The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/politics/texas-redistricting.html
To end starvation — and stave off social collapse — in Gaza, Israel must allow humanitarian-aid professionals to do their jobs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/opinion/gaza-israel-famine-starvation.html
Also, radioactive wasp nests were found in South Carolina. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/briefing/trump-jobs-report-radioactive-wasp-nests.html
The police in Anaconda, Mont., identified the suspect and warned that he was believed to be armed.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/montana-anaconda-shooting.html
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/science/nasa-astronauts-space-station-cardman.html
A genome analysis indicates wild tomatoes and a potato-like plant called Etuberosum hybridized to create the modern potatohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-potato-may-have-evolved-from-a-tomato-ancestor-nine-million-years-ago-genetic-study-suggests-180987091/
Discovered in 2016, the sandstone carvings on the western shore of Oahu depict human-like figures and extend across more than 100 feethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-old-hawaiian-petroglyphs-emerge-from-the-sand-for-the-first-time-in-nine-years-180987080/
Video footage shows a female guarding her nest while several smaller males compete for positioning nearbyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-in-nearly-a-century-adult-winter-run-chinook-salmon-are-swimming-in-californias-mccloud-river-180987092/
"Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan speaks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. More of their interview will air Sunday on "Face the Nation."https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-trade-representative-discusses-new-tariffs-employment-data/
Authorities said the suspect in a shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, was believed to be armed and dangerous.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anaconda-montana-shooting/
President Trump said he ordered his administration to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the July jobs report.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-commissioner-of-labor-statistics-july-jobs-report-erika-mcentarfer/
Trump boosts Canada tariff to 35% as U.S. announces new levies across the globe; Family of Virginia Giuffre presses Trump to release Epstein files to the public.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/81-cbs-morning-news/
Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week released the wife of a Marine Corps veteran after detaining her in May in what she thought was a routine immigration office visit. CBS News reporter Kati Weis has the details.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/marine-veterans-wife-released-from-ice-detention-after-2-months/
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's policy of rapidly deporting migrants who were granted parole to enter the U.S. legally.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-expedited-deportations-of-those-who-entered-u-s-legally-possibly-curtailing-ice-courthouse-arrests/
The Supreme Court limits the use of nationwide injunctions as the fate of birthright citizenship remains unclear; The Trump administration ends a specialized LGBTQ+ suicide lifeline option.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/062725-the-takeout/
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin joins "The Takeout with Major Garrett" to discuss cuts to his agency and a proposal to roll back the 2009 endangerment finding, which said six greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and called for regulations under the Clean Air Act.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/extended-interview-epa-administrator-lee-zeldin-agency-cuts-repealing-endangerment-finding/
With interest rates paused this month, savers should consider making these strategic long-term CD account moves now.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/long-term-cd-moves-to-make-interest-rates-paused-august-2025/
Gold prices have largely risen over the past 18 months, approximately, but will they continue to do so this August?https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-will-happen-to-gold-prices-august-2025/
The suspect, a non-military civilian, failed to stop and identify themselves at the gate of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, officials said.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/davis-monthan-air-force-base-shooting-security/
Adriana Kugler will resign from her role as a Federal Reserve governor — opening up a vacancy on the board as President Trump pressures the Fed to slash interest rates.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-reserve-governor-to-step-down-from-role-creating-vacancy-for-trump-to-fill/