The U.S. government’s authority to conduct certain foreign surveillance under the FISA law is set to expire on Friday. This happened because the House of Representatives rejected a short-term extension, partly due to opposition to President Donald Trump’s temporary pick for director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte.
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FISA stands for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows surveillance on foreign targets.
The current surveillance powers authorized under FISA are scheduled to end this Friday.
The House of Representatives voted against a short, temporary extension of these powers.
Some lawmakers opposed Bill Pulte, President Trump’s interim choice for director of national intelligence.
The surveillance powers relate to national security and intelligence gathering.
Without an extension or new law, these surveillance authorities will expire.
This situation may affect how U.S. intelligence agencies conduct foreign surveillance.
The issue is part of ongoing political discussions around intelligence and national security policy.
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A judge has ordered that President Donald Trump’s name must be removed from the outside of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The Kennedy Center’s board, chosen by President Trump, tried to stop the removal but the judge said no, confirming a previous decision that adding Trump’s name was illegal.
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President Trump’s name was added to the front of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
A judge ruled last month that putting Trump’s name there was illegal and ordered its removal.
The Kennedy Center's board members were selected by President Trump and had named him chairman.
The board tried to stop the removal by appealing the judge’s order but the judge rejected their request.
The Kennedy Center has removed Trump’s name from official documents and its website.
President Trump has openly criticized the judge’s decision on social media.
This is part of several legal challenges against President Trump’s efforts to make changes to important buildings in Washington, DC.
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Merope Mills was awarded a CBE in the king’s birthday honours for her work on patient safety in England. She helped create "Martha’s rule," a system that allows patients, families, and staff to request a second medical opinion if they are worried about care. This rule has helped save hundreds of lives since it started in 2024.
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Merope Mills is a healthcare campaigner and senior editor at the Guardian.
Martha’s rule is named after Mills’s daughter, Martha, who died in 2021 due to sepsis that was not properly treated.
The rule lets people call a hospital helpline to request a rapid review of patient care.
Since 2024, the rule has potentially saved over 500 lives in England.
Martha suffered pancreas injury and developed sepsis at King’s College Hospital in London.
Medical staff initially missed warning signs, and Martha’s parents' concerns were not fully acted upon.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting praised Mills and her husband for pushing for this change.
The rule aims to give more power to patients and families in hospitals to improve safety.
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A federal judge has allowed a UFC fight event to take place on the South Lawn of the White House. Meanwhile, the Kennedy Center board is working to prevent the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the building.
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A UFC fight is scheduled to happen on the White House South Lawn.
A federal judge approved this UFC event to proceed.
The event is set for Sunday.
The Kennedy Center board wants to keep President Trump’s name on their building.
There is a move underway to remove President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.
CBS News reporter Katrina Kaufman covered the story.
The story involves government-related decisions and actions linked to President Trump.
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A federal judge allowed a UFC mixed martial arts event to take place on the White House South Lawn this weekend. The event is planned to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary and coincides with President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.
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A UFC ring was built on the White House South Lawn for the event.
The event is scheduled for Sunday during President Trump’s birthday.
A legal group tried to stop the event but the judge denied their request.
Judge Amit Mehta said the group likely does not have the legal right to block the event.
The judge also said the group waited too long to file the lawsuit.
The event is part of the 250th anniversary celebration of the United States.
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A man from London was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for scamming over 30 people out of more than £77,000 by pretending to rent out a flat he did not own. He used fake documents and false excuses after taking deposits and rent payments.
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Frederic Priestley, 34, from Southwark, London, ran a rental scam from April to September last year.
He advertised a flat for rent on Facebook and gave fake tenancy agreements to victims.
Priestley took deposits and rent payments, totaling about £77,400, without owning the property.
Payments from victims mostly ranged between £800 and £2,000.
He made up stories, such as family deaths, to avoid completing rental agreements.
Police received 34 reports about Priestley’s scam from the fraud reporting center in September last year.
He was arrested in October 2025 and pleaded guilty in April at Croydon magistrates court.
On Friday, he was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison for fraud by false representation.
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Police in Toledo, Ohio, arrested Eljay Crisp-Carr in connection with a shooting at a local street festival that injured 12 people. Another suspect, Ka Nye Taylor, remains at large as the investigation continues.
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The shooting occurred on June 6 during the Old West End festival in Toledo.
The event was crowded, with tents, music, and food trucks in a historic neighborhood.
Police say a fight between two groups escalated, leading to gunfire.
Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, was charged with 11 counts of felonious assault.
Crisp-Carr was seen firing into the crowd after initially moving away from the fight.
The victims ranged in age from teenagers to people in their 60s.
The festival’s second day was canceled due to the shooting.
The Toledo shooting is one of more than 180 mass shootings in the US so far this year, defined as incidents with four or more people shot or killed.
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President Donald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be the new director of national intelligence. This role involves overseeing the United States' intelligence agencies and gathering information for national security.
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Jay Clayton previously led the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates the stock market.
President Trump chose Clayton for the position of director of national intelligence.
The director of national intelligence manages the U.S. intelligence community.
The intelligence community includes agencies like the CIA and NSA that gather information for national security.
This nomination is part of President Trump’s efforts to fill key government roles.
CBS News reported on this nomination and provided details through reporter Olivia Gazis.
The role of director of national intelligence is important for coordinating information to protect the country.
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President Donald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, who used to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be the director of national intelligence. This nomination came after some criticism of a previous choice. Other related news includes a lawsuit against the Pentagon over press rules and a judge allowing a UFC fight at the White House to proceed.
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Jay Clayton, former SEC chair, is nominated by President Trump for director of national intelligence.
The nomination follows backlash against an earlier nominee named Pulte.
The Pentagon faces a lawsuit from The New York Times about restrictive press rules described as "Orwellian."
A judge ruled that a UFC fight planned at the White House can go ahead this weekend.
CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman provided details on these developments.
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President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. is close to signing an agreement to help end the war with Iran. However, some of the main goals set by President Trump for the conflict have not yet been achieved, and the list of goals has changed since the start of the war on February 28.
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President Trump said a deal with Iran could be signed soon to end the war.
The agreement is expected to be a memorandum of understanding.
Key objectives President Trump set for the war remain unfinished.
The administration’s goals for the war have expanded and shifted over time.
The war began on February 28.
The conflict has impacted the global economy.
It has also tested U.S. alliances with other countries.
There are still questions about how the war was planned and justified.
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Kathryn Woessner, a 68-year-old woman from Minnesota, was found alive after being stuck in a deep mud puddle for several days. She was discovered on June 6, 2026, after going missing on June 3, and was taken to a hospital due to her medical condition.
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Kathryn Woessner was last seen on June 3, 2026.
She was found stuck in a mud puddle around 2 feet deep on June 6, 2026.
Two men, Mike Gravalin and Adam Sandbeck, rescued her.
Woessner said her car got stuck, and she slipped into the mud while trying to get out.
She was stuck on her back for several days and had serious sunburn on her face.
She did not have any personal belongings with her when found.
Because of her medical condition, she was taken to Essentia Health- St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd, Minnesota.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reported the rescue.
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The number of people held in ICE detention centers has dropped to about 58,000, leaving many empty beds. This decrease comes after a period of rapid growth in detention capacity and high numbers of detainees during President Trump's first year in office, followed by reduced arrests after concerns over enforcement policies.
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ICE currently has fewer detainees than the available detention beds, meaning some space is empty.
The daily average number of detainees is around 58,000, down from a peak of nearly 72,000 in January.
ICE spent $38 billion expanding detention space in recent years.
After two U.S. citizens were killed in Minneapolis, President Trump slowed down city-wide immigration enforcement, leading to fewer arrests and detentions.
The family detention center in Dilley, Texas, is not full, and there are no plans to expand it.
Earlier, ICE lacked enough detention space, causing the use of unsuitable places like offices and courthouses to hold migrants.
Some migrants were released last winter due to this lack of space.
While arrests and deportations remain higher than during President Biden’s time, they haven’t reached the goal of 3,000 arrests per day set by White House officials.
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Representative James Comer has asked lawyer Alan Dershowitz to testify before a House committee about the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activities. The request is part of a larger inquiry into Epstein's crimes and related evidence.
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Rep. James Comer is a Republican from Kentucky.
He is the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Comer requested Alan Dershowitz to testify about Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case.
Alan Dershowitz is a lawyer who was connected to Epstein in the past.
The request follows public reports and documents from the Department of Justice.
The committee is examining evidence and information related to Epstein’s crimes.
Epstein was convicted as a sex offender.
This testimony is part of Congress's ongoing efforts to investigate the Epstein case.
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U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke said President Donald Trump wants to make a deal with Iran. However, Trump will not give money or remove sanctions without clear promises from Iran and proof that Iran follows the rules.
