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Washington — House Republicans approved a package after midnight Friday to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, sending it to President Trump’s desk.Congress beat a Friday end-of-day deadline to pass the bill, which is known as a rescissions request, after which the money would have had to be spent as originally intended. Efforts to release files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein stalled movement on the bill for hours.The House combined the vote on final passage with a procedural vote, allowing members to pass the package quickly. It passed in a mostly party-line vote, with 216 voting…

President Trump late Thursday ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein — as his administration faces pressure to disclose more details on the late sex offender.”Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval,” Mr. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!”Bondi wrote in a post on X minutes later, “we are ready to move the court…

People walk past a sign for a polling station during local council elections in Folkestone, England in May. The British government is announcing plans to lower the voting age to 16. Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures via Getty Images The British government says it will introduce legislation to lower the voting age from 18 to 16, as part of a slew of reforms aimed at modernizing U.K. democracy. Officials announced a number of what they called “seismic changes” on Thursday, which include allowing bank cards to be used as voter ID and…

President Trump asked about the idea of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a meeting with lawmakers this week, CBS News has reported, a legally untested move that follows years of on-and-off criticism of the Fed leader leveled by Mr. Trump.The president’s gripes with his handpicked Fed chair — whom he has called a “numbskull,” a “Trump Hater” and a “stubborn mule” — have largely focused on the central bank’s decision to keep interest rates relatively high so far this year, part of an inflation-fighting campaign. Mr. Trump has also taken aim at Powell’s handling of a Federal Reserve…

Airports from Boston to Atlanta have seen a substantial spike in flight cancellations since the summer travel rush began this year compared to the same period in 2024.Nationally, the cancellation rate is up about 29% from 1.4% of flights being canceled in 2024 to 1.8% so far this summer. Historically, airlines see between 1 and 2% of flights canceled on any given day.Using data from flight tracker FlightAware, CBS News looked at May 21, 2025 — the Wednesday before Memorial Day — through July 14, 2025, compared to the same period last year, which is shifted by one day.While there…

Emil Bove, President Trump’s pick to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 25. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Trump’s former personal attorney, to a lifetime federal judgeship. All the Democrats on the panel walked out and did not vote. Bove’s nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals now moves to the full Senate. Bove is tied to some…

There have been 27 major disaster declarations issued by President Trump so far in 2025. The disasters range in size and scope, from the L.A. wildfires to Midwest tornadoes and the Texas flooding as well as several winter storms. Many of them have resulted in fatalities and billions of dollars in damage to property and businesses, but one major deadly weather event that occurred in June hasn’t been declared: an extreme heat wave.Between June 20-24, a heat dome, or the presence of high heat over a region that lingers for an extended period of time, exposed nearly half of the…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense.  I’m Jon Wiener.  Later in the show: If the Supreme Court won’t overrule Trump’s executive order abolishing birthright citizenship, it’s hard to imagine them saying ‘no’ to anything he wants. David Cole, former Legal Director of the ACLU, will explain why they will say ‘no’ to him when they get the new birthright citizenship class action case.  But first: Elon Musk is starting his own political party to challenge Trump.  Will that work?  Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party will comment –  in a minute.[BREAK]There’s trouble in Trump…

Washington — President Trump has been diagnosed with a “benign and common” vein condition known as chronic venous insufficiency after he noticed swelling in his legs, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday.According to Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland Clinic, chronic venous insufficiency occurs when veins in the legs struggle to allow blood to flow back up to the heart. Leavitt said the president underwent a thorough health examination after he noticed mild swelling in his legs, and the examination revealed no evidence of more serious conditions like deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease. Leavitt said the president’s physician…

Washington — The House is expected to vote Thursday on a landmark piece of legislation to regulate cryptocurrency after its fate appeared in limbo when right-wing Republicans staged a rebellion that brought the floor to a standstill. The bill, known as the GENIUS Act, is set to become the first major crypto legislation ever passed by Congress. On Tuesday, a dozen conservatives sank a procedural vote to advance three crypto bills, including the GENIUS Act, which would establish a regulatory framework for the $250 billion market for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to the value of an asset like the U.S.…