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Ford CEO Jim Farley says company is focusing on making its vehicles more affordable

2026-05-01 6:43 PM EDT / CBS News

By Kris Van Cleave, Faris Tanyos

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.

Ford CEO Jim Farley says making vehicles more affordable must be a priority for the industry, and he told CBS News in an exclusive interview Friday that his company is taking steps to do just that.

When asked whether Americans can afford the price of new cars today, Farley responded, “Some Americans can.”

“But we need to do a great job as a brand, and as an industry, to make our vehicles more affordable,” he continued. “I think you’re certainly going to see that at Ford over the next couple of years.”

According to data from Kelley Blue Book, the average price of a new car is nearly $50,000 — 30% higher than in 2019 — and consumers are also being hit by sharply higher fuel prices.

Farley says Ford’s goal is to offer some of its new models at prices of $40,000 or less.

“Most of our new models are going to be more affordable versions,” Farley said. “We are going to offer more choice in those kind of price points, around $40,000, less than $40,000. The trick is to make them in America. And to do that we need, you know, affordable parts from around the world.”

He also pointed to a new promotion in which Ford will sell nearly all its new vehicles through July 4 at employee pricing. He acknowledged that prices are a concern for many Americans.

“That is why we’re coming up with more affordable vehicles,” Farley said. “And that’s why we’re offering employee pricing, and $399 to $499 leases, and why we have more affordable versions of the F-150, and Explorer, our most popular models.”

President Trump in a Truth Social post Friday announced he would implement a 25% tariff on European-made vehicles — up from the 15% tariff that was put in place last year — saying the European Union is not complying with the trade deal reached last August. Farley said he didn’t want to comment on specific trade policy, but said the focus should be on dealing with the rapidly growing Chinese auto market, which is focused on lower-priced vehicles than typically come from Europe.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ford-ceo-jim-farley-most-new-models-more-affordable-versions/

新疆阿克苏地区库车市发生4.5级地震

2026年5月2日 07:50 / 联合早报

中国新疆阿克苏地区库车市发生4.5级地震，震源深度18千米。

据中国国家地震台网官方微博消息，中国地震台网正式测定，星期六（5月2日）6时17分，在新疆阿克苏地区库车市（北纬41.29度，东经83.92度）发生4.5级地震，震源深度18千米。

星期六6时19分，库车市（北纬41.23度，东经83.90度）发生4.3级地震，震源深度23千米。

当地最近几天已连续发生不同程度地震，包括：4月30日18时38分发生3.1级地震，20时49分发生3.0级地震，21时15分发生3.9级地震；4月29日3时16分发生4.8级地震，3时58分发生3.0级地震，15时20分发生4.3级地震等。

Democrat on Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act reasoning: We’re not in a ‘colorblind society’

2026-05-01 06:39 PM EDT / CNN Politics

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Republican governors pursue new congressional maps after US Supreme Court ruling

2026-05-01 10:22 PM UTC / Reuters

By Joseph Ax

May 1, 2026 10:22 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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• Summary

• Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina could pursue new maps
• Democrats sue Louisiana governor over suspended election
• Supreme Court ruling weakened landmark Voting Rights Act
• Trump’s Republicans fighting to keep control of Congress

May 1 (Reuters) – The Republican governors of Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee made clear on Friday they will try ​to push through congressional maps more favorable to their party ahead of November’s midterm elections, the latest fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ‌seismic voting rights ruling on Wednesday.

Democratic voters, civil rights groups and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives meanwhile filed lawsuits challenging Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry’s decision to suspend his state’s congressional primary elections and pursue a new map.

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Landry on Thursday postponed the scheduled May 16 primary vote to give state lawmakers time to draw a new map ​that would dismantle at least one Democratic-held majority-Black U.S. House district, after the Supreme Court found the current map unconstitutional. Early voting had ​been set to begin on Saturday.

President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans are fighting to maintain their control of the House, as well ⁠as the Senate, in the midterm elections.

The rapid developments underscored how the court’s decision, which severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act passed in 1965, has ​injected a fresh dose of chaos into what had already been a dizzying national fight over redistricting.

