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6/25: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Hundreds dead in devastating back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela; Europe swelters under heat dome. Source link

A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can’t do so, following a lawsuit accusing Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche of improperly redacting documents. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan gave the government until Thursday, July 2,…

Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy got into a shouting match with President Trump in a private meeting on Wednesday, telling him the administration has not been honest with the American people about the conflict. Cassidy spoke with Margaret Brennan and Ed O’Keefe reports. Source link

Supreme Court issues two big wins for Trump’s immigration policy – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court handed down rulings in a pair of immigration cases on Thursday. Jan Crawford is following the decisions. Source link

The two candidates in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, mayor’s race are separated by only two votes, a county official confirmed to CBS News. A recount is likely after the city is able to canvass the votes and certify the results.  Christine Erickson is two votes ahead of Jamie Smith, the Minnehaha County Auditors and…

Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo made history on Tuesday, not just as the first person to score in six World Cup tournaments, but also as the centerpiece of an unforgettable experience for Mark Garcia, a Portugal fan and one of hundreds of veterans receiving free tickets to World Cup matches.  “The game yesterday was amazing,…

Washington — President Trump and House conservatives are holding Congress hostage over Senate Republicans’ inability to pass a voting regulations bill known as the SAVE America Act.  Mr. Trump abruptly canceled a signing ceremony Wednesday for a landmark housing affordability bill that has overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers, seeking once again to use unrelated…

Washington — A top official with the National Park Service said in a court filing Thursday that the agency reported damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool caused by a sharp knife over two weeks ago.  Frank Lands, deputy director for operations for the National Park Service, said the park service reported the damage on…

Washington — GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Wednesday dropped his support for a Democrat-led effort to restrict President Trump’s war powers in Iran after receiving a briefing at the White House — a briefing he said he secured with a note slipped to the president’s envoy to the Middle East following a heated…

Washington — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would impose stricter mail-in voting rules and create a federal list of eligible voters in every state.  The order, signed by President Trump in March, required Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to compile a list of…