INDIO, Calif. — The most consequential cameo of Coachella so far was an unbilled guest slot from Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday.

Fresh off a packed rally at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown L.A. that drew tens of thousands, Sanders (flanked by congressman Maxwell Frost, a Gen Z inheritor of his vision), spoke just ahead of Clairo’s ...Read more

Donald Trump’s first term as president was characterized by an unprecedented volume of false and misleading statements — exceeding 30,000, according to multiple news organizations.

As he advances through the first 100 days of his second term, his administration appears to be intensifying this pattern, amplifying a misinformation apparatus ...Read more

NEW YORK — The CBS news-magazine "60 Minutes" is not going easy on President Donald Trump and the commander-in-chief is noticing.

Trump went after the program Sunday in a social media post after seeing two critical stories regarding his handling of the Russia-Ukraine war and his proposal to annex Greenland.

"Almost every week, 60 Minutes, ...Read more

Most Americans think President Donald Trump has the right instinct when it comes to tariffs — but his execution is another story, according to new polling.

In the latest CBS News/YouGov poll, a slim majority of respondents, 51%, said they like what Trump is trying to accomplish on tariffs and trade, while 49% said they dislike it. However, a ...Read more

DETROIT — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is launching his second campaign for the U.S. Senate on Monday, after narrowly losing the 2024 race to Democrat Elissa Slotkin by about 19,000 votes.

Rogers on Monday formally entered the race for the Republican nomination. The 61-year-old Brighton native represented a mid-Michigan district in the U.S. ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran are expected to hold their second round of nuclear talks on Saturday in Rome, according to people familiar with the matter, following their first meeting in years in Oman over the weekend.

The talks are set to coincide with a visit to Italy by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, though it’s unclear if he’ll be involved in them, ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s tariff exclusions for smartphones and other tech products have added to a growing set of confusing signals for companies and trading partners digesting how to engage a White House still promising to negotiate dozens of new deals in America’s favor.

The dizzying weekend saw Trump exclude popular consumer electronics ...Read more

Ecuador’s electoral authority declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of Sunday’s election, giving him a full four-year term to try to rein in cocaine violence and rouse the economy from its lost decade.

Socialist opposition candidate Luisa González declined to concede, however, and demanded a recount.

With 94% of ballots tallied, ...Read more

News reports of noncitizens unexpectedly being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Those being detained include noncitizens who hold lawful permanent residency status.

One story concerns the March 8, 2025, arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and recent ...Read more

Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, is facing resurgent hostility.

In the decade since the court’s decision, public support for same-sex marriage has increased. Currently, about 70% of Americans approve of legally recognizing the marriages of same-...Read more

The Trump administration’s tariff policies — and the market fallout — have overshadowed one of the president’s most prominent successes: The chaos at the border created by his doddering successor has ceased.

Homeland Security officials report that illegal crossings at the southern border have fallen to their lowest level in decades. The...Read more

When Le Ngoc Tham became sales manager for a new industrial park in northern Vietnam, the goal was to turn it into an easy alternative for manufacturers leaving China to avoid the tariffs of the first U.S.-Sino trade war.

Three years later, with less than half of the 1,716-acre project completed, dozens of companies interested in leasing the ...Read more

One small step for the AP was a giant leap for the free press.

Last week, a federal court ruled in favor of the Associated Press, ordering the Trump administration to restore the organization’s access to the White House press pool. But the decision was an even more significant victory for American media.

In February, the Trump administration...Read more

“THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT”

That personalized message went out from President Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social account at 9:37 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

For those of us who saw it on X or elsewhere, the missive did not at first seem anything out of the ordinary.

Presidents named other than Trump have talked up U.S. markets. ...Read more

Intelligence chiefs testified recently on Capitol Hill about the U.S. intelligence community’s newly published annual threat assessment. In a stark departure from previous reports, this year’s assessment began with an overview of the threats posed by criminal organizations, including drug cartels and transnational gangs, before moving on to ...Read more

Apple Inc. has managed to dodge its biggest crisis since the pandemic — for the moment, at least.

Donald Trump’s 125% tariffs on goods produced in China threatened to upend its supply chain as seriously as the Covid snarls did five years ago. On Friday night, the U.S. president handed Apple a major victory, exempting many popular consumer ...Read more

President Donald Trump has lost about 20 pounds since his last official weigh-in and he can thank his golf game, at least in part, according to his doctor.

The 47th U.S. President, at 78 the oldest ever inaugurated, still stands 6-feet-3-inches tall — just as he did during his first term — but the scale now shows his weight at 224 pounds, ...Read more

At 72, Clay Lory was enjoying his retirement. He enjoyed working on hobbies, traveling and spending time with family.

But over the past couple of months, the former Norfolk, Virginia, businessman has been devoted to a new passion — opposing the actions and policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. His days are now filled with ...Read more

President Donald Trump pledged he will still apply tariffs to phones, computers and popular consumer electronics, downplaying a weekend exemption as a procedural step in his overall push to remake U.S. trade.

The late Friday reprieve — exempting a range of popular electronics from 125% tariffs on China and a 10% flat rate around the globe —...Read more