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Blanche calls Obama’s concerns about DOJ targeting Trump’s critics “extraordinarily rich”

2026-05-06 18:54 EDT / CBS News

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche denied to CBS News that the Justice Department is engaging in a retribution campaign against President Trump’s adversaries, pushing back on criticism from former President Barack Obama — but he argued Mr. Trump has vast power to oversee the agency.

The Justice Department — which Blanche has led since last month after serving as second-in-command — has faced months of scrutiny for bringing criminal charges against Trump foes, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Critics also argue the department, which has historically maintained an arms-length relationship with the White House, is losing its traditional reputation as an apolitical agency.

In an interview with CBS News in Phoenix Wednesday, Blanche called allegations that his department is leading a retribution campaign “simply false,” saying prosecutors are “doing our jobs” and “making America safe again.”

He said the latest Comey indictment, which accused the former FBI director of threatening the 47th president by posting a photo of seashells arranged to form the numbers “86 47,” was just one of the thousands of cases brought by the Justice Department every year. He insisted the case was spearheaded by “local prosecutors” and “local agents.”

“I don’t even know their names,” Blanche said of the North Carolina-based federal prosecutors.

Obama joined the chorus of critics on Tuesday, telling late-night host Stephen Colbert that he’s concerned about “the politicization of our justice system” and the risk that “whoever is in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies.” His remarks did not mention Mr. Trump personally but appeared to be directed at the president.

“The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever the president wants to prosecute,” Obama said.

In response to the former president’s comments, Blanche pulled out a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution and flipped to the part that lays out how the executive branch works.

“Article Two says, ‘the executive power shall be vested in the President of the United States of America.’ It does not say that the Attorney General stands off to the side,” Blanche said.

He noted that he is a member of Mr. Trump’s Cabinet, and argued the president has the right to lead the country “in all areas,” including on criminal justice.

“To the extent that President Trump calls me and says that he thinks that we have a problem in this country, whether it’s the scourge of drugs, illegal immigration,” he said, “every American wants him to do that, and he should.”

Comey and James were first indicted last fall on charges of lying to Congress and bank fraud, respectively, but their cases were tossed out on the grounds that the interim U.S. attorney who led the prosecutions was invalidly appointed. Shortly before those charges were brought, Mr. Trump penned a Truth Social post urging Blanche’s predecessor, Attorney General Pam Bondi, to look into Comey, James and a third longtime Trump foil, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff.

Asked whether the president is calling him and directing him to prosecute certain individuals, Blanche said he would not discuss his conversations with Mr. Trump.

“But rest assured, he has much better, bigger and important things to do than to worry about me doing my job,” said Blanche. “And I wake up with a very clean conscience every morning. We are absolutely doing nothing but what we should be doing at the Department of Justice.”

Blanche also called allegations from Democrats that Mr. Trump is prosecuting his opponents “extraordinarily rich.” He pointed to the raft of criminal charges that Mr. Trump faced before returning to office last year, brought by state prosecutors in New York and Georgia and a federal special counsel. Blanche served as Mr. Trump’s defense attorney in some of those cases.

“So I welcome criticism. Let’s go. But if you’re sitting in a glass house, you ought not throw stones,” he said.

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内坦亚胡：美以共同目标是移除伊朗所有浓缩铀

2026年5月7日 07:17 / 联合早报

以色列国防军星期三空袭黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特南部郊区，目标是真主党精锐武装拉德万部队的一名指挥官。这是自4月17日以黎停火生效以来，贝鲁特首次遭到以军空袭。 （法新社）

以色列总理内坦亚胡周三说，以色列和美国的共同目标是移除伊朗所有浓缩铀材料，以及消除伊朗铀浓缩能力。

综合路透社和新华社报道，内坦亚胡星期三（5月6日）召集安全内阁开会时说，以色列与美国团队保持密切沟通，他几乎每天都与美国总统特朗普通电话，当晚他还会与特朗普通话。

