News for April 4, 2025

Minnesota lawmakers are weighing a bill backed by Sen. Julia Coleman to ban lead and arsenic in tampons and require more label disclosure for menstrual products.

A Kansas City DACA recipient was deported to Mexico after returning from a short trip, even though he had valid travel papers, and his lawyer is now suing U.S. immigration authorities.

The Trump administration accidentally sent some Ukrainian refugees a notice saying their U.S. legal status was ending, then said the email was sent in error and that no action would be taken.

Tiny Tots U Learning Academy in Texas is dealing with a measles outbreak among young children as the state’s case count nears 500.

Wholesale egg prices are falling, and consumers may soon see lower prices, but new tariffs could slow that relief.

Judges sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s administration this week for how it handled several court cases, even as the Supreme Court gave it a key win on education grants.

The Trump administration decided not to move forward with a plan to let Medicare and Medicaid cover weight loss drugs.

The Supreme Court let the Trump administration keep blocking millions in federal education grants for now while the legal fight continues.

The Supreme Court let the Trump administration stop Education Department teacher training grants it said conflicted with its anti-DEI policy.

The Trump administration is setting up a new Title IX investigation team to speed up enforcement actions against transgender girls and women in school sports and sex-segregated facilities.

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at 94, years after the Vatican defrocked him over sexual abuse findings that shook the Catholic Church.

California wants to shrink the FAIR Plan, but CBS News data suggests many homeowners in low-wildfire-risk areas are still being pushed into the state’s insurer of last resort.

Barack Obama said he is deeply concerned about Donald Trump’s actions against universities, law firms, and the press, and warned that Americans should not accept them.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Trump’s new tariffs are likely to lift inflation and slow economic growth, leaving the Federal Reserve focused on keeping price rises temporary.

Robert E. Cole died in a suspected homicide at Mule Creek State Prison, and prison officials are investigating his death.

Bernie Sanders said the U.S. has become a "pseudo-democracy" because billionaires and money have too much power over politics, including under President Donald Trump.

NATO chief Mark Rutte says Russia is not moving fast enough to end the war in Ukraine and should do more to reach a ceasefire.

President Donald Trump said he will delay enforcement of the TikTok ban again while talks continue over a possible deal involving ByteDance and China.

Idaho prison officials, led by warden Tim Richardson, obtained lethal injection drugs in secret roadside meetings as the state tried to keep its execution supply hidden.

Federal prosecutors in New York added two more sex trafficking-related charges against Sean Combs, raising the total against him to five.