Friday, May 2nd
🚨NATION
📌 White House seeks sharp spending cuts in 2026 budget proposal (ABC)
📌 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemns Trump rhetoric, attacks on judges (MO NEWS)
📌 Trump administration reaches ‘settlement in principle’ with rioter shot by cop on Jan. 6 (POLITICO)
📌 Trump to rename Veterans Day and VE Day To “Victory Day for World War I” and “Victory Day for World War II” (BBC)
📌 Illinois man sentenced to 53 years in prison for fatally stabbing Palestinian-American child (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Workers install chimney on Sistine Chapel ahead of Conclave (USA TODAY)
📌 Evacuations in Chile and Argentina after tsunami warning (YAHOO)
📌 German intelligence labels far-right AfD Party as “extremist” (POLITICO)
📌 An Australian woman is on trial for murder by toxic mushrooms (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 A tariff exemption for cheaper goods from China expired today (CBS)
📌 Trump budget will bring big cuts to science and tech agencies (AXIOS)
📌 The U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, new report shows (CNN)
📌 Astronomers may have found 9th planet in the solar system (ABC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jill Sobule, writer of I Kissed A Girl, has died in a house fire (AP)
📌 Over three years since on-set tragedy, Alec Baldwin’s Rust released (NPR)
📌 Jack Antonoff named ASCAP pop music songwriter of the year (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Your guide to the 2025 Kentucky Derby, which starts tomorrow (NBC)
Thursday, May 1st
🚨NATION
📌 Trump-appointed judge says president’s use of Alien Enemies Act is unlawful in first-of-its-kind ruling (CNN)
📌 May Day protestors rally nationwide for a “war against the working people” (NPR)
📌 House votes to rescind California ban on gas cars from Biden era (FOX)
📌 Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan over plans to sue fossil fuel companies for climate harm (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Trump says any country that buys oil from Iran will not be allowed to do business with U.S (CNBC)
📌 India will track caste details in next census (THE HINDU)
📌 Wildfires rage outside Jerusalem (CNN)
📌 Brazilian nurse, who was world’s oldest woman, dies at 116 (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Tesla denies contacting headhunters to replace Musk (BBC)
📌 Kohl’s just fired its brand new CEO for unethical behavior (CNN)
📌 The recession hits McDonald’s and other fast food chains (AXIOS)
📌 A 15-year-old sea lion can follow beats with surprising precision (NBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 LeBron James unsure about retirement after Lakers defeat (SPORTS ILLUSTRATED)
📌 Kylie Jenner & Timothée Chalamet pack on PDA at Lakers game, upsetting fans (ATHON)
📌 Baseball fan who fell from wall at PNC Park during Pirates game in critical condition (ABC)
📌 A look at dandyism, the Black fashion style powering the Met Gala on Monday (AP)
Wednesday, April 30th
🚨NATION
📌 Government widens reasons for canceling international student visas (AP)
📌 Trump fires Doug Emhoff and other Biden apointees from Holocaust Museum (NPR)
📌 11 high school students in Syracuse hazing incident turn themselves in (CNN)
📌 Milwaukee judge accused of obstructing immigration authorities temporarily relieved (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 A new global study says that young people are not flourishing, even in high-income countries (CBC)
📌 U.S. supports Israel’s right to ban UN agency from Gaza (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 U.S. and Ukraine to sign minerals deal (AXIOS)
📌 Vietnamese celebrate 50 years since fall of Saigon (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Trump says children may have fewer dolls because of tariffs (AP)
📌 New smart home tech lets you unlock your home with a fingerprint (YAHOO)
📌 UPS cutting 200,000 jobs as Amazon shipments lower (CBS)
📌 Two new theories compete to explain how human consciousness emerged (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Lorde announces new album (PEOPLE)
📌 Katy Perry expresses hurt after ‘Blue Origin’ backlash (BBC)
📌 Robert De Niro’s child comes out as transgender (THEM)
📌 Late night comedians “grade” Trump’s 100 days in office (FOX)
Tuesday, April 29th
🚨NATION
📌 Trump marks 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan (USA TODAY)
📌 Harvard promises reforms after report shows antisemitic, Islamophobic biases (AP)
📌 Pete Hesgeth disbands Pentagon program advancing positions for women (AXIOS)
📌 Supreme Court to decide if Catholic schools can be charter schools (CHALKBEAT)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives army permission to act after Kashmir attack (FOX)
📌 Wind 💨 and solar power ☀️ reliance blamed for Spain blackout (EURONEWS)
📌 U.S. will not be included in Vietnam War anniversary parade (NPR)
📌 Dachau concentration camp marks 80 years since liberation (WBUR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Trump dismisses volunteer scientists who worked on national climate 🌎 report (CNN)
📌 Trump to ease tariffs on auto parts in latest executive order (CNBC)
📌 Video-game developer Electronic Arts 🎮 lays of 100 employees amid game cancellation (IGN)
