicit bank used by drug traffickers as global broker

Clandestine operation run by Chinese national in Prato moved €80-100m a year through intermediaries

Trump in G7 Summit in France as He Touted Signing of Iran Memorandum

Updated on: June 15, 2026 / 2:27 PM EDT / CBS News

JD Vance walks back 'childless cat ladies' remark in new book

Vice President JD Vance called himself “boneheaded” in his new memoir for once deriding Democrats as “childless cat ladies,” five years after he made the divisive comment.

UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban

No 10 is worried about retaliation from White House over restrictions to under-16s’ internet use

Ghost of Alexis de Tocqueville returns. What America can learn from him

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania — Over the Flag Day weekend in Pennsylvania, crowds gathered, and communities were formed in the most unlikely of places, under viaducts, along gravel-filled tracks, and at the base of some impressive Appalachian mountains, all just to watch as Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 rolled through northeastern Pennsylvania.

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Iran deal: a pause is not a triumph

The US-Iran ceasefire is welcome. But the US president is trying to disguise a failed war of choice as a diplomatic victory

Trump unlikely to attend Iran MOU signing

President Donald Trump did not appear willing to extend his current trip to Evian, France, for the G7 summit to attend the official signing of the memorandum of understanding with Iran on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ben Jennings on the UK’s social media ban for under-16s

Tech firms claim that the plan would result in children being pushed towards more harmful platforms

Vance denies that Iran will receive 'billions of dollars of assets' in deal

Updated on: June 15, 2026 / 1:14 PM EDT / CBS News

UFC and the prostitution of the White House

Perhaps, like me, you are in the 1.7% of the population who have seen mixed martial arts fighting in the past 12 months. I’ve never watched a full bout, probably no more than a minute at any one time, and usually less. I turn away in horror and disgust.

Russian bishop known as Putin's "personal priest" targeted by EU sanctions

The European Union imposed sanctions on more than 80 people and entities over Moscow's war in Ukraine Monday, including an Orthodox priest described in Russia as President Vladimir Putin's "confessor."

John Oliver on the Makerfield byelection: ‘Labour may never recover from the humiliation if they lose’

The host focused on the political ‘circus’ in the northern UK town as Labour’s Andy Burnham faces Reform