Politicians have been described in many unsavory ways, but not since the days when Tammany Hall’s gangster bosses ruled the roost has a major New York official been called...
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
President Trump said Tuesday that Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, the National Guard member who survived last month's ambush attack in the District of Columbia, got up from bed.
The U.S. top military officer is visiting Puerto Rico on Monday for the second time this year to meet with service members of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), where the administration has established a massive military presence and as President Trump weighs military action against Venezuela. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine and...
President Trump’s approval on the economy is down 15 points since March, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey released Monday. The poll, conducted late last week, shows 36 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, down from 51 percent in a poll released in early March. The drop in economic approval is...
Multiple international airlines have canceled flights to Venezuela in the wake of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advising pilots to exercise caution while flying in the country's airspace. Six carriers — TAP, LATAM, Avianca, Iberia, Gol and Caribbean — have indefinitely suspended flights, according to Marisela de Loaiza, the president of the Airlines Association in...
If the midterms were tomorrow, Democrats would likely win, and win big. Indeed, a slew of new polls suggests that the 2026 midterms may resemble 2018, when Democrats gained a historic 41 House seats. Democrats lead by 14 points (55 percent to 41 percent) in a generic congressional election per PBS/NPR/Marist polling, their largest advantage in...
The Trump administration is designating Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, the latest measure to ramp up pressure on President Nicolás Maduro. The State Department formally announced the designation in the Federal Register on Monday, giving the Trump administration additional tools to go after the cartel. Cartel de los Soles, or...
A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death at age 12 to please the online horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky underscored his appreciation to the country’s allies for their help in working toward a resolution to end the war with Russia, hours after President Trump rebuked the leader of the war-torn country for having “zero gratitude” for the U.S. efforts. In a post on the social platform X, Zelensky pledged Ukraine...
President Trump suggested on Monday that progress could be imminent in his stalled effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine. “Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform early Monday. “Don’t believe it until you see...
For reasons that psychologists have yet to explain, there are still people in the world who refuse to accept that global warming is a clear and present danger.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is warning that President Trump calling Democratic lawmakers “traitors” is “reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible” Paul on Sunday offered one of the strongest denunciations of Trump’s attacks on Democratic colleagues, including Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), something the president doubled down on over the weekend. “You know, everybody knows that...
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning President Trump and his senior foreign policy advisers that “appeasing” Russia, which he says is the “aggressor” in Ukraine, will not bring peace, offering a critical view of an emerging U.S.-brokered peace deal. “@POTUS is right that Biden’s weakness emboldened enemies like Putin. But those who...
Most Americans are against military action in Venezuela after recent tension in the region, according to a new poll from CBS News/YouGov. In the poll, 70 percent said they were against “the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela,” while 30 percent said they were for it. The U.S. military has recently bolstered its presence near...
