23 min ago - Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governor By SOPHIE AUSTIN Updated 8:45 PM EDT, June 5, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced to the general election for California governor F ... (Associated Press)

49 min ago - President Trump met with farmers in Chippewa Falls Friday, acknowledging rising input costs tied to the war in Iran and promising federal help is on the way. By: Charles Benson , Denise Craig and last updated 26 minutes ago President Trump visited Ch ... (tmj4.com/news)

1 hr ago - First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli on Friday morning said his office "has multiple election fraud investigations underway," in coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles. Essayli's remarks, posted to X, seemed to be in response to President Trump ... (Los Angeles Times)

1 hr ago - ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term. Trump noted th ... (AP)

2 hrs ago - The acting attorney general bragged about putting “roadblocks” in place for those seeking justice against Trump. Malcolm Ferguson/ June 5, 2026/11:41 a.m. ET Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche—who is currently struggling to secure S ... (newrepublic.com)

2 hrs ago - Grant Schwab Luke Ramseth Updated June 5, 2026, 5:31 p.m. ET Negotiators for striking United Auto Workers members and automotive supplier Dauch Corp. remain at odds in contract talks, the union said Friday. "Welcome to another day of bargaining with ... (Detroit News)

2 hrs ago - By MIKE STOBBE Updated 5:08 PM CDT, June 5, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread, according to a new analysis by U. ... (AP)

2 hrs ago - Story by Jennifer A. Dlouhy • 3h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump floated that he’d remain in charge of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts just days after he said Congress would retain control over the institution.
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3 hrs ago - By JOHN HANNA Updated 4:21 PM CDT, June 5, 2026 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn’t expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the effort to stop its fl ... (AP)

6 hrs ago - No 10 has dismissed the Trump administration’s criticism of “two-tier policing” in the UK as the US state department offered condolences to the family of the murdered teenager Henry Nowak. Downing Street said it did not recognise the s ... (The Guardian)

6 hrs ago - Updated 12:05 PM CDT, June 5, 2026 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite’s car struck them in a crosswalk nearly six ... (AP)

6 hrs ago - At the American Diabetes Association’s 2026 Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, a confrontation unfolded when several prominent diabetes researchers attempted to distribute copies of an editorial critical of recent federal research policy change ... (MEDPAGE Today)

7 hrs ago - Nothing can stop Donald Trump’s administration from building a massive ballroom on the White House grounds, even if courts find that the government illegally demolished the East Wing and started construction on the $400 million project without p ... (Independent)

7 hrs ago - US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries By Nate Raymond June 5, 2026 10:48 AM EDT Updated 14 mins ago Muslim migrants stranded after U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled all U.S. asylum appointments for migrants w ... (Reuters)

7 hrs ago - They're staying. Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said in a memo Friday that they would remain at "60 Minutes," potentially calming the chaotic situation that has festered at the CBS News program since the ouster of top executives and thr ... (Variety/Yahoo)

8 hrs ago - June 5, 2026 7:05 AM EDT SummaryU.S. will auction 689,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife RefugeIndustry interest uncertain after previous ANWR lease sales attracted few or no bidsSupporters cite jobs and energy secur ... (Reuters)

9 hrs ago - British actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72. Head found international fame as Rupert Giles in hit supernatural teen show Buffy in ... (BBC)

9 hrs ago - On Monday, the first night that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC’s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon returned with new episodes since Colbert signed off, Kimmel’s show dominated the competitive 11:35 p.m. time slot, according to n ... (Independent)

10 hrs ago - Former members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have launched a startup to, they say, bring “DOGE for the private sector.” Their holding company, called Special, has backing from billionaire Marc Andreessen’s ... (Wired)

10 hrs ago - Attorneys for Oak Park’s Straw, other defendants file motion for financial penalty as U.S. attorney releases rare ‘special report’ amid calls for resignations Fallout from the collapse of the ‘Broadview 6’ federal prosecutio ... (Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, IL)