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U.S. News - Trump pardons former GOP congressman convicted for insider trading - June 6 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump pardoned former U.S. Rep. Stephen Buyer, R-Ind., who was convicted on four counts of securities fraud after he left Congress.

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World News -- Africa CDC, WHO announce joint response plan to Ebola outbreak -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization announced a response plan to counter the Ebola outbreak.

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Obama Presidential Center previewed in Chicago

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Scenes from the 2026 Forbes Iconoclast Summit

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Scenes from the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Protestors rally at ICE detention center in Newark, N.J.

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Naval Academy graduation held at Annapolis

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U.S. News -- States may sue to prevent Paramount, Warner Bros. merger -- The attorneys general of several states are preparing to file a lawsuit to prevent the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

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U.S. News -- Treasury Dept. asks banks to look for signs of illegal immigrant labor -- The Treasury Department issued an advisory to financial institutions to "be vigilant" against signs of unlawful employment of illegal immigrants.

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U.S. News -- Anthropic warns that AI needs a 'brake pedal' -- Artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a warning about systems that can improve themselves and said that humans need a way to intervene.

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U.S. News -- Brendan Banfield sentenced to life for killing wife, stranger -- Brendan Banfield, a man convicted of killing his wife and a stranger in a plot with an au pair, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.

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U.S. News -- Judge: Trump must restart immigration, asylum processing -- A federal judge canceled a batch of Trump's immigration policies, forcing the administration to begin processing immigration and asylum applications.

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U.S. News -- ISS crew returns after brief stint in 'safe haven' because of leaks -- NASA briefly moved five of the seven crew members aboard the International Space Station to the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" due to leaks.

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U.S. News -- House committee votes to codify 'Department of War' name change -- The House Armed Services Committee voted along party lines to codify the name change of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

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Entertainment News -- Mario Lopez to host 'Presidential 1776 Award' special on CBS -- Mario Lopez will host the first-ever Presidential 1776 Award national finals, a competition for high school students, June 30 on CBS and Paramount+.

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U.S. News -- Actor James Handy, 81, stabbed to death in Los Angeles -- Veteran actor James Handy, 81, was stabbed to death Wednesday after an attack, police said. His girlfriend's son was arrested on murder charges.

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U.S. News -- Senate passes $70B Homeland Security funding bill to fund through '28 -- The Senate passed a bill early Friday to fund immigration enforcement through the end of Trump's term with no block on the $1.8 billion fund.

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U.S. News -- Justice Department investigating several who have clashed with Trump -- The Justice Department has opened investigations into multiple people who have previously clashed with President Donald Trump in some way.

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U.S. News -- U.S. added 172,000 nonfarm jobs in May, outpacing forecasts -- The United States added 172,000 nonfarm payrolls in May, more than doubling expectations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

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Missing Auburn college student found dead in Kitayama Mountains, Japan

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Becerra takes top spot in Calif. primary; feds send election watcher

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Iran attacks Bahrain, Kuwait after U.S. hits surveillance radar sites

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Ukraine hits St. Petersburg in overnight strikes

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Diver dies in third fatal shark attack off Australia in four weeks

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This week in Washington

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