Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him  —  Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum  —  President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”  —  President Trump on Friday ordered warning signs …

Trump's new tariffs hit with lawsuit  —  President Trump's new tariffs were hit a legal challenge Friday from two small businesses who are represented by part of the legal team that toppled Trump's earlier tariffs at the Supreme Court.  —  The new surcharge, between 10 percent and 12.5 percent …

South Carolina on cusp of being first 2028 Democratic presidential primary state  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  South Carolina is one step away from becoming the first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary state for 2028, after the Democratic National Committee's Rules …

Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview  —  “Maybe some people do loathe me.  And that's probably true.  I don't care,” said Musk.  —  Elon Musk sat down with the editor-in-chief of the Economist for a taped interview that went live Thursday.

Secret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate race  —  Sade, a self-described mother of three from Michigan, posted a video to Instagram and TikTok earlier this July, expressing a popular sentiment: It was getting harder to make ends meet, as the costs of gas, rent …

‘A circular firing squad’: Senate GOP pushes back on Trump's tiff with Thune  —  President Donald Trump is escalating his war of words against Senate Majority Leader John Thune.  He's still not likely to get what he wants.  —  Trump on Wednesday told rally-goers in Georgia to “call John Thune” …

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane  —  More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.  —  The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since …

Iranian Threat to Air Force One Prompted Plane Swap During NATO Summit  —  The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet.  —  President Trump abruptly switched aircraft …

Iran's New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says  —  The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons.  U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.  —  American intelligence agencies believe …

EU hits Google with $1 billion antitrust fine  —  The European Commission fined Google the equivalent of about $1 billion Thursday for manipulating its search results to hurt competitors and blocking app developers from directing customers to cheaper deals outside its Play store.

Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months  —  The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.  —  Paramount said on Friday that it had agreed to halt its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until next June …

Trump to deliver ‘unifying yet vicious’ remarks at press dinner months after shooting incident, White House says  —  The president, first lady and top administration officials had to be evacuated and the April dinner canceled after a heavily armed man rushed past security.

Bahrain, Kuwait Warplanes Struck Iran in Rare Gulf Retaliation  —  The strikes earlier this month reflect Arab reckoning with a lengthy war that threatens to draw them in even more deeply  —  Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent jets to attack sites inside Iran, their first such direct retaliation …

Fired ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Says She Was Pushed to Report on Events ‘That Never Happened’ Under Bari Weiss' Leadership at CBS News … Vega claimed that the “new administration” at CBS News — indicating Weiss, whom Paramount CEO David Ellison installed as editor in chief of the division last fall …

Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospora Recall  —  Officials became convinced by FDA's findings, and gave the agency the green light to make them public  —  Representatives for produce giant Taylor Farms contacted the White House with an urgent plea …

Rochester jury finds woman who hurled racial slurs at a Black child on a playground guilty  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"A woman who called a Black, autistic child a racial slur last year has been found guilty of one count of disorderly conduct and not guilty on another." …

Comer: 1 NDA produced by Leon Black to House Oversight ‘unacceptable’  —  The House Oversight Committee on Friday received one non-disclosure agreement involving billionaire founder of Apollo Global Management Leon Black, an associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein …

Appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt $100,000 H-1B visa fee ruling  —  A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to halt a judge's order preventing it from imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.