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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that she had called a ​special legislative session starting on Monday so lawmakers can consider postponing the May 19 primary election in the hope that the Supreme Court will permit the state to use a different map.

Alabama, where Black voters make up a quarter of the electorate, is currently using a court-ordered map that includes two majority-Black districts out of seven. Both are held by ​Black Democrats.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Alabama immediately filed emergency motions asking the court to allow it to revert to an older map with only a ​single majority-Black district.

Black voters tend to support Democratic candidates.

“I remain hopeful Alabama will receive a favorable outcome from the U.S. Supreme Court,” Ivey said in a statement.

Republican Tennessee Governor ‌Bill Lee ⁠on Friday also called a special legislative session beginning on Tuesday to “review” the state’s congressional map, saying in a statement that officials must “ensure our congressional districts accurately reflect the will of Tennessee voters.”

And Republican South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster suggested that he would like his state’s legislature to consider a new map. South Carolina’s lone Democratic seat, a majority-Black district that includes parts of the capital Columbia, is represented by longtime U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn.

“In light of the court’s most ​recent decision on the Voting Rights ​Act, it would be appropriate for ⁠the General Assembly to ensure that South Carolina’s congressional map still complies with all requirements of federal law and the U.S. Constitution,” McMaster wrote on X.

In Louisiana, the new lawsuits argued that Landry had overstepped his authority in suspending the ​election and that allowing the contests for other offices to proceed would confuse voters. The plaintiffs also noted that ​at least some absentee ⁠ballots had already been cast.

“Louisiana is following the law,” Landry said in response to the litigation in a social media post on Friday.

In a process called redistricting, the boundaries of legislative districts across the United States are reconfigured to reflect population changes as measured by the national census conducted every 10 years. Redistricting typically has ⁠been carried ​out by state legislatures once per decade.

Republicans and Democrats have been waging a multistate redistricting fight ​ignited last year when Trump initiated an unprecedented mid-decade effort to redraw maps in Republican-led states, starting with Texas.

Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Donna Bryson and Will Dunham

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US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after chancellor criticized war with Iran

2026-05-01T23:49:40.370Z / CNN

By Natasha Bertrand, Kit Maher

13 min ago

PUBLISHED May 1, 2026, 7:49 PM ET

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A truck of the U.S. Army transports unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) at the xTech Edge Strike: Ground robotics technology evaluation of the U.S. Army at the Grafenwoehr training grounds on March 13, 2026 near Grafenwoehr, Germany.

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The Pentagon said on Friday the US will be withdrawing roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year.

The move, which comes after President Donald Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with Iran, would still leave more than 30,000 US troops in the country.

“The Secretary of War has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 troops from Germany,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement. “This decision follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground. We expect the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to twelve months.”

Trump foreshadowed the cuts earlier this week after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the US was being “humiliated” by Iran.

During his visit to a school in central Germany on Monday, Merz accused US officials of entering a war without a clear strategy, saying the “whole affair is ill-considered to say the least.”

“The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,” Merz said. “An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.”

Trump on Tuesday said Merz “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” on Iran and the following day announced that the US was “studying and reviewing” a possible troop reduction.

Ahead of Trump’s threat to pull some troops from Germany, Merz had said his relationship with the American president remained “good.”

Trump previously threatened to reduce troop numbers in the country in 2020, during his first tenure in office and while Angela Merkel held the German chancellorship.

Germany is home to Ramstein Air Base, which is the headquarters for US Air Forces in Europe — including the unit that does “airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations” — and a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation, according to its website.

As of December 2025, there were 36,436 active-duty US military personnel permanently stationed in Germany, according to data from the US Defense Manpower Data Center.

Friction between European leaders and the Trump administration has intensified due to the war with Iran, which the US launched without notifying most NATO allies. The president has also lashed out at allies for what he sees as insufficient help in the conflict, threatening to cut troop levels in Italy and Spain on Thursday as well.

“I mean, they haven’t been exactly on board,” he answered, when asked about the possibility. “Yeah, probably will,” he added, “Why shouldn’t I? Italy has not been of any help. Spain has been horrible. Absolutely.”

