A ball in the bench area during a practice session for the Michigan Wolverines ahead of the Sweet Sixteen in the South Regional of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament at State Farm Arena on March 27, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images The energy is electric, the stakes are sky-high and college basketball’s biggest moment … Read more
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal bureaucracy have included slashing a little-known government agency that channels grant money to America’s libraries — a potentially crippling interruption to a funding lifeline for libraries around the country. One staff member at the Institute of Museum and Library Services sent grant coordinators a chilling email, obtained … Read more
Washington — Senate Republicans on Friday night began a marathon series of votes — known as a “vote-a-rama” — as Congress inches closer to enacting President Trump’s agenda. Senate Republicans unveiled a new 70-page budget blueprint Wednesday that lays out a path toward implementing Mr. Trump’s border security, defense, energy and tax priorities. The resolution … Read more
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky’s career NHL regular-season record of 894 goals, one that has stood for more than a quarter-century. It’s a number that was seemingly untouchable. Gretzky, considered arguably the greatest hockey player of all time, set the mark with the New York Rangers in 1999 in … Read more
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to withhold millions of dollars in federal education grants because it said they funded programs that involve diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The high court split 5-4 in granting a request from the Justice Department to pause a federal district court … Read more
SACRAMENTO — As more people in California lose private insurance, the state’s FAIR plan is filling up with homes in places the industry itself has classified as low-risk for wildfire. The state regulator has a strategy that they say will help people get off the FAIR plan. A CBS News California analysis reveals the state’s … Read more
A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California to close out the first crewed flight around Earth’s poles. Three-and-a-half days after launch Monday from the Kennedy Space Center — and after 55 … Read more
Washington — President Trump on Friday said he would sign another executive order to delay enforcement of a law that effectively bans TikTok, amid talks about a possible deal to sell the widely popular platform. Mr. Trump signed an executive order on his first day directing the Justice Department to not enforce the ban for 75 … Read more
Maseru, Lesotho — President Trump in March described Lesotho as a place “nobody has ever heard of,” and then this week he hit the tiny African kingdom with the highest of his “reciprocal” trade tariffs for any single nation. Mr. Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs included a whopping 50% levy on the small, impoverished nation’s … Read more
President Trump is promising that his April 2 “Liberation Day” volley of tariffs will “make America wealthy again” by repatriating manufacturing jobs and reviving demand for American-made products. But many economists are taking a different view, warning that the tariffs could lead to more dire economic scenarios, including a recession or stagflation. Mr. Trump has said … Read more