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Saturday Sessions: Rett Madison performs "Fortune Teller"
West Virginia native Rett Madison started writing songs as a child and performing at summer camps. Her most recent album, "One for Jackie," is an emotional powerhouse about her mother that thrust her into the spotlight. Now, from "One for Jackie," ...CBS News - Top stories -
Israeli ministers threaten to quit over ceasefire plan
Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir say they are opposed to striking any deal before Hamas is destroyed.BBC News - Top stories - Israel -
Trump campaign says it raised $35 million after guilty verdict, nearly doubling its prior record
Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign said it’s enjoying record success with fundraising after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his Manhattan hush-money case.MarketWatch - Business - Donald Trump -
Donors raise $233,000 to give US cart pusher, 90, chance at retirement
Dillon McCormick, an air force veteran, had been supporting himself by pushing carts in Louisiana’s triple-digit temperatures. Thousands of people have donated about a quarter of a million dollars to a 90-year-old US air force veteran who has been ...The Guardian - World -
Eye on America: Jeff Koons' new project and Caleb Carr's final book
In New York, we speak with renowned modern artist Jeff Koons about his latest project, which is raising money for kids in need. Then, we sit down with the late author Caleb Carr before the release of his final book. Watch these stories and more on ...CBS News - Top stories -
NATO allies are defying Putin’s nuclear threats — so should Washington
America has always prided itself on its leadership of NATO. This time, however, it is the NATO allies who are demonstrating leadership in support of Ukraine.The Hill - Politics -
Battle lines drawn as Washington enters new era after Trump conviction
The race for the White House has taken on a different shape as Washington enters a new political era after former President Trump’s conviction. {beacon} Evening Report Friday, May 31 © Spencer Platt/Getty Images Political world enters new ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump -
With conviction in hush-money case, good fortune runs out for ‘Teflon Don’
Trump’s extraordinary luck expired in dramatic fashion on Thursday with 34 guilty counts – unlike in his three other criminal cases. Donald Trump’s good fortune with his criminal cases ended in dramatic fashion on Thursday afternoon, when a New ...The Guardian - World -
Hundreds of millions wiped from Trump fortune in wake of conviction
Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock finishes day down 5.3% on Wall Street, as ex-president’s stake falls from $6bn to $5.6bn. Donald Trump’s paper fortune dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars on Friday as shares in his media firm came ...The Guardian - World - Donald Trump -
Lost Change, Found Fortune: The Thrill of Collecting America's Abandoned Coins
We throw out millions of dollars worth of coins each year. These people find joy in scooping them up.The Wall Street Journal - World -
New York man pleads guilty to threatening congressional staffer
A New York man on Thursday pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a congressional staff member and making more than 12,000 harassing calls to more than 50 members of Congress. Ade Salim Lilly, 35, pleaded guilty to threatening to kidnap or injure ...The Hill - Politics - New York -
Players' unions threaten strike over Club World Cup
Two days before the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in London, the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A and the PFA met to study measures to counteract FIFA's plan for a new Club World Cup.ESPN - Sports - World Cup -
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman likely to back Trump
Financier’s anticipated announcement comes as Wall Street warms to former US presidentFinancial Times - Business - Donald Trump -
Biden camp: Billionaires like Musk view Trump as 'a sucker'
President Biden’s reelection campaign argued Thursday that billionaires view former President Trump as a useful "sucker" who will cut their taxes. The Biden campaign issued a response to a Wall Street Journal report that Tesla CEO Elon Musk could ...The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden -
Billionaire plans new dive to the Titanic to demonstrate submersible exploration is 'safe'
An Ohio billionaire is preparing to launch a voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic buried deep under the sea — less than a year after the Titan submersible catastrophically imploded on its descent to the infamous icon, killing five passengers on ...NBC News - Top stories -
Texas Judge Sends Credit Card Late-Fee Suit Back to Washington, D.C., Again
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will try its case on judicial home turf despite finance industry efforts to keep proceedings in a presumably friendlier jurisdiction.Inc. - Business -