Germany, like some other European countries, has offered limited military support to the US, most notably allowing the use of its military infrastructure, such as air bases, for operations related to the conflict — though it has not permitted these to be used as staging grounds for direct offensive strikes.

Merz has also pledged further German assistance under the condition the conflict moves to a post-war phase, which could include participating in a potential international stabilization mission.

To that effect, Berlin recently announced a naval minesweeper will be deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in preparation for efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, once a lasting end to hostilities is reached. These actions, however, have failed to satisfy Trump.

CNN’s Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Aleena Fayaz contributed to this report.

特朗普：停火意味敌对行动结束 他继续作战无须国会授权

2026年5月2日 07:07 / 联合早报

特朗普5月1日到佛州一所学校发表讲话，宣扬美国经济发展、政府的税收计划和社会保障。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普星期五（5月1日）致函国会说，由于美国和伊朗处于停火状态，两国敌对行动已经“结束”，并辩称他继续作战无须获得国会授权。

根据美国1973年通过的《战争权力法》，总统在首次通知国会动用军事力量后，应在60天内决定停止这场军事行动，或者寻求国会授权继续作战。

特朗普政府2月28日与以色列联手袭击伊朗，3月2日才正式告知国会对伊朗发起军事行动，由此推算的60天法律时限于5月1日到期。到期后，若特朗普不获国会批准继续作战，就必须在30天内撤军。

特朗普在60天期限到期当天正式致函国会，称美伊朗敌对行动已经“结束”。在这封写给众议院议长约翰逊和参议院临时议长格拉斯利的信中，特朗普说，他于4月7日下令停火两周，随后停火延长，美伊未再发生交火，“始于2026年2月28日的敌对行动，现已结束”。

特朗普称，尽管对伊朗军事行动取得成功，但伊朗对美国及美军构成的威胁依然显著。因此，战争部继续调整在美军中央司令部责任区相关国家的军事部署态势，以应对伊朗及其地区“代理人”威胁。

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美战争部长：美对伊战争60天期限因停火暂停计算 特朗普政府战争权限 引朝野争议

英国广播公司（BBC）指出，双方虽已停火，但美国和伊朗尚未通过谈判达成一项长期协议。

美国媒体称，特朗普上述说法实际上规避了5月1日这一法律最后期限，也反映伊朗战事可能远未结束。

民主党人批评特朗普对伊朗军事行动未经国会授权，当属“违法”，要求结束。共和党内对特朗普的支持出现分歧，也有国会议员表明不会在“60天期限”后支持这场军事行动。

Trump administration to cut 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany

May 1, 2026 / 6:13 PM EDT / CBS News

By Jennifer Jacobs
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The Pentagon is planning to withdraw about 5,000 American forces from Germany, senior defense officials said Friday.

The officials characterized the move as a signal of President Trump’s discontent with the level of assistance that European allies have offered in the U.S.-Iran war. Mr. Trump has publicly criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the leaders of other NATO member states for not getting directly involved in the U.S.’s military campaign against Iran.

The U.S. military has a massive presence in Germany dating back to the aftermath of World War II and the Cold War. More than 36,000 active duty troops were assigned to bases throughout Germany as of last December, along with nearly 1,500 reservists and 11,500 civilians, according to Defense Department figures.

Japan is the only foreign country with a larger presence of U.S. troops.

Germany is also home to the headquarters of U.S. European Command and Africa Command, and its Ramstein Air Base is a key hub for U.S. operations.

Some of the U.S. forces who are being moved out of Europe may return to the U.S. and then be deployed abroad, defense officials said, describing it as an effort to focus on the Pentagon’s priorities in the U.S. homeland and the Indo-Pacific region.

The withdrawals will not affect the transport or care of injured troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the officials said. Landstuhl is the largest U.S. hospital abroad, and has taken care of U.S. forces injured by Iranian strikes.

Defense officials said the withdrawal will impact one brigade combat team in Germany, after the number of teams in Europe had increased following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A long-range fires battalion that was set to deploy to Germany later this year will also be reassigned.

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the withdrawal will take place over the next six to 12 months.

