Top senators consider blocking Trump's grant shakeup in spending stopgap  —  Senate leaders are deciding whether to block President Donald Trump from finalizing a plan to put political appointees in charge of approving grants, Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins said Thursday.

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference  —  State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil  —  A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation …

Democrats' novel red-state strategy: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, another shake-up in the Wisconsin governor's race. … Democrats pursue a new Senate strategy in rural states: Dropping out  —  By Sahil Kapur  —  Facing slim prospects in rural red states, Democrats are embarking …

Commerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companies  —  The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seven companies.

‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump's Unprecedented Fundraising Operation  —  Meredith O'Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out president's desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects  —  WASHINGTON—Almost every night in the White House …

Senate education committee blocks parts of Trump's Education Department breakup  —  The Senate education committee approved legislation to stop four of the Trump administration's deals to downsize the Education Department.  In a 13-9 vote, the Senate HELP Committee advanced S. 5046 …

Fox News Poll: GOP divisions shape Texas Senate race  —  President Donald Trump won the Lone Star state by nearly 14 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News Poll of Texas registered voters suggests this year's Senate race is far less settled.  Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton …

5th federal appeals court rejects ICE mass detention policy  —  A fifth federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to subject millions of immigrants — most of whom have lived in the U.S. for years without criminal records — to mandatory detention without bond.

Trump's ‘Freedom Haulers’ event revealed something deeply unsettling about the president and his team  —  Trump struggled to speak off-script and his transportation secretary jumped in to praise him.  It was an uncomfortable dynamic that speaks to what's happening behind the scenes, writes , Holly Baxter

Trump Says Peace Board Has Plan for Gaza Disarmament  —  There was no immediate comment from Hamas or Israel, though the Board of Peace said Hamas had agreed to a “road map” to give up its weapons.  —  President Trump said on Thursday in a social media post that the Board of Peace …

Exclusive: RFK Jr. hosting a new cooking show with celebrity chefs  —  RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines push protein at every meal, full-fat dairy, vegetables, fruits and whole grains.  The slogan, ‘Eat Real Food’ is mantra embraced by his circle of influencers.  —  WASHINGTON − Get ready for some sauerkraut-infused meals.

Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations  —  In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment …

The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program.  Here's how it could affect costs  —  Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs in 2027, after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past two years.

Donald Trump v. Hillary Clinton is coming to the Supreme Court  —  The president said he wants to petition the justices in the 2016 election-related case.  —  President Donald Trump wants to add another one of his personal cases to the Supreme Court's docket: his bid to revive a lawsuit …

Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service  —  The decision to suspend tours indefinitely came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump's dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center.  —  The John F. Kennedy Center …

Here Are the Republicans' Biggest Lies From Their Fauci Show Trial  —  In their retelling of the COVID story, the doctor was the bad guy, the vaccines were deadly, and Trump did everything right.  —  REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING for five years to rewrite the history of Donald Trump's two biggest moral crimes.

White House eyes reopening oil refineries amid high gasoline prices  —  The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, amid high gasoline prices spurred by the Iran war.  —  A White House official confirmed to The Hill …

Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — The Defense Department is considering its most sweeping remake of military higher education, according to an unreleased draft memorandum obtained …

Tina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan”  —  Multiple figures behind the proposal have also urged Trump to declare a “national emergency” over the midterm elections  —  A group of activists …

U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation  —  Proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is considering attaching a $100,000 price tag on international students' ability …

Amused Eagles DC copied Anthony Fauci's pleading the Fifth: ‘Did you guys see that?’  —  Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio couldn't help but laugh when he brought up controversial scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment in a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.

At least 11 Bay Area residents have been detained in ICE airport crackdown  —  A newlywed on her way home after celebrating her marriage to her American husband with friends.  —  A professional athlete who'd previously been granted a visa for sportsmen with extraordinary abilities.

Apalachee school shooting: Father of shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison  —  BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — The judge sentenced Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee school shooter Colt Gray, to 15 years in prison.  —  Colin Gray was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths …

Report: Maine Democrat Troy Jackson, Longtime Partner Are Second Cousins with 2 Children  —  Maine Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson and his longtime partner are second cousins who share two children, according to reports published Thursday.  —  The Maine Wire reported that Jackson …

A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to Iran  —  A memo obtained by WIRED, issued by the water utilities information sharing group WaterISAC, links dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water utilities to Tehran.  —  Since the US launched its war against Iran in late February …

We've Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism  —  No one has ever seen anything like it, as Donald Trump himself might say.  Buried in a new CNN poll is something striking: Trump isn't just cratering by conventional approval measurements; he's also absolutely collapsing …

Birx says ‘persistent anger’ over COVID response evident after Fauci hearing  —  Deborah Birx, the former coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said there is still “persistent anger” about the government's COVID-19 response following former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing Wednesday.

Musk Plans to Spend at Least $100 Million to Help Republicans in the Midterms  —  Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.  —  Elon Musk, a year after voicing deep frustration …

Trump DOJ Hands Judge Unredacted Epstein Records After Katie Phang's Court Win  —  The Justice Department now says it delivered the records directly to the judge after Katie Phang successfully challenged the government's Epstein-file redactions.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch  —  Add us on

Kansas Supreme Court deals final blow to GOP bid to throw out late-arriving mail ballots  —  In a decisive win for voters, the Kansas Supreme Court rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab's (R) final emergency effort to revive a strict Election Day receipt deadline for mail-in ballots right before the state's primary.