News for May 1, 2025

Kamala Harris is publicly weighing whether to run for California governor, make another presidential bid, or step away from elected office.

Texas lawmakers may need to act soon or 1.8 million children and pregnant women could lose their current Medicaid health plan and be moved to different insurers.

HHS issued a review of pediatric gender care that questions the evidence for transition-related treatment for minors and breaks with the views of major U.S. medical groups.

Apple says Trump’s tariffs could add about $900m to its costs this quarter, even as it shifts more US-bound iPhone production to India and other devices to Vietnam.

Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border stayed near historic lows in April as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration continued.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is asking the CDC to create new measles treatment guidance using drugs and vitamins, even as the agency still says vaccination is the best way to prevent the disease.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s health department plans to require placebo trials for all new vaccines, a move experts say could slow access and raise ethical concerns.

McDonald's reported its biggest U.S. sales drop since the COVID-19 pandemic, saying tariff-driven economic worry is hurting lower-income customers and reducing traffic.

Police say Marianne Akers was not intoxicated when her car crashed into the YNOT Outdoors camp building in Chatham, Illinois, killing four girls.

Amazon denied it would show tariff charges on product pages, while Shein and Temu are already passing import costs on to shoppers through higher prices and added fees.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it end Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Venezuelans, which would clear the way for deportations and lost work permits.

Police arrested Justin Collin Adams after a manhunt in South Carolina, where three pedestrians were hit by a vehicle and the driver fled armed with a knife.

House Republicans are fighting over how much to raise the SALT tax deduction, and the split is slowing President Donald Trump’s broader tax and spending bill.

Sean “Diddy” Combs rejected a plea deal in his New York sex trafficking and racketeering case as jury selection nears.

President Donald Trump is pushing a fast-moving deportation campaign that aims to remove immigrants with little time for lawyers, hearings, or court review.

Marianne Akers tested negative for alcohol and controlled substances after the crash into an Illinois after-school program that killed four children, as investigators continue to look for the cause.

Nebraska officials recovered the bodies of three girls who went missing while fishing in the Missouri River.

Nvidia and Anthropic are clashing over U.S. chip export limits, with Nvidia saying Anthropic is exaggerating smuggling risks to support tighter rules on China.

Jussie Smollett and the city of Chicago have reached a settlement in the city’s lawsuit over his alleged fake hate crime report, six years after the case began.

Dominion Energy says data center demand in its northern Virginia market is still strong, even as some investors worry the boom could slow.