内坦亚胡告诉安全内阁，美以双方有共同目标，其中最重要的是移除伊朗所有浓缩铀材料，并消除伊朗铀浓缩能力。他还说特朗普相信无论如何都能实现目标。

内坦亚胡还说，已下令以色列国防军和安全机构“为任何情况做好准备”。

以军炸死真主党精锐武装指挥官

以色列总理府周三晚证实，经内坦亚胡和国防部长卡茨批准，以色列国防军当天空袭黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特南部郊区，此次袭击目标是真主党精锐武装拉德万（Radwan）部队的一名指挥官。

这是自4月17日，以黎停火生效以来，贝鲁特首次遭到以军空袭。

据以色列媒体报道，以色列军方评估，真主党拉德万部队的这名指挥官已被炸死。

Lutnick testifies he can’t recall why his family lunched on Epstein’s island

2026-05-06 8:27 PM UTC / Reuters

By Nolan D. McCaskill

May 6, 2026 8:27 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – U.S. ​Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told members of a congressional committee in private testimony on Wednesday that ‌he couldn’t recall why he and his family had lunch on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, members said.

Lutnick, the former chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, had lunch with the convicted sex offender for two hours on the island in 2012, contradicting a past public statement ​about cutting ties with Epstein years earlier.

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In a podcast last year, Lutnick said he vowed to “never be ​in a room” with Epstein after the financier invited Lutnick and his wife around 2005 ⁠to tour his townhome where Epstein made a sexually suggestive comment about a massage table he had set up. ​Lutnick and Epstein were next-door neighbors on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

“We asked him over and over again, ‘Why did you ​go to the island?’” said Representative Suhas Subramanyam, a Virginia Democrat. “He says he doesn’t remember, that it’s inexplicable and he simply didn’t know how to answer the question.”

Representative James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Lutnick ​was transparent in his voluntary testimony. Comer said Lutnick told the panel Epstein found out his family and friends ​were vacationing in the Virgin Islands and invited them all to lunch.

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[1/4]U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick departs following an interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel’s ongoing probe of late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

“The only thing that I’d seen that Lutnick did wrong was [he] ‌wasn’t ⁠100% truthful on the brief visit to the island with his family. He corrected that in his opening statement,” Comer told reporters. “If we find that there were any misstatements by Lutnick, it’s a felony to lie to Congress and he’ll be held accountable.”

A massive batch of files released by the Justice Department in January included emails showing Lutnick had ​apparently visited Epstein’s private island ​for lunch in 2012. ⁠The emails also showed Lutnick invited Epstein to a November 2015 fundraiser at his financial firm for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Lutnick told lawmakers at a February 10 hearing that ​he and Epstein had only exchanged about 10 emails and met three times over ​14 years. His ⁠family had lunch with Epstein on the island, Lutnick said, because they were on a boat nearby.

“I did not have any relationship with him,” Lutnick said of Epstein at the time. “I barely had anything to do with that person.”

Epstein pleaded ⁠guilty in ​2008 to state prostitution charges, including soliciting an underage girl. He ​was sentenced to 13 months in jail and arrested again in 2019 on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors. His death that year ​in a Manhattan jail cell was ruled a suicide.

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Judge won’t order DOJ to return seized 2020 ballots to Fulton County

2026-05-06 7:21 PM ET / CNN

By Tierney Sneed

An employee of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections processes ballots in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 5, 2020.

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A federal judge said Wednesday he would not order the Justice Department to return ballots from the 2020 presidential election it seized from Fulton County, Georgia, rejecting a request by county officials.

Judge JP Boulee said the county had not met the high legal bar that would allow him to intervene, even as he acknowledged that “events leading up to this case are, in a variety of ways, unprecedented.”

The order comes months after the FBI searched a Fulton County elections office in January and seized election materials. That search was based on a warrant application that leaned on allegations of election fraud that have long circulated in far-right circles. The county quickly filed a lawsuit to retrieve the documents.

The FBI has been probing what the DOJ has described as irregularities in how Fulton County carried out the 2020 election, which President Donald Trump has falsely claimed was rigged.

Fulton County officials have proposed in court filings the criminal investigation appears to be a “pretext to acquire records that this Administration was unable to quickly secure via the civil litigation process.”

An FBI employee stands inside the Fulton County Election Hub as the FBI takes Fulton County 2020 Election ballots, on January 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia.

