Tony Dokoupil's makeover of the "CBS Evening News" landed with a thud in its first week. According to Nielson, viewership has plummeted 23% compared to a year ago. ABC's "World News Tonight" saw 8.1 million viewers, while NBC's "Nightly News" grabbed 6.73 million.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, including classified systems, as part of a broader initiative to incorporate AI technology across the military.
US Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
We really did not expect this to be a series, but you roll with the punches. That will happen when it's big news AND you have 4 days to think about it while you're in recovery.
But in recent months, applicants for positions at the publication " which reaches about 1.4 million people a day across its platforms, according to the publisher " have been asked: "How would you advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired." That question has prompted worries about whether President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to influence the newspaper's independence by making an ideological litmus test part of the hiring process, a concern one administration official said was unjustified.
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is demanding [University of Pennsylvania] turn over names and personal information about Jewish members of the Penn community as part of the administration's stated goal to combat antisemitism on campuses. But some Jewish faculty and staff have condemned the government's demand as "a visceral threat to the safety of those who would find themselves identified because compiling and turning over to the government lists of Jews' conjures a terrifying history", according to a press release put out by the groups' lawyers. Read more
Prosecutors have asked for South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol to be handed a death sentence if he is found guilty over his botched attempt to impose martial law. A court in Seoul heard closing arguments in Yoon's trial, in which he was accused of being the "ringleader of an insurrection". The charge stems from Yoon's attempt in December 2024 to impose military rule in South Korea - an act that lasted just hours but plunged the country into political turmoil. He was later impeached by parliament and detained to face trial.
Several Republicans, including South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, have been busted casting doubt on President Donald Trump's claims of fraud in the 2020 election. A new report from The New York Times uncovered grand jury testimony from several senior Republican members in which they criticize the president and reveal the lengths he would go to believe the election was indeed stolen. The testimony was taken in 2022 and released after an order was lifted by judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court, who ruled over the Georgia case. In his testimony, Graham described the president's claims as "unnerving." He also told the grand jurors, "I have told him more times than we can count that he fell short," and "if you told him Martians came and stole votes, he'd be inclined to believe it."
According to The Telegraph, "Trump has been warned that the US military needs more time to prepare for strikes against Iran." Military commanders in the Middle East stated they need to "consolidate US military positions and prepare defences" in anticipation of an Iranian retaliatory attack. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) " The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies, and commissions, following his administration's review of participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the United Nations, according to a White House release. Read more
Scott Adams, the creator of the long-running comic strip Dilbert and an author and commentator whose work reached millions, has died at age 68 following a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. Adams had publicly disclosed his diagnosis in 2025, explaining that the cancer had spread to his bones and that his condition was terminal. In recent weeks, he told followers that he was receiving hospice care at his home in Northern California.
The public now demands regime change, financial resources are gone and support outside the country has collapsed, writes Mojtaba Dehghani.
The documents shed new light on Renee Good's connection to efforts to monitor and potentially disrupt ICE operations " an association that federal officials have made clear is at the center of their review into the deadly incident that occurred as she partially blocked ICE agents in the street with her SUV. Read more
Yesterday, we wrote roughly 5,000 words on the shooting in Minneapolis, and didn't even get to half of the things we intended to discuss. That's the price of admission around here, we suppose; everyone knows that if you're someone who needs 10,000-20,000 words to say what you want to say, the punishment is that you either have to: (1) go to grad school in history or (2) go to law school.
The Minneapolis shooting is still a big story, and we've been collecting material for this item for 4 days. So, we're going to break it into sections. Buckle up, because it's going to be a bumpy ride.
