Morning Headlines - Friday, Mar. 28, 2025 | Recent News

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U.S. and World Headlines

Trump Has Not Asked Waltz To Resign, But The Signal Chat Issue Is "Still A Hot Potato"

National security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have so far survived the disclosure that they ran a high-level meeting on a military operation via a non-government app and inadvertently included a journalist.

But President Trump continues to privately vent his irritation about it and is closely monitoring the news to see if the fallout is quieting down, according to sources familiar with the matter. The issue is "still a hot potato," one official told CBS News.

Vice President Vance And Wife Usha Head To Greenland Amid US Takeover Controversy

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are making their way to Greenland on Friday morning for a scaled back visit to the Pituffik Space Base.

The couple boarded Air Force Two shortly after 6 a.m. ET and were joined on the trip by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Energy Sec. Chris Wright and Sen. Mike Lee. They are expected to arrive at approximately 11:45 a.m. ET.

The trip was originally planned as a visit by the second lady to attend a dogsled race but that plan was scrapped after heavy criticism.

GOP Lawmakers In 10 States Introduce Bills To Treat Abortion As Homicide

A growing number of Republican state lawmakers are introducing legislation that would treat abortion as murder in a push to give legal rights to fetuses.

Since the beginning of this year, Republican lawmakers have introduced bills in at least 10 states, including Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Iowa, Idaho and North Dakota, that aim to charge pregnant women with homicide if they seek out or receive an abortion.

Trump’s New Auto Tariffs Will Likely Drive Up Car Prices By Thousands Of Dollars

Wall Street analysts warn President Donald Trump’s new auto tariffs could raise prices for U.S. buyers of both foreign and locally made vehicles.

Trump said he will slap 25% tariffs on imported passenger vehicles and light trucks, as well as on key auto parts including engines, transmissions and powertrain components.

Some singled out Elon Musk’s Tesla as being the most insulated from the potential harm of the tariffs, due to its domestic production.

How Milk Is Getting Caught In The Middle Of Trump's Policy Agenda

President Donald Trump’s moves in Washington are being felt in the milking barns of an upstate New York dairy farm. There, AJ Wormuth said he’s already seeing costs go up from Trump’s tariffs while the threat of a wider trade war is driving down the price he gets paid for his cows’ milk.

“We’re getting a double whammy — we’re getting lower prices and higher costs,” said Wormuth, who has 3,600 dairy cattle at his farm, Half Full Diary.

Wisconsin Employment Numbers Released

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced 3,043,700 total nonfarm jobs in the state, according to February 2025 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Preliminary employment estimates for February 2025 showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.2% over last month, which is 0.9 percentage points below the national unemployment rate of 4.1%. The state's labor force participation rate ticked down to 65.8% in February while the national rate decreased to 62.4%, marking Wisconsin's participation rate 3.4 percentage points above the rest of the nation.

Supreme Court Ruling Strengthens Efforts To Curb Ghost Guns In Wisconsin

A recent Supreme Court ruling upholds a Biden administration regulation aimed at keeping untraceable “ghost guns” out of the wrong hands.

While not a widespread issue in South-Central Wisconsin, ghost guns have been growing in prevalence nationwide due to the easy access to parts sold online.

The Supreme Court decision on Wednesday confirms that laws apply to kits sold online that can be used to assemble these untraceable weapons.

In Wisconsin, ghost guns have been linked to serious crimes, including the 2018 Paradigm shooting in Middleton, where an employee assembled a gun despite being legally prohibited from owning one.

President Donald Trump Joins Supreme Court Candidate Judge Brad Schimel In Tele-Town Hall

Wisconsin is in the national spotlight due to its Supreme Court race, drawing significant attention from political heavyweights.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Brad Schimel hosted a telephone town hall featuring former President Donald Trump on Thursday evening.

The call lasted about 10 minutes, during which Schimel and Trump urged voters to head to the polls while criticizing Schimel's opponent, Democrat-backed Judge Susan Crawford.

Wisconsin Lawmakers Pitch Ultra-Processed School Lunch Ban

There’s an RFK-inspired plan for healthier school lunches at the Wisconsin Capitol.

State Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, and Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, R-Fox Crossing, on Wednesday proposed a ban on ultra-processed foods in school lunches across the state.

“With 15% of Wisconsin students ages two to 17 being obese, we need to support our children by supplying them with nutritious lunch options instead of foods that are known to contain carcinogens,” Moses said. “Our kids need to be encouraged to eat healthier, and this starts at home and what is served to them at school.”

Enbridge Says No Leaks Found At Other Sites Along Line 6 Oil Pipeline

Enbridge said its investigation of valves at sites along the company’s Line 6 pipeline revealed no active leaks after a valve failure caused an oil spill in Jefferson County last year.

In November, a valve failure caused 69,000 gallons of oil to leak from the company’s Cambridge pump station on Line 6 in the town of Oakland between Madison and Milwaukee. The pipeline runs 465 miles from Superior to Griffith, Indiana. The leak was caused by a degraded gasket that loosened over time.

The failed valve was installed in 1973, which the company cited as a contributing factor in the spill.