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But the Justice Department has argued that theory is “nonsensical for multiple reasons” and that the county had not met the high bar required for ordering the seized materials be returned.

The FBI moved seized the election materials just a few weeks after opening a criminal probe, an unusually fast pace for a case of its kind, experts previously told CNN.

Meanwhile, the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections is trying to block the Justice Department from gaining access to the personal information of thousands of 2020 election workers.

CNN’s Aleena Fayaz, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Kaanita Iyer contributed to this report.

Jeffrey Epstein’s possible suicide note released by judge

May 6, 2026 / 7:59 PM EDT / CBS News

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An apparent suicide note written in 2019 by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday.

A U.S. district judge ordered the release of the document at the request of The New York Times.

The note had been submitted to the court in May 2021 as part of the criminal murder case for Nicholas Tartaglione, a former cellmate of Epstein. Tartaglione has previously claimed that the note was written by Epstein after a failed suicide attempt less than a month before his death.

Tartaglione claimed in a podcast interview that he found the note in a book the morning after Epstein’s death, and he gave it to his lawyers, who included it in his appeal. The note was not mentioned in Bureau of Prisons records.

CBS News has not independently verified the note. CBS News has reached out to the FBI and Justice Department for comment.

The scrawled note appears to read: “They investigated me for month — found nothing!!! So 15 year old charges resulted.”

The note also includes the phrases “time to say goodbye” and “No fun — not worth it!!”

A possible suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

CBS News previously reported that on July 23, 2019, 18 days before he died, Epstein claimed that he was attacked by Tartaglione in the cell they shared. However, former Attorney General Bill Barr later testified before the House Oversight Committee that the July 23 incident was “viewed as an attempted suicide.”

In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to state charges of soliciting prostitution in exchange for having a federal case against him dropped. He served 13 months in county jail and had to register as a sex offender.

Then, in July 2019, a New York federal grand jury indicted him on child sex trafficking charges. On Aug. 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. His death was ruled a suicide.

Epstein’s connection to the rich and powerful has come under renewed scrutiny amid the recent release by the Justice Department of millions of documents related to the investigation, some of which showed his links to prominent figures.

Daniel Ruetenik, Cara Tabachnick and Jacob Rosen contributed to this report.

伊朗油轮突破美军封锁未果 美战机开火阻止

2026年5月7日 07:56 / 联合早报

伊朗油轮突破美军封锁未果 美战机开火阻止

4月19日，美军导弹驱逐舰斯普鲁恩斯号在阿曼湾武力拦截试图突破美军海上封锁的伊朗货船Touska号。 （路透社档案照片）

美国中央司令部说，伊朗一艘空载油轮周三试图突破美军封锁，驶往伊朗在阿曼湾的一座港口，美军战机炸坏船舵使船只无法继续航行。这是美伊在霍尔木兹海域发生的最新冲突。

综合彭博社和新华社报道，美国中央司令部星期三（5月6日）在社媒X平台发声明说，这起事件发生在美东时间周三上午9时左右，开火目标是悬挂伊朗国旗且未装载货物的哈斯娜号（Hasna）油轮。这艘油轮当时正途经国际水域，驶向阿曼湾沿岸一处伊朗港口。

美军指这艘油轮违反美国的封锁令，多次发出警告，但油轮未遵从警告。美国海军一架从林肯号航空母舰上起飞的F/A-18型“超级大黄蜂”战斗机（Super Hornet）向油轮发射数发20毫米口径机炮炮弹，击中船舵。

美国中央司令部说，这艘油轮现已停止向伊朗方向航行，但没有提及后续如何处置。

美国中央司令部强调，美国针对试图进出伊朗港口船只所实施的封锁依然全面有效。

特朗普暂停自由计划 美伊或近达成停战备忘录 美伊在霍尔木兹海峡交火 阿联酋再遭袭击

美国总统特朗普周二（5日）在自家社媒Truth Social发文宣布，为促成与伊朗达成结束中东战争的协议，他将暂停疏导受困霍尔木兹海峡船只通行的“自由计划”行动，但对伊朗港口的封锁将继续全面有效。

