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美媒：特朗普特使正前往瑞士与伊朗谈判

2026年6月20日 07:25 / 联合早报

1月22日，美国在瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛上启动“和平委员会”，威特科夫（左）和库什纳（右）在现场。 （路透社）

美国新闻网Axios星期五（6月19日）引述一名美国官员的话报道，美国总统特朗普的特使威特科夫正前往瑞士，与伊朗就潜在的核协议举行首轮会谈。

报道称，特朗普的女婿库什纳已经身在瑞士。

美国和伊朗签署谅解备忘录后，原定星期五（6月19日）在瑞士启动的后续谈判在最后一刻取消，令停战前景蒙上阴影。不过同天较迟时候，以色列与黎巴嫩真主党同意停火，事态似乎又朝正面发展。

Schiff silent on Biden-era Newsom probe report as California AG claims DOJ ‘weaponization’

June 19, 2026 5:21pm EDT / Fox News

Sources say the investigation has been ongoing since 2025 and was not opened by Washington

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WATCH: California AG defends Newsom’s DOJ ‘weaponization’ claim, Schiff ducks question

California Attorney General Rob Bonta backed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s accusations against Trump after being pressed on reports that the federal probe may have originated outside Trump’s DOJ leadership. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta doubled down on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims that the Trump administration is weaponizing the Justice Department after being pressed on reports that the federal probe involving Newsom and his wife originated in California and was not opened by the Trump Administration in Washington, D.C.

“I know what I’ve concluded is that this is highly dubious — there’s no trust in it,” Bonta said. “This is someone who’s weaponized the U.S. DOJ time and time again. I think he’s doing it now.”

Newsom took to X on Monday to publicly announce his uncovering that he and his wife, Jen Siebel Newsom are being investigated by the DOJ, claiming President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to investigate them and that they’ve joined “Donald Trump’s hit list.”

GAVIN NEWSOM CLAIMS TRUMP ORDERED DOJ PROBE TARGETING HIM AND HIS WIFE

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks next to his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom at the California Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento after the state’s special election on Proposition 50 on Nov. 4, 2025.(Fred Greaves/Reuters)

He is also widely claiming that Trump is targeting him because of recent speculation of Newsom as a promising 2028 presidential bid.

“Newsom is the governor for the biggest state, the bluest state in the nation, the fourth largest economy in the world,” Bonta said “Everyone knows that he could be president of the United States. So you put that situational awareness and context into this, and what do you conclude?”

Bonta told Fox News Digital that Trump has “weaponized” the Justice Department, saying it has shifted from pursuing criminal prosecutions to conducting “political persecutions against political enemies.”

FORMER GAVIN NEWSOM CHIEF OF STAFF CHARGED IN $225K FRAUD AND CORRUPTION SCHEME, DOJ SAYS

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced charges against 21 people suspected of participating in a massive hospice fraud ring.(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

He also claimed that Trump ordered former Attorney General Pam Bondi “to go after his political enemies.”

“If that doesn’t destroy trust and make you doubt the intent behind this probe, I don’t know what else I can tell you,” Bonta said.

Bonta claimed Trump has used the DOJ to commit “political persecution” of his enemies, including a specific reference to “shifty Schiff.”

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., declined to answer questions from Fox News Digital about reports that the probe was opened by federal prosecutors in California rather than the administration in Washington.

ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI CALLS OUT GAVIN NEWSOM FOR NOT PROTECTING CITY, VOWS TO PROSECUTE LOOTERS AND RIOTERS

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5, 2025.(Shannon Finney/NBC) via Getty Images)

Sources familiar told Fox News that the investigation has been ongoing since 2025 and that the probe is based on whistleblower complaints related to Newsom and his wife’s personal finances. The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.

A source also said that Washington was not involved in the decision to open the probe, according to the Associated Press.

An investigation launched last year under then-President Joe Biden resulted in corruption charges against Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson. She pleaded guilty to lying about sharing internal information with a former associate. Newsom was not involved in the probe personally. It is reported that Newsom’s office believes the Trump administration’s federal investigators widened the efforts of the probe to also look into Newsom.

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The Governor’s office announced on Monday that it filed a public records request to the DOJ seeking documents that mention Newsom or his wife during Trump’s second term, including messages to and from Justice Department leaders.

Fox News’ David Spunt, Jake Gibson and Olivia Palombo contributed to this story.

Hannah is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.

Company owned by Trump donor won $1.7 million no-bid Reflecting Pool cleaning contract

June 19, 2026 / 7:01 PM EDT / CBS News

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Arden Farhi is the managing editor for CBS News’ Washington bureau. He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credits include “The Takeout with Major Garrett” and the CBS News original podcast “Agent of Betrayal,” and his work has been recognized with two Emmy Awards, a DuPont Award and a NY Festivals gold medal.

