Federal Agents Were Told F.B.I. Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations  —  Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.  —  Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the F.B …

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Edge Closer to Wider War After U.S. Soldiers Killed  —  The United States was said to be sending more warplanes to the Middle East, a move that was already in the works before Iranian fire killed two soldiers in Jordan.  —  Two U.S. Service Members Killed in Iranian Attack, U.S. Military Says

Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination  —  SANFORD, Maine — Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Democratic nomination in the crucial Maine Senate race, winning the support of a majority of the state delegates who will officially nominate a candidate next weekend.

The ‘hopeless, bad people’ just won Donald Trump's World Cup … Turns out, revenge is a dish best served on a warm Sunday afternoon in a New Jersey swamp.  —  President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term in office berating Spain over its anemic military spending and refusal …

GOP midterm strategy: Make it a “hate election”  —  Republicans admit the GOP's midterm forecast is bleak.  But they're clinging to two hopes: voters' fear and loathing of Democrats.  — “It's going to be a hate election,” a Republican tied to President Trump's political operation told Axios.

Medicare-for-all means taxes-for-all  —  Billionaires don't have enough money to foot the bill.  —  Roughly three-quarters of Medicare-for-all supporters believe that it could be paid for entirely by taxing billionaires.  They're wrong.  —  A recent poll by Echelon Insights found …

Transcript: Chris Krebs and David Becker on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 19, 2026  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with CBS News contributors Chris Krebs and David Becker that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on July 19, 2026.

Don't Let This Useless Debate Distract You, Democrats  —  Do Democrats want to win this year's midterm elections?  Or would they prefer to indulge in self-involved arguments over the relative merits of capitalism and socialism that are irrelevant to the choices they'll face if they win power?

Usha Vance gives birth to fourth child  —  JD Vance is the first sitting vice president in modern history to welcome a child.  —  Second lady Usha Vance gave birth Sunday to her fourth child, Vance's office announced on X.  —  “We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance …

Tit For Tat Does Not Work If You Do Not Retaliate Against Defectors … However, as Dan Drezner notes this morning, the conference itself did not seem to offer much in the way of such an agenda. … Friday's first panel included David French, Bob Bauer of NYU Law, and Liza Goitein of The Brennan Center.

Trump Ignores Dead Troops to Party With Election Nut  —  PARTY TIME  —  Trump partied with a MAGA crowd just hours after two soldiers died in his war in Iran.  —  President Donald Trump made an appearance at a glitzy gala at his New Jersey golf club just hours after the deaths of two U.S. troops had been confirmed.

JD Vance is moving to a wealthy enclave outside D.C. Cue the gossip (and complaints).  —  Motorcades and helicopter noise top the list of concerns for residents of this old-money town who see it as an escape from Washington.  —  Summary  —  MIDDLEBURG, Va. — No one in town has seen …

AOC channels Obama's “Hope and Change” message  —  DETROIT — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's message on the campaign trail increasingly echoes Barack Obama's early rhetoric during his 2008 campaign for president. … - Former senior Obama adviser David Axelrod also hears the parallels …

It's No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington  —  The worst part about living in Donald Trump's Washington has been seeing just how much fun he and all the MAGA vandals he brought to power have been having sacking and pillaging the place.  This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians …

Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them … Dustin Lloyd, a Democratic candidate for Missouri's state legislature, has learned how to influence what A.I. tells voters about his campaign.Clayton Steward for The New York Times  —  Dustin Lloyd, a Democratic primary candidate …

What to know about the Tate brothers, social media influencers facing rape and trafficking charges  —  Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami after U.K. prosecutors said they brought further rape and sex trafficking charges against them.

Gas prices are rising again — and so is GOP grief in the midterms  —  Just when Republicans thought they'd caught a break on gas prices, the collapse of President Trump's Iran deal is derailing their best chance to change the inflation story before the midterms.