“This decision follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground,” Parnell said in a statement.

Mr. Trump hinted earlier this week that he was considering troop reductions in Germany. He has grown increasingly frustrated with Merz in recent days, after the German chancellor said this week “the Americans clearly have no strategy” on Iran and argued the U.S. was being “humiliated” by Iranian negotiators.

The U.S. president later wrote in a pair of Truth Social posts that Merz “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” and was “interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat.” Merz said Wednesday he is still on good terms with Mr. Trump.

The back-and-forth exposed broader disagreements between Mr. Trump and many NATO allies, which have avoided directly joining the U.S.’s war with Iran and have grappled with higher energy prices due to disrupted fuel shipments. The president has threatened to leave NATO, disparaging the alliance as a “paper tiger” for not entering the war. A 2023 law prevents the president from withdrawing the U.S. from NATO without approval from Congress.

Mr. Trump has been critical of NATO for years, accusing alliance members of not spending enough on their militaries and being too reliant on the United States. In recent years, he has also argued that European countries should shoulder more responsibility for aiding Ukraine as it deals with a Russian invasion that surpassed the four-year mark in February.

The president floated withdrawing thousands of troops from Germany toward the end of his first term, a move that was cancelled by former President Joe Biden.

称欧盟未遵守协议 特朗普把欧盟汽车卡车关税提高至25%

2026年5月2日 07:22 / 联合早报

特朗普5月1日说，提高关税将迫使欧盟汽车制造商“更快将汽车生产转移”到美国。 （示意图/示意图）

美国总统特朗普说，他将把美国对欧盟汽车和卡车的进口关税提高到25%，理由是“欧盟没有遵守我们已达成一致的贸易协议”。

综合《纽约时报》和彭博社报道，特朗普星期五（5月1日）在社媒平台Truth Social贴文说，这项关税调整将于下周生效。

特朗普说，25%的关税不适用于在美国生产的汽车。他说：“大家完全理解并同意，如果是在美国生产的汽车和卡车，就不会被征收关税。”

此前，作为美欧政府间贸易协议的一部分，特朗普同意将欧盟汽车关税降至15%，但美国官员抱怨欧盟落实协议的速度不够快。

特朗普1日在白宫对记者讲话时，重申了欧盟“没有遵守”协议的说法，但没有提供更多细节。

他称，提高关税将迫使欧盟汽车制造商“更快将汽车生产转移”到美国。

美国对欧盟汽车征收更高关税恐对欧洲汽车制造商造成毁灭性的打击，因为他们在美国销售汽车将比日本、韩国、墨西哥汽车制造商面临更多壁垒。

欧盟委员会发言人吉尔说：“欧盟正按照标准的立法程序履行欧美联合声明中的承诺。” 他说，如果美国违反协议，“我们将保留所有选项以维护欧盟的利益。”

Judge rebukes prosecutors for moving forward with detention proceedings for accused correspondents’ dinner gunman

2026-05-01T17:54:00-0400 / CBS News

By Melissa Quinn, Ibrahim Aksoy
Updated on: May 1, 2026 / 7:46 PM EDT / CBS News

During a hearing on whether accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen should remain detained ahead of a criminal trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya scolded federal prosecutors for pushing to move forward with the proceedings even though Allen agreed to remain in custody.

The exchange between prosecutors and the judge occurred when Upadhyaya directed lawyers to approach the bench to discuss the government’s effort to push its case for Allen’s detention. Members of the press and public in attendance could not hear the conversation, but it was included in a transcript of Thursday’s proceedings that was obtained by CBS News.

“I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present your case, I guess, to some audience other than the Court,” Upadhyaya told the prosecutors. “I don’t want this to turn into a circus. I don’t want to have a whole big fight over discovery right now.”

Jocelyn Ballantine, one of the prosecutors working on Allen’s case, told the judge that the government is five days into its investigation and would continue turning over information to the defense.

“Just give them what you have got that you can hand over before the preliminary hearing. Okay. That’s it,” Upadhyaya told Ballantine. The next hearing is set for May 11.

The judge raised the prospect that there could be “significant issues and possibly some national security documents.”