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Washington— The federal government awarded a company owned by a Trump donor a $1.7 million contract to install a new water cleaning system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, federal records show, as President Trump pushes to overhaul the pool — and struggles with a bout of algae and a peeling paint job.

The no-bid contract to install a “Nano Bubble” filtration system went to Green Water Solutions, an Ohio-based company whose owner is listed on federal contracting documents as “JJ Cafaro Investment Trust.” The president and CEO of that trust is identified as John J. Cafaro on Federal Election Commission filings.

Cafaro has donated to several GOP candidates and conservative causes in recent years. He has donated extensively to Mr. Trump’s campaign and to Trump-linked groups, giving $250,000 to the Trump Victory fundraising committee at one point in 2020. FEC records show he also made donations to Democrats at various points.

J.J. Cafaro leaves U.S. District Court in Cleveland on March 19, 2002, after testifying for the government in the trial against Rep. James Traficant. AP Photo/Tony Dejak

A businessman and real estate developer, Cafaro pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in 2010 over donations to his daughter’s congressional campaign. Nearly a decade earlier, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Democratic Rep. James Traficant, and cooperated with prosecutors.

Cafaro and his wife own a home in Palm Beach, Florida, less than a mile from the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

Green Water Solutions is also known as Greenwater Services. Inquiries to Cafaro did not yield a response, and the company referred CBS News to the National Park Service, a division of the Department of the Interior. The New York Times was first to reported on Cafaro’s involvement in the Reflecting Pool project.

On its website, Green Water Solutions describes its specialty as purifying water to remove algae, bacteria and other contaminants using a system that injects ozone-infused “nano bubbles” into the water.

Federal contracting records show that the company received one other government contract: A $1 million contract in 2025 for a feasibility study on using its Nano Bubble system to treat sewage flows in the Tijuana River.

Green Water Solutions also appeared to do work on a Trump Organization property. On its LinkedIn page, the company posted photos of water treatment work it performed on a pond at the president’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, more than a year ago.

Now, Green Water Solutions has been hired to take on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a century-old basin of shallow water that spans more than 300,000 square feet and has struggled with algae blooms for years. Mr. Trump has taken a personal interest in the Reflecting Pool’s overhaul, discussing the project at length, visiting the site and handpicking the color of an industrial-grade sealant that was installed on the pool’s stone floor: “American Flag Blue.”

Green Water Solutions was hired in April by the Department of the Interior to install a Nano Bubble system at the Reflecting Pool, replacing “the existing, failing filtration infrastructure.”

The contract was awarded without a full competitive bidding process. The government cited a contracting rule designed for projects of “unusual and compelling urgency,” pointing to the need to fix the Reflecting Pool in time for the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4. It also called the Nano Bubble system a “highly specialized and niche technology with limited domestic suppliers.”

White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers rebuffed any suggestion of a conflict of interest.

“This contract was awarded by the Department of Interior; the White House did not play any role in the selection process,” Rogers said. CBS News has reached out to the Interior Department for comment.

Cafaro on Friday told The Vindicator, a local newspaper in Youngstown, Ohio, that Mr. Trump “doesn’t know a thing about” his company’s work with the Reflecting Pool, saying he would “never talk to [the president] about it” because “you don’t do things to put friends in awkward positions.”

Cafaro also said, “I have no idea why this is an issue,” arguing “the system is working” to kill algae, and the public attention is driven by “people who don’t seem to like Trump.”

A separate $14.7 million no-bid contract was given to Virginia-based Atlantic Industrial Coatings to install sealant on the floor of the Reflecting Pool, federal contracting records show.

Several days ago, after water was pumped back into the Reflecting Pool, issues began to arise. A sheen of algae appeared in the water earlier this week, and by Thursday, the newly installed pool surface appeared to peel off in at least one location.

An Interior Department spokesperson said the algae bloom was caused by “residual algae” from stagnant water that sat in the pool’s supply lines, calling it “part of the normal startup process.” The department later said on X the Nano Bubble system “very effectively killed the algae.” CBS News has reached out to the department about the peeling sealant.

Work crews were then seen cleaning out algae and pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water. Also spotted in recent days: a Nano Bubble system.

