With word of the Strait of Hormuz reopening, the stock market soared on Friday. Oil prices dropped about 10%, and as a result, gas prices ticked downward. Kelly O’Grady breaks it all down.
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The International Energy Agency warned that Europe could be about six weeks from a major shortage of jet fuel due to supply chain disruptions stemming from the conflict in Iran. Kris Van Cleave reports.
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Households are starting to make room in their budgets for spending on generative AI subscriptions, new data shows.
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On “The Takeout” Thursday night, Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida accused Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona of misconduct allegations that are “sexual in nature.” A spokesperson for Gallego called the claims “right-wing conspiracy theories being parroted by a fringe far-right member of Congress.” CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
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Spirit executives and other low-cost carriers are expected to meet with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy next week.
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Sources close to Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas tell CBS News neither is planning to retire this year.
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CBS News projects that Democrat Analilia Mejia will win the special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, a seat formerly held by Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, kicking off an expected sprint of seven budget hearings he’ll attend over the next week.
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Singer and songwriter d4vd has been arrested on suspicion of murder for the death of a 14-year-old whose dismembered body was found last year in a Tesla belonging to the singer.
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President Trump nominated a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. Dr. Erica Schwartz is a former deputy surgeon general and retired Coast Guard rear admiral.
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