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Ryan Zinke is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
President Donald Trump seeks a negotiated agreement with Iran.
Trump will not send money to Iran as part of a deal.
Sanctions on Iran will not be lifted unless Iran meets certain conditions.
The conditions include clear guarantees and proof that Iran complies with the deal.
Zinke’s statements emphasize caution in any agreement with Iran.
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia because of a new state law that bans masks for federal agents working there. The DOJ argues this law wrongly tries to control federal law enforcement actions and is against the Constitution.
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The Department of Justice sued the state of Virginia.
The lawsuit focuses on a new Virginia rule that bans masks for federal agents.
The DOJ says this rule tries to control federal law enforcement in a way that is not allowed by the Constitution.
Federal agents wear masks to protect their identities and safety while working.
The lawsuit was filed on a Thursday.
The issue involves how state rules affect federal law enforcement operations.
The DOJ’s position is that federal laws and operations should not be limited by state laws like this mask ban.
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The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has led to thousands of detentions, including many spouses and parents of U.S. citizens. Data shows that only a small percentage of those detained had violent criminal records, and many families have been separated or affected by these actions.
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More than 400,000 individuals without violent criminal history have been targeted in the crackdown.
Only 3% of those detained by ICE during the first 14 months of President Trump's second term had a violent felony conviction.
In the first eight months of 2025, ICE detained parents of about 14,450 U.S.-born children.
Over 9,700 children had at least one parent detained, with more than 7,000 parents eventually deported.
ICE detained 4,843 spouses of U.S. citizens in the first eight months of 2025, and over 2,000 were deported in the first seven months.
The Department of Homeland Security stated it is enforcing immigration laws to keep the country safe and targets those who entered illegally.
Immigration advocates are asking Congress to create laws that allow undocumented immigrants in mixed-status families to stay in the U.S.
The DHS said families are not separated by the agency and offers options for children of detained parents.
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A 17-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck in Brierfield, near Nelson. Lancashire Police arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder, and the girl is in the hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
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The stabbing happened on Wood Street at 3:06 PM BST.
Armed officers from Lancashire Police responded quickly to the scene.
A 30-year-old man was taken into custody.
The girl’s injury is to the back of her neck.
Police say her injury is serious but not expected to cause death.
Extra police patrols were sent to the area to keep the community calm.
Police are asking witnesses and anyone with video footage to contact them.
The incident is being treated as attempted murder.
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The FBI raided the Cleveland office of an Ohio voting rights group that helps register voters. The raid, linked to claims of election fraud, raised concerns among officials and civil rights groups about targeting voting organizations ahead of the midterm elections.
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The FBI searched the Ohio Organizing Collaborative’s office and took computers and phones.
Agents also visited homes of people connected to the group in Ohio and interviewed them.
Officials said the investigation relates to possible fraud in the 2024 election but did not give details.
Ohio’s Republican leaders are focusing more on voter fraud cases, following instructions from the acting attorney general.
The raid drew criticism from Ohio Democrats and civil rights groups, who said it may be politically motivated.
Cleveland’s mayor asked the FBI to explain the reason for the raid.
President Trump and his allies continue to claim voter fraud without providing proof.
Voting rights groups and legal experts called the raid an abuse of law enforcement aimed at intimidating voters before the elections.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is supporting candidates in three important House primary races ahead of the midterm elections. These races will test his influence in local politics and could help increase the number of left-leaning members in Congress if his choices win.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the New York mayoral race last year.
Mamdani has endorsed candidates in three House races happening in New York City this June.
The races include one open seat and two challengers running against current Democratic incumbents.
In District 7, Assemblymember Claire Valdez is competing against Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Polls show a close race with many undecided voters.
In District 10, Brad Lander, former city comptroller, is challenging Representative Dan Goldman and currently leads in polls.
In District 13, organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier is running against Representative Adriano Espaillat.
These elections will show if Mamdani’s political influence is growing or weakening since he took office in January.
The districts involved are known for progressive voters, making these races notable for the left’s chances in Congress.
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A New Yorker named Balladoli Miese spoke to a crowd after a Knicks basketball game to ask them not to damage public property. He reminded people that the city belongs to everyone and should be respected.
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The incident happened after a Knicks game loss on Monday.
Balladoli Miese is from New York and has Puerto Rican heritage.
Miese spoke out against vandalism and tried to calm a noisy crowd.
He emphasized that the city should be cared for, not damaged.
The event was reported by CBS News and covered by reporter Jared Ochacher.
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