A white plume of “ozone nano bubbles” is put into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as it is cleaned of algae on June 16. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

英国两列火车相撞 导致一死数十人伤

2026年6月20日 07:41 / 联合早报

英国两列火车相撞 导致一死数十人伤

英国贝德福德以南地区6月19日下午发生两列火车相撞事故。 （路透社）

英国交通警察说，两列火车在伦敦以北约100公里处相撞，造成一人死亡，数十人受伤。

路透社报道，两列火车在贝德福德（Bedford）以南地区相撞，事发于星期五（6月19日）下午5时15分左右（新加坡时间20日零时15分），一列东米德兰兹铁路公司的火车被一列英国卢顿机场特快列车从后方撞击。

一名乘客在社交媒体上发布的视频显示，一列火车的车头似乎与另一列火车的车尾卡在一起，但列车车厢看似仍直立在铁轨上。

英格兰东部救护服务中心已部署大量救援人员，包括20多辆救护车和六架医疗救援直升机。

救护中心说，事故现场一人死亡，11人伤势非常严重，22人伤势严重，56人受轻伤。

Injured climber trapped alone on Mount Everest for days reveals how an avalanche saved his life

June 19, 2026 / 1:18 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

For three days, Nepali mountaineer Dawa Sherpa was trapped deep inside an Everest crevasse, surviving on biscuits, chocolates and chunks of ice, while back home his family had already begun mourning his death.

Sherpa himself had nearly given up hope of rescue, until an avalanche thundered into the 25-foot deep ice crack, filling it with snow and creating a route to freedom.

“I am very happy to be back, I thought I would die there,” Sherpa, 57, told AFP, giving his first full account of his dramatic self-rescue, as he recovers in an apartment in Kathmandu with his family.

He had clawed his way out of the crevasse and crawled down the world’s highest mountain with his frostbitten fingers, dragging his fractured leg and eventually nearly reaching Base Camp a week after he had been last seen.

Back home, monks had already begun performing last rite rituals for him, as his devout Buddhist wife and daughter mourned him, presuming him dead.

Everest survivor Dawa Sherpa’s daughter Mendo Lhamu Sherpa applies ointment on his frostbitten hands in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 18, 2026. Prakash MATHEMA /AFP via Getty Images

Initially, in the confusion of the rescue, it was reported he had been missing for six days, since May 30.

In fact, even more remarkably, Sherpa reckons he had collapsed exhausted a day earlier on May 29 — meaning he had been alone on the mountain for an entire week.

“Couldn’t move”

Sherpa, also known as Hillary like the legendary climber Edmund Hillary, was employed as a cook at Camp Two by a small expedition organizer, Himalayan Traverse Adventure.

But they roped him in as a substitute for a guide, despite never having summited Everest before.

Sherpa went as high as the Balcony, around 27,559 feet high, on May 28, before descending to Camp Four at dark with British climber Chris Thrall, Polish climber Mariusz Chmielewski and guide Pasang Kaji Sherpa.

They were returning after one of the final summit pushes of the spring climbing season, in what has become the busiest year on record for Everest.

Thrall was the last to see Sherpa, after descending to an altitude of around 26,000 feet.

Sherpa said he fell behind because he ran out of oxygen, and told Thrall to continue.

“I told him to keep going, and that I will come,” he said. “But when my oxygen ran out, I couldn’t move my hands or feet. So I stayed at the rope for about half an hour.”

Alone and exhausted, he slowly made his way to a tent and found some noodles.

“I ate it, and it helped me gain consciousness … I then came down to Camp Three,” he said, still around 23,000 feet high, where he spent a night in howling gales.

“I heated water … cooked some porridge and had it.”

By then, the rest of the team had reached Camp Two and raised the alarm with the expedition company.

But search and rescue efforts were delayed.

Sherpa said that he had a satellite phone, which he could not get to work, and a walkie-talkie radio — but its batteries went dead.

Dried coffee and ice

Sherpa struggled on the next day, reaching Camp Two, but by that time, all other climbers had gone on.

Again, he was alone.

He planned to continue to Base Camp in one go, but as he crossed the treacherous Khumbu icefall, the fractured head of a glacier, he fell into the crevasse.

“I slipped and fell from a ladder, and I hung there for a long time,” he said, saying he was still clutching a 62-pound bag with eight empty oxygen cylinders and the client’s sleeping bags.

Only after his hands tired did he let go of the bag into the icy depths.

Eventually, unable to hold on, he fell too.

“I hit my head but landed in a flat area,” he said, injuring his leg.

Everest survivor Dawa Sherpa speaks during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu on June 18, 2026. Prakash MATHEMA /AFP via Getty Images

Digging into his jacket, he brought out frozen chocolate and dried coffee.

“I had some biscuits and some chocolates in my pockets, and coffee … I didn’t have any hot water, so I would break some ice and wet my mouth,” he said.

On June 3 — six days since he was left — a helicopter thundered overhead.

But he was still deep inside the crevasse.

“I knew that a helicopter came, I could hear its sound, but could not see it,” he said.

