Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’  —  It's hard to overstate the impact of “60 Minutes” on journalism.  It's the most-watched television-news program in America.  Since its debut on CBS in 1968, it's been the home of some of the most-storied broadcast journalists …

RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated little interest in managing his sprawling department as he focuses on food and vaccine policies, according to colleagues.

Auburn Board Takes Full Curricular Control, Dissolves Faculty Senate  —  The policies mirror the directives laid out in HB 580, which doesn't take effect until October and doesn't apply to the institution.  —  The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control …

Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel  —  The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran.  —  Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns …

Trump Says Iran Has Made a ‘Big’ Nuclear Promise.  It Isn't New.  —  President Trump's boasts of securing a commitment from Iranian leaders not to develop a nuclear weapon have puzzled nuclear experts who note that Tehran has made that pledge for more than 50 years.

Trump doesn't rule out giving Jan. 6 rioters who attacked police payouts from the ‘anti-weaponization’ fund  —  In an interview with NBC News' “Meet the Press,” Trump also baselessly claimed that Tuesday's elections in California were “rigged.”  —  President Donald Trump did not rule …

Foreign Businesses Are Fleeing Cuba as Its Economy Collapses  —  Mastercard and Visa are suspending transactions, hotel operators are pulling out and a major Canadian miner is rethinking its presence  —  International businesses are abandoning Cuba, delivering another blow …

Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list  —  After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers …

Intoxicating hemp industry seeks rescue in Congress as ban looms  —  The intoxicating hemp industry and its allies are quickly running out of time to convince Congress to delay or stop a looming ban on their products.  —  Without action, a ban on hemp-derived intoxicants will take effect in November.

June 6, 2026  —  In the wee hours of Friday morning, Senate Republicans passed a measure to provide about $70 billion in additional funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the parent agency for Border Patrol.

Trump Looms Over Pivotal Republican Senate Runoff in Georgia  —  The president has not yet endorsed Representative Mike Collins or Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the race to challenge the Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff.  —  Derek Dooley campaigned in rural Georgia this month …

Gen Z Has an Antisemitism Problem  —  Recent polls find that a shocking percentage of young adults harbor antisemitic views.  —  Among the vilest figures in American politics today is the far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist and Holocaust denier who makes no secret of his hateful views.

Senators Warn of Intelligence Gaps if Surveillance Program Expires  —  Two senior Republicans urged the Trump administration to prepare for the possible expiration of a contentious intelligence-gathering authority.  —  Two senior Republican senators warned the Trump administration on Saturday …

An Uncertain Win for Immigrants Seeking to Stay in U.S.  —  After a judge's ruling, there was a sense of renewed hope that immigration applications that were put on hold would move forward.  But how soon that would happen was unknown.  —  A day after a federal judge struck …

US Denies Visas to Iran National Football Team Officials Ahead of World Cup  —  The Iranian football team is scheduled to leave Antalya, Turkey, for Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday and set up its camp in Mexico.  —  However, Tasnim has learned that individuals such as team manager Mehdi Mohammadnabi …

Why most politicians are not calling for data center bans despite voters' anger  —  Many Americans are furious about the energy-guzzling behemoths that drive artificial intelligence, but politicians in both parties are cautious about backing all-out prohibition.  —  Summary

Are Latter-day Saints Christian?  The U.S. Defense Department doesn't appear to think so.  —  For nearly a decade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been engaged in a top-down rebrand meant partly to solidify its focus and bona fides as a Christian religion.