President Donald J. Trump has appointed a new interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York — and his choice is already sending shockwaves through the political establishment. John A. Sarcone III, a veteran attorney from Westchester County and longtime Trump ally, is now positioned to lead one

Diplomatic momentum continues to build around President Donald J. Trump’s peace initiative, as Ukraine has now agreed to Washington’s proposal in principle — signaling what may become the most significant diplomatic breakthrough in Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union. A U.S. official told CBS News on

The battle over Texas’ redrawn congressional map has now reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where opponents of the revised boundaries urged the justices on Monday to leave in place a lower court ruling that orders the state to use its prior map for the 2026 elections. The challengers say

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is not letting Sen. Mark Kelly’s latest stunt slide, and this time the Arizona Democrat’s attempted display of military superiority has backfired spectacularly. Kelly tried to flex his résumé on X on Monday, posting a boast-filled thread recounting his years in the U.

A major breakthrough toward ending the war in Eastern Europe may now be underway. According to a U.S. official who spoke with ABC News on Tuesday, Ukraine has agreed in principle to the peace framework engineered by the Trump administration — a dramatic development that could reshape global geopolitics. The

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro — a longtime political ally of President Donald J. Trump and a dominant figure in Latin America’s conservative movement — was arrested Saturday under what critics call highly political circumstances, after Brazil’s Supreme Court abruptly declared him a “flight risk” tied to his disputed

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani — freshly elected as New York City’s next mayor — is already drawing sharp criticism after releasing a transition-period video that many New Yorkers say exposes just how radical his incoming administration may be. Mamdani, who defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, used

President Donald J. Trump is warning that foreign powers are working overtime to undermine his America First trade agenda — and, by extension, the integrity of the 2026 midterm elections — by pressuring the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his signature tariffs. According to the president, such a ruling would not

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi erupted into a blistering tirade this week, unleashing a string of inflammatory accusations against President Donald Trump while portraying him as a “vile creature” and even a monarch bent on dismantling the Constitution — claims that have no grounding in reality. Speaking at a chaotic press

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has long been associated with the GOP’s neoconservative, interventionist wing — a faction increasingly out of step with the party’s rising populist base. During the 2024 presidential primary, she championed aggressive foreign policy positions on Ukraine and Israel, drawing