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House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children

By Mariana Alfaro
Jun 04, 2026 7:00 pm - As grocery prices continue to rise nationally, the House on Thursday passed an appropriations bill that would cut funding for a program that helps pregnant women and children purchase healthy foods.
Trump strips job protections from 8,000 senior federal workers

By Meryl Kornfield
Jun 04, 2026 6:46 pm - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday reclassifying about 8,000 senior federal workers and making it easier to fire them for any reason, despite criticism that the move would politicize the civil service.
Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

By Jonathan Edwards
Jun 04, 2026 6:26 pm - More than half the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog group.
Trump scraps ocean sensors providing crucial data on climate, flooding

By Leslie Kaufman and Eric Roston
Jun 04, 2026 4:14 pm - The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle most of a $386 million federal ocean-observing network will leave scientists without an irreplaceable source of data used to understand how climate change is affecting crucial currents and marine ecosystems and increasing coastal flooding.
House poised to pass Ukraine aid over the objections of Republican leaders

By KEVIN FREKING
Jun 04, 2026 3:54 pm - The House is on course to pass legislation that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy despite opposition from Republican leaders who warn the bill will undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result.
Trump says he’s nominating Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jun 03, 2026 10:20 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.
House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran, in a rebuke of Trump

By LISA MASCARO
Jun 03, 2026 6:51 pm - The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
Trump acknowledges calling Netanyahu ‘crazy’ and says Israel is complicating peace talks with Iran

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and JOSH BOAK
Jun 03, 2026 11:35 am - President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.
Bari Weiss says fired ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley violated ‘trust and mutual respect’

By Scott Nover
Jun 03, 2026 11:16 am - CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss sought to explain her actions to “60 Minutes” staff on Wednesday, after firing correspondent Scott Pelley from the newsmagazine. “I kn...
Iran strikes Kuwait’s main airport and kills 1 as ceasefire is tested again

By JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY
Jun 03, 2026 10:32 am - Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killed one person and wounded dozens — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the U.S. that test a fragile ceasefire.

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