Opinion: After Bengal Defeat, Is Mamata Banerjee Preparing For National Politics?
The American Family Is at a Breaking Point. Our Politics Have Finally Noticed.
Society has treated parenting as a private endeavor. But what if raising children is also a public good?
The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics
National The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics June 8, 20265:00 AM ET By Scott Neuman Illustration by Annelise Capossela for NPR Three years ago, Jessa Davis had an epiphany: After she came out as a trans woman, remaining in deep-red Texas felt untenable. So, she sold her house in Odessa and moved to the liberal bastion of Seattle, Wash. Davis describes herself as a trans refugee. Back in Texas, she says, lived in a "pretty hostile and frankly dang...
Keir Starmer to say ‘tech revolution must work for everyone’ in speech on AI – UK politics live
Prime minister to give speech on the government’s technology policy this morning Good morning. Two weeks today, it seems more likely than not that Andy Burnham will be taking his seat as the new MP for Makerfield. A byelection win is not certain, but the campaign is definitely going his way. Keir Starmer has been saying he won’t just stand aside and let Burnham replace him as Labour leader, but these briefings are being received with a hefty dose of scepticism.The unnamed minister quoted in toda...
Forget corruption: From Graham Platner to Ken Paxton, both parties embrace the politics of hypocrisy
Imagine, for a moment, that Graham Platner was a Republican.The Democrats would be going nuclear, declaring him a horrible human being.He’s utterly unfit for office, they would shout, sexting other women while he was married.How could he represent Maine in the Senate, they would say, when he was sporting a Nazi tattoo?WATCH: MAINE VOTERS DIVIDED ON PLATNER AS SCANDALS SHADOW DEMOCRATIC PRIMARYLook at the New York Times, which found three women who say he physically manhandled them and made them...
Politics over tax reform
The government will market its new “small trader scheme” as an effort to bring retailers into the tax net and generate Rs50 billion annually. A cursory look would, however, reveal that it is less a tax reform initiative and more a negotiated settlement with one of Pakistan’s most under-taxed yet politically influential constituencies. The scheme offers traders with annual sales of up to Rs200 million a simplified one per cent turnover tax on a voluntary basis. Participants will face minimal comp...
Silicon Valley including Meta has embraced Maga politics, says Nick Clegg
Meta’s former head of global affairs says executives pivoted right in some cases for ‘rather more self-interested’ reasonsSilicon Valley companies including Meta have decided to embrace Maga politics, some for “rather more self-interested” reasons, the former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.Clegg, who spent nearly seven years at Meta as the head of global affairs, told The Rest is Money podcast that it felt like “a very good time for me to move on” when he left the company in March...
‘What if all cockroaches came together?’ The youth movement threatening to shake up India’s politics
Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to country’s rightwing governmentThe call out to the youth of India was simple: “Get ready to swarm the streets of Delhi with peaceful and loving dissent.” They came in their thousands.The weekend marked the first public protest of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP), a movement that began as an online joke, but which has swiftly grown into one of the most unexpected challenges to the indomitable pow...
Trump rejects idea that Iran betrays his "no new wars" campaign message
Politics Trump rejects idea that Iran betrays his "no new wars" campaign message June 7, 20267:07 PM ET By The Associated Press President Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of "No new wars" that he made repeatedly as he campaigned again for the White Ho...
Lawsuit attempts to stop UFC fight at White House on Trump's birthday
Politics Lawsuit attempts to stop UFC fight at White House on Trump's birthday By Caitlin Yilek Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation. Read Full Bio Caitlin Yilek June 7, 2026 / 6:24 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — A federal lawsuit...
Khanna condemns Platner's past actions, but "they didn't come as a surprise" to Maine voters
Face The Nation Khanna condemns Platner's past actions, but "they didn't come as a surprise" to Maine voters .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-face-the-nation.jpg'); } By Caitlin Yilek Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Pr...
Authenticity is what American voters want
Results in US Democratic primary races are showing that old establishment politics no longer work.
Himes says Pulte in intelligence role is Trump's "worst and most dangerous" appointment
Face The Nation Rep. Jim Himes says Bill Pulte in intelligence role is Trump's "worst and most dangerous" appointment .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-face-the-nation.jpg'); } By Caitlin Yilek Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the Na...
Trump vows to bring American boots on the ground in Iran if a deal isn't struck as ceasefire begins to crumble
Trump vows to bring American boots on the ground in Iran if a deal isn't struck as ceasefire begins to crumble SPECIAL OFFER: Sign up to our weekly US politics newsletter and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ HERESee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy VICTORIA CHURCHILL, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 15:14, 7 June 2026 | Updated: 15:18, 7 June 2026 e-mail View comments
GB: politics of ambiguity
THE people of Gilgit-Baltistan joined Pakistan at the time of independence after liberating the region from Dogra rule. It was a unanimous aspiration to become part of the Muslim state. Assuming the relationship would be formalised through constitutional inclusion and political empowerment, GB’s people aligned themselves with mainstream Pakistani political parties, unlike Azad Kashmir, where indigenous political parties continued to play a significant role. Unfortunately, instead of the evolutio...
Will America’s evangelicals stick with Trump?
A critical part of the president’s base is questioning whether his politics and rhetoric align with Christian values
NYT panel debates whether Graham Platner is a ‘dirtbag’ or Democrats’ answer to Trump-era politics
New York Times Opinion panelists on Saturday debated Democrat Graham Platner's Maine U.S. Senate campaign on "The Opinions," asking whether his scandals, outsider image and support ahead of Tuesday's primary show how deeply President Donald Trump has changed voters' expectations for character in politics."Obviously, he’s not Donald Trump. I mean, he is the gateway drug to Trumpism. Let’s put it this way: If he wins and [Texas Senate candidate James] Talarico loses, the cry across the land, in th...
Inside the Democrat plot to deploy Hunter Biden as secret 'MAGA whisperer' to capture disillusioned Trump supporters amid midterms desperation
Inside the Democrat plot to deploy Hunter Biden as secret 'MAGA whisperer' to capture disillusioned Trump supporters amid midterms desperationSPECIAL OFFER: Sign up to our weekly US politics newsletter HERE and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy CHARLIE SPIERING, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 19:05, 6 June 2026 | Updated: 19:05, 6 June 2026 e-mail View comments
It's the toughest job in Welsh politics – so just who would want it?
After a humiliating Senedd election the once-coveted role of Welsh Labour leader is now suddenly a less desirable post
Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat
And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today.