“But I don’t want to get into a whole discussion on the record about which documents you have,” Upadhyaya said. “Neither one of you may want to have that discussion on the record in open court.”

She ordered the Justice Department to “produce what it can” to Allen’s lawyers ahead of the hearing next month.

CNN first reported the judge’s comments.

Allen, 31, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president and two gun charges. He has not yet entered a plea.

Federal authorities have alleged that Allen — armed with two guns and multiple knives — sprinted through a security checkpoint for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last Saturday and shot at an officer, before being apprehended by federal law enforcement. President Trump was present one floor below, along with several top administration officials and some 2,600 guests.

Prosecutors had urged the judge ahead of Thursday’s hearing to order Allen to remain in custody in the lead-up to a trial, arguing in court papers that the seriousness of the charges warranted his continued detention.

While defense lawyers said in filings that Allen should be released, Tezira Abe, one of Allen’s attorneys, told the court at the start of the hearing that he conceded to detention.

Charles Jones, another prosecutor, urged the court to move forward with the detention hearing and told Upadhyaya that the government wanted to present additional information to the court. But the judge rejected the effort.

“The defendant is agreeing to be detained. He’s essentially conceding your motion. What audience is your supplemental information for?” she asked, adding “What is the purpose of the government putting additional information on the record at this point given that the defendant is agreeing to your motion?”

Upadhyaya said moving forward with the hearing would be “inefficient.”

“I guarantee you that if the defendant challenges his detention in the future, and this issue is raised before another judge, whether it’s the district judge or another magistrate judge, or me, you would be doing your exact same presentation all over again,” she told Jones.

Hours after the hearing, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, whose office in Washington, D.C., is prosecuting Allen, released a new video that she said showed the suspected attacker running through the security checkpoint outside of the correspondents’ dinner.

Prosecutors also provided to the court images of the area outside the ballroom, firearms and ammunition recovered by law enforcement and items found inside the hotel room that law enforcement said Allen rented at the Washington Hilton.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-video-shows-correspondents-dinner-suspect-before-shooting/

Alabama becomes second state to move to redraw maps after Supreme Court ruling

2026-05-01 4:49 PM ET / CNN

By Fredreka Schouten

3 hr ago

PUBLISHED May 1, 2026, 4:49 PM ET

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on October 7, 2023, in Troy, Alabama.

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced the Republican-controlled state legislature will hold a special session next week to pave the way for redistricting – becoming the second state to take action following the Supreme Court’s decision further weakening the Voting Rights Act.

Lawmakers will meet starting Monday to establish a special primary election for both US House and state Senate districts “whose boundary lines are altered by court action,” Ivey, a Republican, said in her proclamation.

The state’s primary election is slated for May 19.

In the immediate aftermath of the high court’s Wednesday ruling striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana, Ivey indicated that her state would not attempt to redraw its lines. Alabama currently is under a court order prohibiting the state from redistricting until after the 2030 census.

But Ivey and other officials have faced intense pressure to act. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday filed motions asking the high court to move quickly to lift the injunctions so Alabama can proceed with redistricting.

State efforts to redraw their lines ahead of November’s midterm elections carry high stakes for both political parties. Republicans currently hold a paper-thin majority in the House, and both parties have waged a coast-to-coast mid-decade redistricting war for months, seeking to eke out a partisan advantage.

Redistricting typically occurs once a decade, after the census.

This week’s ruling from the Supreme Court – which makes it significantly harder to challenge redistricting plans as discriminatory – has set off a fresh redistricting scramble.

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In a statement, Ivey said she is calling the special session in the hopes that the state will prevail in court. Alabama is currently represented in the US House by five Republicans and two Democrats, after courts ordered the creation of a second congressional district with a sizable Black population.

Ivey’s action comes a day after Republican officials in Louisiana announced that they were delaying the state’s primary elections for US House, although overseas ballots have already been mailed. Louisiana officials say they will not count votes cast in the May 16 election for US House seats, as the legislature looks to draw a new map.

Voters, civil rights organizations and other groups have filed legal challenges, seeking to block the Louisiana plan.

CNN’s John Fritze contributed to this report.