“I didn’t think I would be alive,” he told BBC Nepali from his hospital bed earlier this month. “I thought I would perish this way.”

“No one came”

Sherpa said he spent two nights in the crevasse, unable to climb out its “smooth walls.”

“There was nowhere to go. I would wonder if I would live or die, just hoping that someone would come and rescue me,” he said.

“But no one came — instead, an avalanche did, to save me.”

The avalanche filled in the crevasse with snow, allowing him to crawl out.

“It was very difficult, it must have taken me an hour — holding onto the ice, and latching on with the crampons,” he said.

“I stepped on a piece of snow and moved up slowly. When I came out on the slope, I felt that I will now survive.”

Once out, he found a rope and followed it, eventually crawling down close to Base Camp.

There, on the morning of June 4, he was found by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, a Nepali team that helps set routes on Everest and clean up waste left behind.

“I was very happy to see them,” he said.

Sherpa was airlifted to Kathmandu, where doctors treated him for frostbite, severe dehydration and a fractured thigh bone.

Paramedics work to transport Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for several days in the Everest region, from the helipad at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu on June 4, 2026. Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS

His improbable survival has sparked celebration among fellow climbers, but also anger from family members and the mountaineering community over the failure to locate him sooner.

The government has launched an investigation.

Asked if he would return to the mountains again, Sherpa said his time climbing for work was over.

“I will not go to the mountains now, maybe just for some trekking,” he said.

“There should be a limit”

More than 1,000 climbers reached Everest’s summit, according to preliminary Nepali government figures, making it the busiest season on record.

The government collected more than $7 million from issuing climbing permits for Everest.

Climbers set a record on May 21, when 274 of them successfully ascended Nepal’s side of the mountain in a single day, officials said. Experts have warned of the potential dangers of overcrowding, especially after two climbers died around the time of that record-setting day.

Increasing popularity not only increases congestion on the mountain, but also means less experienced climbers are more likely to be among the groups attempting the trek, one sherpa told AFP.

“There is a need for authorities to control this number,” Kami Rita Sherpa said. “They should let in only climbers of quality — there should be a limit.”

Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to summit Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, May 18, 2026. Purnima Shrestha / REUTERS

From Chalamet to Messi, prediction markets are betting on celebrities to boost their brands

2026-06-19T12:28:00-0400 / CBS News

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Updated on: June 19, 2026 / 12:45 PM EDT / CBS News

Prediction markets are betting that celebrity endorsements will help attract more users.

Kalshi, a trading platform that surged in popularity during the 2024 presidential election, has recently released a slew of celebrity advertisements featuring famous athletes as it seeks to capitalize on the hype around the NBA Finals and the FIFA World Cup.

The push could drive more people to Kalshi, where most wagers are driven by sporting events, according to Elizabeth “Zab” Johnson, a visual marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

“The platform is about sports betting and predictions, so they also know that they’re capitalizing on a market that’s happening right now,” she told CBS News.

A Kalshi spokesperson said the World Cup was a natural time to roll out new campaigns, given its cultural significance and impact on the sports world. The goal of the celebrity ads is to drive brand awareness, the spokesperson added.

“There’s a lot of merit in having them post, because they have a lot of fans,” the spokesperson told CBS News.

One recent addition to Kalshi’s roster of celebrity partners is soccer phenom Lionel Messi. He is part of a larger partnership with the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, the governing body of Argentina’s national football team. The platform also recently struck a multi-year deal with actor Timothée Chalamet.

A recent social media campaign for Kalshi features soccer stars Lionel Messi, Nicolás Otamendi, and Rodrigo De Paul of the Argentina national team. Kalshi

Both have since promoted the brand on their personal social media accounts. The ads feature the Kalshi logo but omit the Kalshi trading interface, leaving the viewer to focus on the celebrities.

Kalshi has also launched campaigns featuring Croatian soccer player Luka Modrić through a partnership with the Croatian Football Association, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and several other international soccer stars.

Kalshi competitor Polymarket plans to follow suit, with a spokesperson telling CBS News that they are gearing up to announce new partnerships soon. Neither disclosed how much they are spending. Johnson said the deal sizes would depend on contract details, but could easily be in the eight- to nine-figure range.

The celebrity push comes as prediction markets seek to broaden their reach. Kalshi and Polymarket have already inked major deals with news outlets, the National Hockey League and other notable companies like Venmo.

A familiar strategy

Prediction markets’ embrace of celebrity advertising follows a long-standing strategy used by companies seeking to build trust and attract customers through familiar faces.

“It’s maybe newer for prediction markets to go down this path, but it’s kind of just the age-old mass marketing approach you see, especially when you’re trying to establish legitimacy in a space,” said Jared Watson, an associate professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Celebrities are also natural attention-grabbers. Research published in 2023 by Johnson and another Wharton marketing professor found that people are more likely to choose a product endorsed by a celebrity than by a non-celebrity.

