Platner's Wife Flagged His Sexual Texts With Other Women as Maine Senate Race Began  —  The wife of Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine, told the campaign he had sent sexual messages to other women.  —  Graham Platner's insurgent bid for Senate in Maine was gathering steam …

Trump to headline Great American State Fair after music acts cancel  —  Trump's advisers worked quickly to organize a rally, set for June 24, after several performers slated for the concert series to be held this summer on the National Mall dropped out.  —  President Donald Trump will headline …

Meteor explodes off coast of Massachusetts, causing loud boom  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts, causing a loud boom that could be heard throughout the state Saturday afternoon, according to WBZ-TV chief meteorologist Eric Fisher.

Inside the Deal to Drop Trump's $10 Billion Suit Against the I.R.S. … Time was running out.  —  President Trump had sued the I.R.S. for $10 billion, and a federal judge was pressing the Justice Department to explain how it could muster an independent defense of the agency against the man who ultimately controlled it.

Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent  —  The departure of more than 10,000 federal lawyers has left some agencies without sufficient staff and has boosted the ranks of state attorneys general offices and advocacy groups.  —  President Trump's upheaval of the federal government …

Senator Dan Sullivan Has a New Challenger in Alaska: Dan Sullivan  —  Two candidates with the same name will be on the ballot seeking the same seat in the state's primary.  “It's going to be confusing,” one Republican said.  —  In Alaska this election season, the biggest supporters …

U.S. Military Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Drug Trafficking  —  Around 200 people have now been killed in the attacks since last year, in an operation critics say has failed to slow the smuggling of cocaine.  —  The U.S. military killed three men in a strike against a boat in the eastern Pacific …

Trump requests edits to Iran deal his envoys negotiated  —  President Trump asked for several amendments to the deal his envoys reached with their Iranian counterparts during a Situation Room meeting on Friday, according to a senior administration official and a second source briefed on the issue.

Trump in ‘excellent health’ but should lose weight and exercise more, his doctor says  —  Donald Trump's doctor says the US president is in “excellent health” following his annual medical exam.  —  Capt Sean Barbabella wrote a memo released by the White House on Friday that Trump …

Blue states pitch 100 percent tax on Trump's ‘anti-weaponization’ payouts  —  “If you storm the Capitol and you take from this slush fund, too bad, we're taking it,” one New York lawmaker said.  —  Summary  —  Democratic state leaders around the country have an unusual strategy …

A New ‘Wounded Bear Caucus’ in the Senate Means More Trouble for Trump  —  Why the GOP's split with the White House over a $1.8 billion fund could be first of many public fights  —  WASHINGTON—The congressional recess is typically a cooling-off period that helps ease tensions between the White House and Capitol Hill.

What Trump Actually Wants From the G.O.P.  —  “You can be the kingmaker even when you're not the king,” argues the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein.  The Republican strategist Liam Donovan joins “The Ezra Klein Show” to explain that Trump's core strategy is ensuring a vulnerable G.O.P. can never abandon him.

The Best News in America  —  I lived in Baltimore for a brief time just before the Great Recession, when the city seemed like a great experiment in gentrifying can-do — the wealth spillover from Washington, D.C., funding youthful forays in exposed-brick living, top-to-bottom renovations …

Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents … Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his career.  He recently said that he's “beginning to regret having lived so long—because we're going downhill.”

GOP's anti-"woke" playbook faces ultimate test in Texas  —  The Texas Senate race has become a national laboratory for anti-"woke" politics, testing whether voters still recoil from the language of 2020 amid the economic pain of 2026.  —  Why it matters: Republicans came away from 2024 convinced …