The mortgage rate climate is evolving. Here are three questions homebuyers should ask with interest rates on hold. Source

Taylor Swift has created a brand value equivalent to $331.5 million for the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs, her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s team, according to Apex Marketing Group. Mariana Alfaro, a breaking political news reporter for the Washington Post, joined CBS News to discuss how Swift is making waves in the sports world and starting to have an effect on politics. Source

Republican infighting has stalled a bipartisan border deal that had looked sure to make it out of the Senate earlier this week. Even if the bill does pass the Senate, Republicans in the House are poised to block it. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source

Donald Trump used about $50 million in donor money to help pay his legal fees in 2023, according to a new round of Federal Election Commission campaign disclosures. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall has more. Source

Parts of the Pacific Coast are dealing with an atmospheric river that’s flooding roads, knocking down trees and causing power outages. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston has more. Source

Angry farmers hurled eggs and started fires Thursday outside the European Parliament in Brussels. The farmers, who come from countries across Europe, are pressing European Union leaders to do more about the low pay and red tape they’re experiencing. Bethany Bell from the BBC has more. Source

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to reporters Thursday for the first time since he was hospitalized for cancer treatment, something he didn’t disclose to President Biden. Austin said, “We did not handle this right. I did not handle this right.” CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has more. Source

This prestigious honor, presented by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum, recognizes Annie Ray’s contribution to music education. Source

This is the first time Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is taking questions from the press since his secret hospitalization and since the drone attack that killed U.S. soldiers in Jordan. Source

Update from the Food and Drug Agency comes days after Philips said it would stop selling the devices in the U.S. Source