“We prioritize information that comes to us from people that we think have valuable input, and celebrities are in that category,” Johnson told CBS News.

Edited by Aimee Picchi

This week on “Sunday Morning” (June 21)

2026-06-19T12:53:00-0400 / CBS News

By David Morgan

Updated on: June 19, 2026 / 1:26 PM EDT / CBS News

The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)

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Guest host: Lee Cowan.

COVER STORY: Protecting the right of birthright citizenshipBirthright citizenship is spelled out in the 14th amendment of the Constitution, granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” But an executive order signed by President Trump in January 2025 seeks to limit the citizenship of children born to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily, potentially affecting a quarter of a million children per year, according to Pew Research Center. (The Supreme Court is currently weighing the legality of his order.) Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with constitutional experts about our nation’s longstanding embrace of immigrants, and what denying citizenship might mean.

For more info:

• Amanda Frost, professor, University of Virginia School of Law
• “You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers” by Amanda Frost (Beacon Press), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• Rogers Smith, emeritus professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

ALMANAC: June 21“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library under construction in the Badlands of North Dakota. CBS News

HISTORY: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens in North Dakota BadlandsTheodore Roosevelt is finally getting his own presidential library, amid the prairie grass of North Dakota, 107 years after his death. Lee Cowan tours what is described as an immersive experience in the life and legacy of the 26th president, as well as the nature that shaped both Roosevelt and his vision of America.

For more info:

• Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Medora, N.D. (opens July 4)
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, N.D.

Seahorses. Birch Aquarium

NATURE: Seahorses and seadragons, some of Nature’s most curious creaturesSeahorses are unique ocean inhabitants with a head like a horse, a pouch like a kangaroo, a tail like a monkey, and the ability to camouflage themselves like a chameleon. They also exhibit an unconventional gender dynamic, in that the males do the work of carrying around fertilized eggs. Correspondent Conor Knighton goes in search of these fascinating fish –and their equally fascinating cousins, seadragons – at the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California.

For more info:

• Birch Aquarium at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Music producer Shooter Jennings with correspondent Robert Costa. CBS News

MUSIC: Waylon Jennings’ son Shooter on rescuing his dad’s musicSinger, musician, and Grammy-winning music producer Shooter Jennings is keeping alive the legacy of his late father, country star Waylon Jennings, by producing long-lost material that he found stashed away. The second of such albums, “Diamonds,” will be released later this year. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa talks with Shooter about how deeply emotional it is to work on Waylon’s music, and about his dad’s brand of “outlaw country.”

For more info:

• Shooter Jennings
• Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood, Calif.

PASSAGE: In memoriam“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.

“Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets” by Édouard Manet (1872). Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Molteni & Motta/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

ARTS: Manet and Morisot: Impressions of an artistic friendshipÉdouard Manet, a towering figure of Impressionist art, was also a mentor to Berthe Morisot, a female painter who’s remained largely in Manet’s shadow, until now. The two, whose friendship led to changes in both of their artistic styles, are the subjects of an exhibition currently at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Correspondent Lee Cowan pays a visit.

For more info:

• “Manet & Morisot,” at the Cleveland Museum of Art (through July 5)
• Exhibition catalogue: “Manet and Morisot” by Emily A. Beeny (Yale University Press), in Hardcover format, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• Legion of Honor, San Francisco

HARTMAN: Graduation

Correspondent Tracy Smith with comedian John Mulaney. CBS News

SUNDAY PROFILE: John Mulaney on sobriety and fatherhoodJohn Mulaney says he grew up feeling that comedy was his destiny. The Emmy Award-winning standup comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” writer talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about how he deals with sobriety today (and about a 2020 intervention which he describes as “star-studded”), and how fatherhood – along with his wife, actress Olivia Munn – has changed his outlook. (An earlier version of this story originally aired March 9, 2025.)

For more info:

• John Mulaney (Official site)
• Thanks to Amoeba Music, Hollywood

COMMENTARY: Charles M. Blow praises men who step upThe political commentator talks about the need to mentor young boys whose fathers are absent or passed, and about the New Orleans youth organization Son of a Saint, which provides the guidance and correction, the modeling of composure, and the sense of possibility that will help transform the lives of fatherless boys.

For more info:

• Son of a Saint
• Charles M. Blow on Substack

HEALTH: Fighting childhood obesity, for a healthier, longer lifeIn 1970, about 1-in-20 children were affected by obesity; today, it’s 1-in-5, with diet and exercise both key factors in the increase. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook looks at programs aimed at helping kids get healthy the old-fashioned way, by eating right and exercising, while helping decrease the risk of problems tied to obesity later in life, such as diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer.

