The Trump administration says it has delivered seven classified briefings on U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats since early September, covering congressional leaders and committees, but lawmakers say crucial answers are still missing. A Democratic Senate aide called the tally misleading; a GOP House aide said his panel received three...
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta warned that the Trump administration could use false claims of irregularities to contest the Nov. 4 special election, after the Justice Department said it will send election monitors to five counties for the Proposition 50 redistricting vote. Bonta, “100%” concerned about fabricated accusations, likened the...
Senate Commerce leaders Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell sought details from the NBA on its handling of integrity allegations after arrests tied to an alleged gambling scheme, requesting answers by Nov. 10. In Tokyo, President Trump began an Asia visit, met Japan’s emperor and, ahead of talks with new Prime...
England has approved the Renters’ Rights Bill, billed as the biggest overhaul in decades. Tenancies shift to rolling contracts, with tenants free to stay or leave on two months’ notice. Landlords face curbs on no‑fault evictions: they cannot sell or move in during the first year and must give four...
Aboard Air Force One en route from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo, Donald Trump rejected a floated 2028 workaround — running for vice-president to enable a third White House term — calling it “too cute” and saying voters wouldn’t like it, even as he said he “would love” a third term....
Everett Kelley, head of the American Federation of Government Employees, urged Congress to end the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, now beyond four weeks, calling for a clean continuing resolution, full back pay, and policy debates outside shutdown tactics. He described workers missing a second paycheck and lining up at food...
At Eindhoven’s High Tech Campus, CDA leader Henri Bontenbal made a quiet case for stability, decency and trust, framing politics as collaboration, not spectacle. His anti-populist pitch — focused on housing shortages, asylum policy, the nitrogen crisis and investments in the economy of the future — is resonating as the...
Two Illinois National Guard members told CBS News they will refuse federal orders to deploy in Chicago for President Trump’s immigration mission, calling the move illegal and a weaponization of troops against civilians. Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha—both political candidates—said Guard units aren’t trained to assist ICE...
ICE detained British political commentator Sami Hamdi at San Francisco International Airport and is holding him after the State Department revoked his visitor visa, federal officials said. A senior U.S. official linked the action to Hamdi’s Middle East remarks but did not cite specific comments. CAIR, which hosted him at...
Javier Milei scored a stronger-than-expected midterm victory after Donald Trump offered a $40bn lifeline and warned US support would vanish if he faltered. Milei’s party won nearly 41% to the Peronists’ 32%, lifting Argentine bonds, stocks and the peso. Critics accused Trump of meddling, but analysts said the intervention looked...
