Nation and World
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Israel kills 8 in Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah will de-escalate
Jun 02, 2026 8:10 am - Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including a father and his two children, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting.
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The ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran are stretching the term's meaning
Jun 02, 2026 8:07 am - Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. So why is there still so much fighting?
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Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill as Trump reconsiders plans for his $1.8 billion fund
Jun 02, 2026 8:01 am - WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after the Trump administration signaled it was pausing contentious plans to ...
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Florida suit claims company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT
Jun 02, 2026 7:21 am - The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks, including offering instructions to children considering suicide and helping suspects plot crimes.
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Colorado elections clerk released from prison after governor commutes sentence
Jun 02, 2026 7:20 am - Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by President Donald Trump, was released from...
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Trump reconsidering $1.8 billion fund, AP source says, as Justice Department temporarily pauses it
Jun 02, 2026 7:07 am - President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday, as the Justice Department said it would temporarily pause its implementation to comply with a court order.
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Lacking money and support, Trump’s Board of Peace stalls in Gaza
Jun 02, 2026 7:06 am - Seven months after President Donald Trump announced his peace plan for Gaza and more than four months since he convened his Board of Peace to implement and pay for it, the plan is stalled and expected donations to the fund it created are nonexistent.
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Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'
Jun 02, 2026 7:04 am - In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists.
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Scott Pelley of '60 Minutes' accuses CBS News head Bari Weiss of 'murdering' the show, report says
Jun 01, 2026 4:12 pm - NEW YORK — In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss of “murdering the show” and accus...
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Iran says it is breaking off talks to end war after U.S. and Israeli strikes
Jun 01, 2026 2:53 pm - Iran said Monday that it was breaking off talks with the Trump administration to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz following an escalation of Israeli military a...