For more info:

• YMCA’s “Healthy Weight and Your Child” program
• YMCA’s “Healthy Weight and Your Child” in Harrisburg, Pa.
• Harlem Children’s Zone Healthy Harlem
• Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary

NATURE: John Muir Wilderness in CaliforniaWe leave you this first of Sunday of summer at the John Muir Wilderness in California’s Sierra Nevadas.

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From the archives: Ohio’s landmark basket building by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ohio’s landmark basket building (YouTube Video)Okay, Paris has its Eiffel Tower, but Newark, Ohio, has its own architectural icon: the Basket Building, built in 1997 as the home of Longaberger Baskets. The seven-story office building, constructed to look exactly like a Longaberger Basket (just REALLY BIG), has been a novelty along Route 16, and now the current owners have put it on the market. Watch this Jane Pauley “Sunday Morning” report from July 17, 2016, when the Longaberger Basket Building was first up for sale.

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California dreamin’ with “CBS Sunday Morning” by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube

MARATHON:Stories about California, its history, people and landmarks (YouTube Video)Join “CBS Sunday Morning” on a trip through California to learn about its vast landscapes, its rich history, its vibrant art and more.

• Keeping Highway 1 open
• The plan for a new California city
• A ghost town’s caretaker
• The Golden Gate Bridge
• Santa Barbara’s history
• Inside Hollywood auction house Julien’s
• Bay Area’s vibrant salt pools
• The art of Ruth Asawa
• The Hollywood Bowl’s 100 years
• L.A.’s GenSpace reimagines the senior center
• How Oakland’s Creative Growth grew generations of artists
• Mattel’s toy story
• Doughnut shops, a sweet American dream
• The world’s oldest trees
• Fire lookouts
• Aiding California condor’s comeback
• A story of guardian angels come full circle
• The Hollywood sign turns 100
• “The Michael Jordan of African American architects”
• Spreading some fairy magic
• Black cowboys saddle up in Compton
• Competitive tablescaping at the L.A. County Fair
• Taking the plunge
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The Trump administration says it is cutting student loan interest. Not everyone qualifies.

June 19, 2026 / 1:38 PM EDT / CBS/AP

The Education Department on Thursday said it is temporarily cutting interest rates for some federal student loan borrowers, a move aimed at easing repayment costs as delinquencies climb to their highest level in six years.

The reduction – a temporary shave of 1 percentage point from borrowing costs — comes as 10.3% of student loans were delinquent during the first quarter, representing the highest share in six years and a twenty-fold spike since mid-2024, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Education Undersecretary Nicholas Kent said the change is a way of “making student loan repayment easier than ever” and of improving “the overall health of the federal student loan portfolio.”

The federal student loan portfolio has ballooned to almost $1.7 trillion, with millions of borrowers struggling to keep up.

But the change does not apply to all borrowers, and those pursuing the reduction will need to meet eligibility criteria. At the same time, the Trump administration is overhauling student loans beginning July 1 with new limits on how much Americans can borrow and their repayment options.

Here are details of the plan and some context behind them:

Who is eligible for the interest rate reduction?

The change will only affect a subset of borrowers — those with federal Direct Loans issued after July 1, 2012, who are already enrolled in automatic payments or sign up for them.

Many borrowers won’t see any immediate benefit. To qualify, they have to first take a set of actions including signing up for auto pay and, in some cases, consolidating their loans.

Currently, just 40% of borrowers are enrolled in auto pay — a figure the department is hoping to increase with the new incentive of the interest rate reduction.

Nearly 9 million student loan borrowers are in default, meaning they’ve missed nine months of payments. For them to become eligible for the rate reduction, they must get back in good standing, typically by consolidating their loans and then applying for a new repayment plan.

What if you already have autopay set up?

For borrowers already enrolled in auto pay, the savings will be smaller.

Borrowers who currently use auto pay already receive an interest-rate discount of 0.25%, so the new reduction takes off just 0.75%.

When does the interest rate reduction end?

For all borrowers, the rate reduction will be temporary, lasting through June 30, 2028.

Reporter’s Notebook: How Trump’s surprise move on DNI confirmation upended key Senate deal on FISA

June 19, 2026 1:19pm EDT / Fox News

Trump linked Jay Clayton’s nomination to approval of Jamie McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

By Chad Pergram, Fox News

Capitol Hill chaos after Trump post leads to cancellation of DNI nominee hearing

President Donald Trump’s desire to cancel Jay Clayton’s DNI confirmation hearing ignitesd Capitol Hill chaos. Trump linked the hearing to the approval of Jamie McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, causing frustration among senators.