4月19日，美军导弹驱逐舰斯普鲁恩斯号（USS Spruance）首次在阿曼湾武力拦截并控制了试图突破美军海上封锁的伊朗货船Touska号。伊朗军方指责美国此举是“武装海盗”行径。

Trump ‘right to be outraged’ by Europe’s betrayal on Iran, says former Thatcher advisor

May 6, 2026 2:49pm EDT / Fox News

‘The lack of support for the United States has been nothing less than treacherous,’ says Nile Gardiner

By Benjamin Weinthal

As President Donald Trump continues to express anger at NATO European allies for their lack of help in the war with Iran, he’s making clear their behavior comes at a cost.

In the weeks during the war and since the ceasefire, the president has hit back not just with words but with definitive actions against several of those countries.

Germany

On Saturday, Trump said that he would withdraw more than the initial 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany as stated by the Pentagon, after Berlin’s leader denigrated the American effort to stop Iran’s regime from building a nuclear weapon.

TRUMP WEIGHS PULLING US TROOPS FROM GERMANY AMID CLASH WITH CHANCELLOR OVER IRAN WAR

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2026, to discuss issues including recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

A day earlier he said about Germany that “We’re gonna cut way down. We’re cutting a lot further than 5,000.” The Trump administration previously announced a contraction of 5,000 troops in Germany after the country’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s regime “humiliated” Trump.

In an apparent state of panic, Merz walked back his attack on Trump and his Iran strategy on Sunday. The chancellor wrote on X: “The United States is and will remain Germany‘s most important partner in the North Atlantic Alliance. We share a common goal: Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons.”

Trump ratcheted up his troop reduction number against Germany amid his comments about downsizing U.S. boots on the ground in Spain and Italy because they failed to aid America in the war against Iran. The president’s anger at Western European countries has been simmering for weeks and could lead to profound changes in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

TRUMP CRITICIZES SPAIN AMID IRAN, NATO RIFT AS PM SANCHEZ FACES QUESTIONS OVER POLITICAL MOTIVES

Nile Gardiner, the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital, “The lack of support for the United States has been nothing less than treacherous. I think the president has the right to be outraged by the lack of support from key European allies.”

An Iranian flag is planted in the rubble of a police station, damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.(Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

He said, “There is a very deep-seated cultural appeasement in Europe toward the Iranian regime that goes back many decades, and a flat-out refusal to accept the reality of the immense dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran. European leaders are sleepwalking toward destruction with this perilous path they have taken.

TRUMP IS RIGHT ABOUT NATO’S WEAKNESS — THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW DOES AMERICA FIX IT

“The lack of support for the United States is how far Europe has gone toward losing its moral compass. Iran is a genocidal regime that threatens to wipe Israel off the map.” He noted that the Islamic Republic has killed huge numbers of its population.

Gardiner, a former advisor to Lady Margaret Thatcher said, “If you listen to European leaders, it’s as if the U.S. is the villain here.”

Merz, speaking last week in Marsberg, criticized the U.S. approach to Iran, saying Washington was being “humiliated by the Iranian leadership” and expressing hope the conflict would end “as quickly as possible.”

Gardiner said of Merz’s remarks, “Comments like these actually help the propaganda of the Iranian dictatorship. It is astonishing that a German chancellor would make these kinds of remarks at a time of war… and the German chancellor is giving comfort to the Iranian regime. It is disgusting.”

Numerous Fox News Digital press queries sent to Merz’s spokesman Stefan Kornelius were not returned.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the U.S. conflict with Iran “reckless” and “unjust.”(Yves Herman/Reuters)

Spain and Italy

Before his announcement on the troop withdrawal from Germany, and in response to a question about reducing U.S. troops in Spain and Italy, Trump responded, “I mean, they haven’t been exactly on board. Yeah, probably. Yeah, I probably will… Italy has not been of any help to us. And Spain has been horrible. Absolutely horrible.”

Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has taken a belligerent stand toward the U.S. and Israeli military campaign against the Iranian regime, forbidding the U.S. from using its military bases in Spain to refuel aircraft or prepare for military action. He has decried the campaign as illegal while staying quiet on the regime’s murder of thousands of protesters and its increased drive to produce ballistic missiles and acquire nuclear weapons-grade enriched uranium.

