Trump Accounts app launches today. Here's what to know.
According to CBS, Americans can download the Trump Accounts app starting today, as part of the rollout of a new federal program to help children save money before they reach adulthood.
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Some artists drop out of D.C. concert series for America's 250th anniversary shortly after lineup announced
CBS News reports that some artists who were announced as performers for what's being billed as a Great American State Fair amid President Trump's push for a major American birthday bash this summer in Washington, D.C., dropped out of their appearances shortly after an initial lineup was released...
Treasury Department is weighing a $250 bill with Trump's image
The Treasury Department is considering issuing a $250 bill featuring President Trump, though any such banknote would require a change in federal law, an agency official told CBS News...
These people turned to ChatGPT for information. They say it warped their reality: "Why would the AI lie to me?"
According to CBS, on an April evening last year, 54-year-old Micky Small headed to the beach for a sunset date with a fellow Los Angeles-based writer named Aven...
MLB owners have proposed a salary cap for the first time since baseball’s 1994-95 strike
Associated Press reports that Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players’ association on Thursday...
Louisiana wins suit over Angola “farm line” working conditions
Sources from AP say that although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the “farm line” at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola...
Pigeons may be navigating with their liver, study suggests
According to AP, a surprising gut feeling may help pigeons find their way home. Animals use various techniques to navigate including following the stars and remembering key landmarks...
Trump’s DOJ sues 4 Democratic-run states over denying undercover license plates for federal agents
Associated Press reports that President Donald Trump’s administration is suing four states over their refusal to issue undercover license plates to federal agents...
Google employee charged with using confidential search data to make $1.2 million on Polymarket
Sources from Associated Press say that U.S. prosecutors slapped insider trading charges against a Google employee this week...
Key inflation gauge worsens as Americans’ income and spending power erodes
According to AP, a key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans’ finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm elections just five months away...
Columbus City Council decides not to rebid contract for cemetery work
The price of gas may be going up, but that won't affect the cost of maintaining Columbus' Friendship and Sandfield Cemeteries this year...
U.S. investigators plan new Bahamas search after GPS data appears to contradict Brian Hooker's account of wife's disappearance
Newly obtained GPS data in the case of Lynette Hooker's disappearance in the Bahamas has prompted U.S. investigators to relaunch a search for the body of the missing Michigan woman, a U.S. official familiar with the investigation told CBS News...
Talarico says Paxton is "clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption"
Sources from CBS News say that Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State, conceded Wednesday that some past statements during debates over transgender policy "missed the mark,"...
How much money you need to earn to afford a home in 49 U.S. cities
U.S. workers' pay is up roughly 4% this year, with median household income in April reaching roughly $88,000, according to government data, according to CBS...
One person dead and two injured after a crash in Pickens Co.
One person has died, and two people are injured - one of them being a baby - after a crash in Alabama.
Zelenskyy urges U.S. to expand deliveries of Patriot missile systems to defend against Russian attacks
According to CBS News, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine urged President Trump and Congress to expand deliveries of Patriot missile systems in a letter written on Memorial Day...
Matthew Perry’s assistant is last to be sentenced over his ketamine death
Sources from AP say that the final sentencing in the 2 1/2-year investigation and prosecution following the drug death of Matthew Perry will be of the personal assistant who sat at the center of the entire affair...
Trump’s latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards
According to AP, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, barring some unspecified exceptions....
Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping
According to AP, the typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders...
South African government and Afrikaners reject US claim of a humanitarian emergency for white people
Associated Press says that the South African government and advocacy groups for the country’s Afrikaner white minority on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s position that there’s a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in South Africa...
Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
Sources from Associated Press say that two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players...
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling
Sources from AP say that Alabama on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a lower court’s ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people....
Bondi undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer after recent diagnosis
According to CBS News, Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, she told CBS News in a text message exchange on Wednesday...
Military aircraft crashes near Noxubee and Kemper County area
For the second time this month, a military aircraft has crashed in our area.
Kevin Warsh is now leading the Fed. His main challenge is a doozy.
CBS News reports new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh could face a rude awakening this week with the release of key inflation data that economists expect to show consumer prices continuing to surge in April...