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They didn’t know what to do.

Just before 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, President Trump blindsided everyone in the U.S. Senate. In a post on Truth Social, the president declared he was “cancelling the Senate hearing” for his Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton. Moreover, the President said he would withhold Clayton’s nomination from “going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney.”

If confirmed, Clayton would vacate his post as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. That’s the slot for which the President is nominating McDonald.

TRUMP SAYS SENATE HEARING ON DNI NOMINEE IS CANCELED UNTIL US ATTORNEY REPLACEMENT CONFIRMED

Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks next to Jessica S. Tisch, New York Police Department commissioner, during a press conference at NYPD headquarters following the arrest of suspects charged with igniting IEDs near Gracie Mansion, the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in New York City on March 9, 2026.(REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

So what would happen with the hearing?

Lawmakers and aides scrambled as they woke to the news Wednesday morning. After all, Trump is the president. He doesn’t have the authority to cancel a Senate hearing.

“Yeah. I don’t think that’s his call,” said Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Intelligence Committee.

One senior source told Fox News they presumed that Clayton’s confirmation hearing would forge ahead. Another told Fox the fate of the hearing was “undetermined.”

On one hand, lawmakers and aides had to first digest what was happening. Was the President withdrawing Clayton’s nomination? Was he saying he just wasn’t allowing Clayton to testify? Did the head of the executive branch really believe he could bigfoot a congressional hearing? Or was this the president flexing his political muscle, testing Senate Republicans to see how compliant they might be with his intimation — and potentially cancel the hearing on their own?

So was Clayton’s hearing on or off?

“Are we going to have an Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing today?” yours truly asked panel Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as he slid behind a backdoor to a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Silence from Cotton.

SCOOP: TOP GOP SEN. COTTON TO MEET WITH EMBATTLED TRUMP DEFENSE NOMINEE AS DOUBTS SWIRL

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025, stating the war with Iran will continue for weeks as the U.S. limits their offensive capabilities.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Do you know the answer?” I followed up.

“Do you think the President overstepped his bounds, saying he was canceling the hearing?” I continued.

By that point, Cotton was well behind the doorway and it closed.

“I have never seen anything quite like this,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., one of the longest-serving members on the Intelligence Committee in Senate history. “Everybody else is going to have to keep guessing for a while.”

It was Washington whiplash.

“Things change around here pretty quick, Chad,” quipped Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.

But a bit later, Cotton finally weighed-in when he posted on X that the hearing would proceed. The Arkansas Republican then materialized again in the hallway, heading for an elevator bank.

“To be clear, you will proceed with the hearing and you expect Jay Clayton to be there despite what the President said?” I asked.

A steel-faced Cotton stared straight ahead at the green elevator door.

“Chad, you have our statement,” said a terse Cotton.

But an hour later, Cotton ditched the hearing after the President blocked Clayton from testifying.

“It’s regrettable that the President has directed Jay Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing today,” said Cotton in a new statement on X. “While today’s hearing is now unfortunately postponed, I look forward to proceeding with his confirmation in the near future.”

The stunning reversal left everyone trying to grasp what happened. And what might be next.

SPRINT TO CONFIRM TRUMP NOMINEES KICKS OFF IN JANUARY

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a morning work meeting to “revive balanced, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all” in the presence of the G7 countries, partner countries, the International Monetary Fund, and the OECD, as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026.(Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

“I am not sure whether Jay Clayton has simply been postponed or withdrawn,” mused Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the Vice Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. “I wonder whether Jay Clayton knows whether he has been postponed or withdrawn.”

Democrats and Republicans brokered a fragile agreement weeks ago to renew FISA Section 702. The intelligence community argues that program is the powerful tool in the American arsenal to track and combat potential terrorism. Congress repeatedly punted a full renewal for months.

But with both bodies on the precipice of reauthorizing the program, President Trump announced he would install housing czar Bill Pulte as interim DNI. Democrats balked at Pulte, noting he had no intelligence experience. Plus, they viewed him as a political hack who would run roughshod over America’s intelligence apparatus.

So Democrats pulled their support from the FISA compromise.

Most Republicans weren’t exactly enamored with Pulte, either. And those worried about the nation’s security pushed to block Pulte from entering the DNI’s office. That’s why Cotton scheduled Clayton’s confirmation hearing so quickly. It was thought that the Senate might be able to pivot after the hearing and confirm Clayton on the floor late this week or early next.

Rapid confirmation of Clayton was essential. Such a scenario would unlock Democrats’ votes to reauthorize FISA Section 702 after the program’s congressional blessing expired a week ago.

That was the plan. At least until the president initiated the firestorm over Clayton’s confirmation hearing this week.