Gardiner said, “The Spanish have been the worst by a long way. At least the Germans and Italy have allowed the use of its own bases. The Spanish have refused to cooperate in any way with the war.”

Trump told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera last month about the country’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong.”

The Europe expert, Gardiner, sees a wide gulf between how mainly Western European countries and the United States view the preservation of Western civilization, freedom, democracy and liberty.

French President Emmanuel Macron listens to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a working session with world leaders at the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, Italy, on June 13, 2024.(Andrew Medichini/AP)

“Europe has lost both its ability and its will to fight. The United States is clearly willing to fight to defend Western civilization and the free world. Much of Europe has given up on this, especially Western Europe. It is an appeasement mindset cojoined with weakness and pacifism and also a growing acceptance by European leaders of mass migration and Islamification.”

He added, “Europe has fundamentally changed over the last 20 years beyond recognition, and yet Europe’s ruling elites accept it seemingly as a fact, with some notable exceptions.”

France and the U.K.

Trump took the United Kingdom and France in March to task for their postion on the war against Iran.

“The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the ‘Butcher of Iran,’ who has been successfully eliminated! The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!!,” he wrote.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Feb. 17, 2025, before an informal summit of European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine and European security.(Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump also wrote, “All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you.”

“Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.”

“You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!”

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Gardiner said the crisis over the Iran war shows that Europe has surrendered. The big Western Europeans have embraced “defeatism,” and “they do not care. It is as simple as that. And future generations will have to pay the price for the course Europe is taking now,” he said.

Fox News’ Brittany Miller and Solly Boussidan contributed to this report.

Benjamin Weinthal reports on Israel, Iran, Syria, Turkey and Europe. You can follow Benjamin on Twitter @BenWeinthal, and email him at benjamin.weinthal@fox.com

Internet erupts after California Dem on debate stage ‘admits quiet part out loud’ on immigration

May 6, 2026 2:32pm EDT / Fox News

An estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants entered California from 2021 to 2023 as overall population grew by just 20,000

By Robert Schmad , Andrew Mark Miller Fox News

Former Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic candidate in California’s crowded gubernatorial primary, is facing backlash after saying illegal immigrants are driving population growth in the state, a claim long advanced by Republicans.

“The job of the California governor is to protect every single Californian,” Porter said after being asked if she would work with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants at Tuesday’s California gubernatorial debate.

“The sanctuary state policy is designed to make sure that our state resources — the taxpayer dollars, the public servants that we have — are focusing on doing their jobs, which is not cooperating with the federal immigration authorities.

KATIE PORTER INTERVIEW GOES VIRAL AS JOURNALISTS MARVEL AT DEMOCRAT’S MELTDOWN

“These are Californians. They contribute to our economy. They pay taxes. And they’re one of the only ways that our state has been growing in recent years,” Porter said of illegal immigrants.

Gunther Eagleman, a popular right-wing X account, accused Porter of saying “the quiet part out loud” by stating that illegal immigrants have mitigated population decline in California.

Rep. Katie Porter speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2022.(Andrew Harnik/Pool/Reuters)

“Katie Porter accidentally admits out loud that Californians are fleeing California and are being replaced by imported illegals,” conservative influencer account LibsofTikTok posted on X.

Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have accused Democrats of resisting efforts to deport illegal immigrants because it could cost them seats in the House of Representatives. Illegal immigrants counted by the Census help determine the total number of House seats a given state is entitled to when the chamber is reapportioned every ten years.

“So she’s saying Cali has too many seats in the House?” another X user said in response to Porter’s comment.

While Trump and others have attempted to add a citizenship question to the Census in an effort to remove noncitizens from calculations determining the number of House seats each state has, the Constitution does not mention citizenship status in relation to congressional apportionment.

NEW POLL REVEALS MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIANS OPPOSE THIS KEY BENEFIT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Rep. Katie Porter speaks to supporters, volunteers and staff at an election night watch party at the Hilton Orange County Hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2022.(Getty Images)

“California is cooked: Katie Porter says criminal illegal aliens are ‘one of the only ways California has been growing in recent years,” Republican communications operative Steve Guest wrote on X.

