The briefing for Saturday, June 6.

Two federal judges delivered setbacks to the Trump administration Friday, halting policies affecting food assistance for 39 million Americans and immigration applications from 39 countries. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction blocking Agriculture Department conditions on SNAP funding, while Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. struck down immigration restrictions enacted after last year's National Guard shooting.

The SNAP case centers on requirements the administration sought to impose on states receiving federal food aid, including restrictions related to gender ideology, immigration, and athletic opportunities. Twenty Democratic states argued the conditions were unconstitutional roadblocks to programs created by Congress. The immigration ruling affects applicants from African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries who have been categorically barred from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship applications.

Judge McConnell's ruling was particularly harsh, stating the administration 'threw the lives of countless immigrants living in the United States into indeterminate legal limbo' and acted with 'pretextual concerns of national security that mask anti-immigrant sentiments.' He found the policies contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious. The ruling would impact all pending cases at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services involving people from the affected countries, not just those included in the lawsuit.

The Senate passed a nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement package in a middle-of-the-night vote, prepaying Department of Homeland Security operations through 2029 and guaranteeing funding for mass deportation operations. The bill now heads to the House. The package provides $30 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and billions more for Border Patrol, coming on top of $170 billion already approved last summer.

The slim dozen-page bill carries virtually no guardrails or directives typically included in legislation, turning loose funds with what advocates call limitless options for use. Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called it a 'rotten bill,' while pro-immigrant groups labeled it an 'ATM for ICE.' The administration has sought to shift debate over enforcement operations, installing new leadership at Homeland Security following violent scenes earlier this year and the shooting deaths of Americans Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The funding comes as about one in three U.S. adults know someone impacted by Trump's immigration operations, according to an April AP-NORC poll. The administration continues hiring more ICE agents, building detention facilities, and partnering with countries worldwide to accept deportees. Border czar Tom Homan told CBS News enforcement actions will continue and hinted at summer sweeps coming to New York City.

Canada's food inspection agency announced a temporary ban on livestock from Texas after a second case of flesh-eating screwworms was confirmed in the state Friday. The parasitic fly, whose larvae burrow through living flesh, was found in a one-month-old calf about 5.6 miles from the first case discovered Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster, warning the outbreak is likely to spread over the summer and poses an imminent threat to the state's $113 billion cattle industry.

The New World Screwworm was considered eradicated from the U.S. in 1966, but this outbreak has been moving through Central America and Mexico. Females lay eggs in open wounds of warm-blooded animals, and when hatched, hundreds of larvae consume living flesh with sharp mouths, eventually killing hosts if left untreated. Officials established a 20km control zone with quarantines, movement controls, and surveillance around the affected area.

The U.S. and Canada have significant two-way cattle trade, with 550,000 cattle imported from the U.S. to Canada in 2025 according to Canadian agriculture data. Canada notes the parasite is unlikely to become a problem domestically due to colder climate but warns farmers to monitor livestock for wounds. Governor Abbott pledged Texas will help accelerate construction of a $750 million fly-breeding facility near the Mexico border, which will produce sterile flies to combat the outbreak but isn't expected to be operational until late 2027.

The U.S. military shot down Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf allies Friday, while striking Iranian coastal radar sites in response. U.S. Central Command said Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, with U.S. forces intercepting six and a seventh failing to reach its target. Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, and Kuwait's military reported intercepting missiles and drones.

The exchange further frayed the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Earlier Friday, U.S. forces shot down four Iranian attack drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz that posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted the Ali Al Salem airbase hosting U.S. forces in Kuwait and the Navy's 5th Fleet in Bahrain. The U.S. hit Iranian radar sites, including locations in the strait, to defend against further attacks.

The strikes come as the Trump administration seeks a deal to extend the ceasefire and start nuclear talks, but negotiations have stalled. President Trump told reporters the situation 'seems to be going quite well' and promised to resolve it quickly, either through agreement or 'the very tough way.' The U.S. is enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran's chokehold on the crucial oil corridor, which has sent energy prices spiking ahead of midterm elections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released modeling Friday showing the Central Africa Ebola outbreak could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated. The range of scenarios spans from 10,000 to over 20,000 cases, potentially approaching the scale of the 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic that resulted in more than 28,000 cases and 11,000 deaths. The Africa CDC reported about 400 confirmed cases and 63 deaths as of Friday, though experts believe many cases remain undiagnosed.

The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo virus, for which there are no specific treatments or vaccines. The World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency in May. The outbreak response has been complicated by armed conflict between Congo's government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, as well as attacks by Islamic State-affiliated forces, causing massive displacement in affected areas.

CDC modeling suggests that with current isolation rates around 20%, most simulations project at least 20,000 cases and 4,000 deaths over three months. Higher isolation rates of 50% or 70% could reduce cases to around 10,000. The CDC's Dr. Satish Pillai said without strong public health interventions, an outbreak of this scale is possible. The U.S. government has banned entry for people without U.S. passports who visited Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, and CDC says the risk to America remains low.

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's request for face-to-face negotiations, calling the Ukrainian leader's public letter 'rude' and saying he sees no point in meeting. Speaking at Russia's economic forum in St. Petersburg Friday, Putin reiterated his position that peace talks should precede any ceasefire, not the other way around. Zelensky had written an open letter Thursday proposing direct talks in a neutral country like Switzerland, Turkey, or an Arab state.

Zelensky's letter, the first public message he has written directly to Putin since Russia's 2022 invasion, struck a defiant and at times mocking tone. He suggested Putin's age was taking its toll after 26 years in power and referenced Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, including one on St. Petersburg he described as 'paying a visit.' The Ukrainian president proposed a full ceasefire during negotiations and an all-for-all prisoner exchange, while claiming Russia suffered more than 30,000 soldiers killed or wounded in May alone.

Putin said the letter was designed not to create conditions for a meeting but to avoid one. He restated Russia's demands that Ukraine withdraw from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and abandon NATO membership. After hearing Putin's response, Zelensky said Russia was 'choosing war again' and expressed disappointment. President Trump said it 'would be great' if the two leaders met, telling reporters both sides would need to make compromises but declining to detail what he had suggested to Putin.