Man who made 12,000 harassing phone calls to Congress admits threatening staffer
Ade Salim Lilly, a 35-year-old Queens man, pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a congressional staff member and making more than 12,000 harassing phone calls to Congress.NBC News - Top stories -
Congressional Republicans stick by Trump after conviction
Prominent Republicans derided the verdict in Donald Trump's New York "hush money" criminal trial on Thursday, sticking by their presumptive nominee for president as he was found guilty on all counts.CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Republican lawmakers slam Trump "hush money" verdict
Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, are hammering the guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump's historic "hush money" criminal trial. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Texas Republicans open to death penalty for abortion providers
GOP convention votes on wide-ranging platform including striking law protecting abortion providers from being charged with murder. Texas Republicans are open to applying the death penalty to abortion providers, a new proposal from the state party ...The Guardian - World - Abortion -
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton discusses Trump conviction
A jury of 12 New Yorkers convicted former President Donald Trump Thursday. Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas called it "a travesty of justice." He spoke with "CBS Mornings" more about the historic court case.CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Vulnerable Republicans stay silent on Trump conviction
Vulnerable House Republicans are treading carefully around the bombshell conviction of former President Trump, showing a wariness to wade into the prickly debate over hush money, a porn star and the integrity of a once-treasured criminal justice ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump -
Katty Kay: Attack Trump verdict or be exiled - a new test for Republicans
A moderate who urged Americans to respect the verdict was warned "you just ended your campaign".BBC News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Nvidia’s billionaire founder: The No. 1 thing I believe today that my younger self wouldn’t understand
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there's "plenty of time" in any given day, if you prioritize what's most important. His younger self would've disagreed, he says.CNBC - Business -
Betting markets give lower chance of Trump election win, even as billionaires back him
Donald Trump’s chance of winning the White House race appears to have declined after his conviction in his Manhattan hush-money case. At the same time, Trump has been getting fresh support from billionaires.MarketWatch - Business - Donald Trump -
TikTok Rediscovers Bag Balm, a Rural Beauty Secret
Social media fans of Bag Balm, a moisturizer originally made for cows’ udders, say it’s just the thing for “slugging.”The New York Times - Lifestyle - Tiktok -
After the Trump Verdict, the TikTok Trial Began
Late into Thursday night, social media users debated the outcome of Donald J. Trump’s hush-money trial. Even Michael Cohen got in on the action.The New York Times - Lifestyle - Donald Trump -
How Republicans in Key Senate Races Are Flip-Flopping on Abortion
Several G.O.P. Senate candidates used to embrace anti-abortion views. Now they are shifting their positions on an issue that has become an electoral liability for their party.The New York Times - Top stories - Abortion -
Trump to be sentenced July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention
A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former U.S. president has been convicted of a crime.NBC News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Trump's Republican megadonors shrug off his guilty verdict
Donald Trump and the RNC raised over $76 million combined in April. Trump's guilty verdict won't sway Republican megadonors like Andy Sabin and Steve SchwarzmanCNBC - Business - Donald Trump -
'Shameful': Republicans quickly come to Trump's defense after his conviction
As a jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his New York criminal trial, Republicans quickly came to their presumptive presidential nominee's defense.ABC News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Trump adviser blasts College Republicans statement on New York verdict
Former President Trump’s adviser Chris LaCivita knocked College Republicans for issuing a statement arguing the outcome of Trump’s New York trial, in which he was convicted on 34 felony counts, should be respected. “Today's convictions are the ...The Hill - Politics -
Trump’s Conviction Binds Republican Party Even Closer to Him
Prominent Republicans, including congressional leaders, ex-rivals and potential running mates, basked in the energy, and fund-raising, of an outraged base.The New York Times - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Dozens of House Democrats join most Republicans in passing sweeping crypto bill
Politico - Politics - Republican Party