Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Anyone who’s tired of centuries of two-party dominance in American politics has probably dreamed of something coming along to shake things up. And earlier this month, when Elon Musk capped weeks of mouthing off…
Breaking down the U.S. position on Ukraine weapons – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump has clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the past, but on Monday, he announced a new plan to help arm the country as the Russian invasion continues. Charlie D’Agata explains the new plan. Be the first to know…
Democrats’ pride in being American has “fallen through the floor,” CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten has noted. Enten pointed to new survey data from Gallup which showed that just 36% of Democrats are now “extremely” or “very” proud to be American. It’s down from 80% in 2015, when former President Barack Obama was in…
Forget fireworks and cookouts: Elon Musk and Sam Altman are spending their Fourth of July sharing their frustrations about US politics. The rival tech billionaires each celebrated Independence Day with social-media posts in which they vented about the state of the 50 states. Musk rekindled his idea of starting a new political party called the…
Republican opposition to the GOP’s “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill appeared to be softening Wednesday night after President Donald Trump and White House budget director Russ Vought spent hours meeting with party holdouts during procedural votes that party leaders held open. House leaders have no desire to change the contents of the Senate-passed bill, which would…
Elon Musk made several last-ditch arguments on X, formerly Twitter, ahead of Saturday’s planned vote in the Senate that will look to advance President Donald Trump‘s “Big Beautiful” spending bill in a key vote. Why It Matters Musk, who had spent months as a close Trump ally during his time leading the Department of Government…
Details on record 59,000 migrants held at ICE facilities – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has learned ICE is currently holding 59,000 migrants at facilities across the U.S., a record high, and 20,000 over the number held in the final days of the Biden administration. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports. Be the first to know…
The impact of self-deportations on families – CBS News Watch CBS News Many migrants aren’t waiting for immigrant agents to detain them at work sites or in court rooms. Adam Yamaguchi highlights the impact felt by families when a parent decides to “self-deport.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live…
For years we’ve read stories about antidemocratic countries abroad — supreme leaders acting with impunity, masked agents rounding up residents, troops in the streets, crackdowns on peaceful protests, intimidation and arrests of opposition figures, show-of-force military parades and political assassinations. For a time this month, I was abroad. And the antidemocratic country I was reading…