“Democrats have been in total control of California for the past 16 years.”

An estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants entered California from 2021 to 2023, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. Between July 2021 and July 2023, California’s overall population grew by just under 20,000, per data published by the California Department of Finance.

“Thats because all the billionaires, millionaires big business and anyone that can afford it is leaving California faster than you pouring a pot of boiling hot potatoes on your ex partners head,” one X account wrote, responding to Porter and alluding to an allegation of domestic violence against the gubernatorial candidate.

SKYROCKETING HEALTHCARE BUDGET FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAUNTS BLUE STATE TAXPAYERS

Rep. Katie Porter was questioned by hosts on “The View” about allegations of domestic abuse and staff mistreatment.(Screenshot/ABC/TheView)

California saw a net population loss of 215,542 from domestic migration in 2025, compared to a net gain of 125,473 from foreign migration that same year, according to the state’s Department of Finance. Migration out of California has cost the state billions of dollars per year in tax revenue, according to California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.

Other critics seized on Porter’s assertion that illegal immigrants benefit California’s economy.

“If you think the best way to promote economic growth involves letting in illegal aliens, you’re doing it wrong,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.

California’s illegal immigrants paid roughly $8.5 billion in state and local taxes during 2022, according to an estimate from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Conservative critics argue that illegal immigrants consume more than that in public services, such as education and subsidized healthcare, though the costs of such things are difficult to quantify.

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Some studies, including a report recently published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, have also found that illegal immigration causes the cost of living to go up by increasing demand for housing.

“I contained myself well, I think,” Sheriff Chad Bianco, one of the two Republicans who participated in the gubernatorial debate, chimed in.

iPhone owners could get up to $95 from Apple settlement. Here’s what to know.

May 6, 2026 / 2:08 PM EDT / CBS News

By Mary Cunningham

Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. She previously worked at “60 Minutes,” CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

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iPhone owners could receive up to $95 under a proposed $250 million settlement resolving claims that Apple misled customers about Siri’s artificial intelligence features, according to a recent court filing.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Northern District of California on behalf of U.S. consumers, claims that Apple deceived customers by marketing “Enhanced Siri features” that did not yet exist, leading them to buy iPhones based on false advertising.

The plaintiffs are seeking a settlement payment of $250 million, according to a recent court filing. If approved by a judge, it could rank among the largest settlements involving Apple.

“Apple has reached a settlement to resolve claims related to the availability of two additional features,” an Apple spokesperson said in an email to CBS News. “We resolved this matter to stay focused on doing what we do best, delivering the most innovative products and services to our users.”

Here’s what to know about the recent settlement.

Am I eligible?

The settlement covers people who purchased an iPhone 16 model, iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025.

Approximately 37 million iPhone owners are eligible, according to the court filing.

Customers will be notified by either email or mail if they can file a claim. An online social media campaign will also provide information about the settlement website and who is eligible, according to the court filing.

How much money could I get?

Eligible customers will initially receive $25 per device. Depending on how many claims are submitted and other determining factors, the final payment may increase or decrease, but it will not exceed $95 per device, according to the court filing

How do I file a claim?

Claim filing details are not released yet. Clarkson Law Firm, which filed the original lawsuit against Apple, said on its website that a settlement website with more details will be available in “a few weeks.”

According to the court filing, the website “will include all necessary information to learn about the settlement” and a number consumers can call with questions.

Edited by Aimee Picchi

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo skipping Preakness Stakes, won’t make Triple Crown run

May 6, 2026 3:48 PM EDT / CBS News

By Alex Sundby

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will skip the Preakness Stakes and not make a run for horse racing’s Triple Crown, his trainer’s stable announced Wednesday.

“Golden gave us the race of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby, and we believe the best decision for him moving forward is to give him a little more time following such a tremendous effort,” said a statement from trainer Cherie DeVaux’s stable posted to social media. “His health, happiness, and long-term future will always remain our top priority.”

The last time a horse won the Triple Crown — the three-race series consisting of the Derby, the Preakness in Maryland and the Belmont Stakes in New York — was in 2018.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

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