Backlog of court cases delays justice for crime victims and the accused
A CBS News investigation has uncovered a massive backlog of court cases that has delayed progress on hundreds of thousands of criminal cases across the United States. CBS News obtained…
Donald Trump maelstrom likely to leave US economic model unrecognisable | Heather Stewart
Donald Trump observed blithely last week that if his cherished tariff regime is struck down by the US supreme court, he may need to “unwind” some of the trade deals…
Protesters in France seeking to "block everything" clash with police
Protesters blocked roads, set blazes and were met with volleys of police tear gas Wednesday in Paris and elsewhere in France, seeking to heap pressure on President Emmanuel Macron by…
One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster. When will it dawn on Starmer? | Simon Tisdall
Sucking up to Donald Trump never works for long. Narendra Modi is the latest world leader to learn this lesson the hard way. Wooing his “true friend” in the White…
The D Brief: Deadly force in the Caribbean; How China arms Russia; SPACECOM HQ to move; Drone conundrum; And a bit more.
The U.S. military killed nearly a dozen people in a small speedboat allegedly carrying narcotics from Venezuela, President Trump said Tuesday at the White House, echoed shortly afterward by a…
Ukraine’s milestone shows drones prevent defeat, but don’t secure victory
Ukraine has reached a milestone, the country’s Ministry of Defense announced Monday: more than one million drones delivered to military units since January, with two million expected by the end of…
EPA plans to weaken limits on some "forever chemicals" in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common…
Labor market added 911,000 fewer jobs than earlier reported, BLS says
The U.S. labor market added 911,000 fewer jobs in the 12-month period that ended March 2025 than had earlier been reported, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday. The…
‘We are the troops’: Chicago braces for Trump’s National Guard plan
Tom BatemanBBC News, in Chicago Getty Images Police remove tents which demonstrators were using to block a vehicle entrance to an ICE facility outside Chicago On the South Side of…
















