The Nation’s Report Card shows average reading scores for 13-year-olds down 4 points from 2020 and math scores down 9 points. But months before releasing this data, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona warned against taking test scores at face value. Chase Nordengren, a K-12 education researcher, joined CBS News to discuss alternatives to test scores as a measure of school performance. Source

Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested and accused of selling secrets to China. Mark Strassmann has the details. Source

The mass shooter who killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 was officially given a rare federal death sentence on Thursday. A jury voted unanimously Wednesday to sentence the white nationalist to death. Source

Donald Trump has been arraigned in federal court for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Despite his legal woes, his support from Republican lawmakers hasn’t wavered. Political advisers Ashley Etienne and Maura Gillespie joined CBS News to unpack the political impact of Trump’s third indictment. Source

Former President Donald Trump appeared in court Thursday after being indicted on four charges in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the events of January 6, 2021. Trump pleaded not guilty. Robert Costa reports. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source

Thursday’s ruling is a victory for the Biden administration, which predicated unlawful border crossings would spike if its asylum restrictions were halted. Source

The House Oversight Committee released transcripts Thursday of its closed-door interview with Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden. He faced questions from the committee Monday related to Biden’s business dealings. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge reports on what the transcripts reveal. Source

Thursday saw the historic federal arraignment of a former U.S. president. Historian and University of Pennsylvania professor Mary Frances Berry joined CBS News to put Donald Trump’s third arraignment in historical context and discuss how it compares to previous presidential scandals. Source

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday in a federal courthouse just blocks from Capitol Hill — where his alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election culminated in the violence of Jan. 6, 2021. CBS News’ Robert Costa and Scott MacFarlane report on the proceedings, then CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe examines what the former president’s defense is likely to be. Source