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6:09 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to

6:03 PM on Friday, June 5

The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response

5:35 PM on Friday, June 5

The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles says it has opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California’s elections and sent a prosecutor to the county’s vote-counting center

5:08 PM on Friday, June 5

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread

5:06 PM on Friday, June 5

Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were told Friday that they were being fired, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of Director Kash Patel

5:05 PM on Friday, June 5

Four houses of worship in southern New England are examples of the estimated 1% of congregations in the U.S. that have endured since the nation’s founding in 1776

4:39 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence

4:21 PM on Friday, June 5

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state

3:12 PM on Friday, June 5

The three remaining correspondents at "60 Minutes" have decided to stay with the show despite recent turmoil

1:59 PM on Friday, June 5

The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity in the next few years

1:40 PM on Friday, June 5

With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a massive infusion of cash to the Homeland Security Department

1:23 PM on Friday, June 5

A Colorado court has ordered new trials for two paramedics who were found guilty in the death of Elijah McClain, almost seven years after the Black man was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine

12:57 PM on Friday, June 5

Inflation is rising again, squeezing budgets and making essentials harder to afford

12:53 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term

11:35 AM on Friday, June 5

A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million for the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers struck in a crosswalk by a California socialite

7:19 AM on Friday, June 5

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to enter and stay in the U.S. The judge criticized the policy for putting immigrants' lives in "indeterminate legal limbo" and accused the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of ignoring the law

2:06 AM on Friday, June 5

Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

12:03 AM on Friday, June 5

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market

11:20 PM on Thursday, June 4

Actor James Handy has been stabbed to death, and police have charged the son of his girlfriend in the killing

11:01 PM on Thursday, June 4

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner is hosting his first major campaign event since media reports surfaced that he previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women while he was married