“Another Trump victory gets upended by an impulse,” vented Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. “It’s frustrating.”

WHY TRUMP PICKED BILL PULTE TO LEAD US INTELLIGENCE AS CRITICS QUESTION HIS QUALIFICATIONS

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2025, before the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon.(Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

But wait. There’s more.

President Trump inserted another chestnut — or hot potato — into his pre-dawn Truth Social screed. Especially if you thought the president was going to make it easy for Congress to hastily re-up FISA as soon as the Senate confirmed Clayton.

“To add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it,” Trump said.

He added that his plan was for Pulte to “remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence” and declared that “Republicans fell into a trap.”

The SAVE America Act is the touchstone of President Trump’s 2026 legislative agenda. It requires proof of citizenship to vote. However, the bill has never garnered even 50 yeas in the Senate on two previous test votes.

“We’ve got to pass the SAVE America Act and conditioning passage of FISA on the prior passage of SAVE America would be a great thing,” said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

Other Senate Republicans were more realistic, based on the legislative history of the SAVE America Act.

“You can’t always get what you want,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. “I mean, I want a Porsche for my birthday. I’m not going to get it.”

TRUMP, THUNE CLASH ON VOTER ID ULTIMATUM AS GOP REMAINS DIVIDED ON PATH FORWARD

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said a classified briefing reinforced his view that Iran’s leaders would use a nuclear weapon if they obtained one during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C.(Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters)

Democrats seethed about national security as Republicans squirmed.

“We had a path forward as of yesterday (on FISA) and today we don’t,” said Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. “This has become a complete debacle and now it’s up to the White House to figure out a path forward here.”

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No one knows what’s next for Clayton. Or McDonald. Or FISA. And there’s high skepticism anything happens on the SAVE America Act. So it’s all in a cryogenic Congressional freeze.

Regardless, Clayton’s confirmation hearing never happened. Such hearings are the responsibility of the legislative branch. But by the end of the day, there was no question who canceled it.

Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.

2 trains collide in England, causing “a number of” injuries, U.K. official says

June 19, 2026 / 3:36 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

A number of people are injured after two trains collided north of London Friday, a United Kingdom official said.

British Transport Police said Friday it was responding to reports of the collision “in the Bedford area,” referring to a market town around 56 miles north of England’s capital. Other emergency services said they were attending to the incident.

“I am being kept updated on the collision of two trains between Luton and Bedford,” James Murray, the secretary of state for health and social care, wrote on social media. “A number of people have been injured and I thank first responders who are helping those affected.”

Unverified social media footage appeared to show two East Midlands Railway trains having collided, with one running into the other, and passengers pictured standing on the tracks beside damaged rail carriages. The trains appeared to have remained upright on the track, according to a video posted by CBS News partner BBC News.

Passenger Peter Knapp told the BBC that he saw “bloodied faces” and passengers that appeared to have broken legs. He had injured his own back, he said.

“I felt like I’d been in a bomb explosion,” Knapp told the BBC. He said there was “smoke everywhere” within the train carriages and that he couldn’t “imagine what the situation of the (train) driver is.”

Another passenger, Shola Mene, told the BBC that there was “a big bang” and “then people flew from the seats.”

“Someone just flew across and hit my husband in the face,” Mene said. “There was a lot of blood. A lot of people had facial injuries.”

East of England Ambulance Service said on social media it had sent “a number of resources,” including an air ambulance and a hazardous area response team, to a “major incident on the railway south of Bedford.”

Meanwhile, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said its “crews are currently in attendance at an incident on the railway just south of Bedford.”

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was “deeply concerned” by the collision reports.

The rail operator Thameslink, which serves the region, said on its X account that “all lines are blocked between Luton and Bedford… due to a problem under investigation.” East Midlands Railway said that trains to and from London St. Pancras have been suspended, with customers advised not to travel this evening.

England’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch said on X that a team of inspectors is at the site of the collision, and will investigate the incident.

Train collisions are relatively rare in Britain.

In September 2023, several people were injured after two trains collided at Aviemore railway station in the Highlands of Scotland. The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway run separately from mass-transit public services, and involved a stationary carriage and another train in the station. One of the trains involved was the record-breaking, century-old Flying Scotsman, the first steam train to reach over 100 miles an hour, the National Railway Museum said.

In August 2020, an early morning service from Aberdeen to Glasgow came off the tracks, killing three people near the town of Stonehaven, northeast Scotland, after a landslip caused by heavy rain.The driver of the train, a conductor and a passenger died. Six other people were injured.

Network Rail — an arm of the U.K. Department for Transport — pleaded guilty in 2023 to safety failings at a court hearing and the public body was fined $8.4 million.