📌 Google launches language-learning course that could compete with Duolingo (TECHCRUNCH)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be in an A24 Benny Safdie movie (ABC)
📌 Irish nationalist rapper Kneecap 🇮🇪 stirs controversy for ‘kill MPs’ comment (SKYNEWS)
📌 Nemo, first nonbinary Eurovision winner, slams U.K ruling on transgender women (AP)
📌 New Florence Pugh Marvel movie debuts to mostly positive reviews (EW)
Monday, April 28th
🚨NATION
📌 Trump makes social media post saying that Canadians should elect him and become 51st state (ABC)
📌 Trump declares “Columbus Day” will no longer also be referred to as “Indigenous Peoples Day.” (AP)
📌 Marco Rubio says this week is “critical” for Russia-Ukraine peace talks (CNBC)
📌 Israeli right-wing minister visit to U.S. causes protests, clashes in NYC (NY DAILY NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Putin orders 3-day Russian ceasefire in Ukraine beginning May 8 (BBC)
📌 Conclave to start discussing new Pope on May 7 (CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY)
📌 Death toll of port explosion in Iran rises to 65, according to state media (ABC)
📌 Fear of war and Indian incursion into Pakistan spreads after Kashmir attacks (DW)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Toyota Industries shares expected to rise after likely buyout from Toyota Motors (YAHOO FINANCE)
📌 Google ending software support for early Nest Thermostat users (THE VERGE)
📌 Dyes made from bugs and beet juice could replace artificial food dyes (AP)
📌 Google working to decode dolphin communication with artificial intelligence (FOX)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Trial of a gang that held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint opens in Paris (NBC)
📌 Cyndi Lauper, Outkast among those inducted into 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (AP)
📌 Child defaces painting worth tens of million dollars in Dutch museum (CNN)
📌 Comedian Nathan Fielder makes Paramount+ out to be Nazis in latest The Rehearsal episode (FORWARD)
Friday, April 25th
🚨NATION
📌 ICE reverses cancellation of over 1,500 student visas (AP)
📌 Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of healthcare CEO (FOX)
📌 Trump declining in polls as 100 days in office approaches (MSNBC)
📌 A tuition-free school founded by Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan is closing (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 FL Gov. Ron DeSantis wrapped up in scandal about money sent to his wife’s charity, “Hope Florida” (NPR)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchange deadly fire at Kashmir border(AP)
📌 Russian general killed in car bomb in Moscow (FOX)
📌 The UN World Food Program says it has run out of food in Gaza amid Israel’s blockade (CNN)
📌 China exempts some goods from U.S. tariffs (CBC)
📌 Houthis in Yemen shooting down U.S. drones at a growing rate (ABC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 A smiley face 😊 will appear in the sky in Pittsburgh tonight (CBS)
📌 California surpasses Japan as world’s fourth largest global economy (BBC)
📌 Consumer sentiment plunges to lowest since 1990, according to new report (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Gwyneth Paltrow, 52, ditches ultra-strict Paleo diet after years of avoiding bread and pasta: ‘Sick of it’ (NY POST)
📌 Bill Maher condemns Larry David for Hitler comparison in NYT Op-Ed (USA TODAY)
📌 K-Pop boy band star Just P comes out as gay (NBC)
📌 The internet reacts to series finale of Netflix’s You (MASHABLE)
Thursday, April 24th
🚨NATION
📌 Gunman who opened fire at Highland Park July 4th parade gets seven life sentences (MO NEWS)
📌 Jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in 2023 Ohio derailment (CNN)
📌 Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now (AP)
📌 Teen charged with allegedly starting massive New Jersey wildfire (ABC 7)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 'Vladimir, STOP!' Trump says to Putin after deadliest Russian strike on Kyiv in months (MO NEWS)
📌 Iran raised possible interim nuclear deal with U.S., sources say (AXIOS)
📌 Four students stabbed, one fatally, at Catholic school in France, suspect arrested (FOX)
📌 Former S Korea president Moon Jae-in indicted for bribery (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Home sales at record low in U.S. since financial crisis (POLITICO)
📌 U.S. companies from Chipotle to Pepsi express dread about tariffs (CNBC)
📌 Nintendo Switch 2 preorders cause overwhelming demand after delays (THE VERGE)
📌 Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35th year in orbit (SCIENCE NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Cornell University cancels concert of singer Kehlani after complaints of "antisemitic and anti-Israel comments (USA TODAY)
📌 Pedro Pascal calls J.K. Rowling a “heinous loser” for anti-trans views (PEOPLE)
📌 RuPaul’s Drag Race star’s leg amputated (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
📌 Lorde releases new single after surprise concert in Washington Square Park (PITCHFORK)
Wednesday, April 23rd
🚨NATION
📌 Department of Homeland Security orders immigrants to leave, including some U.S. citizens (AP)
📌 New Jersey wildfires burn 12,000 acres in Ocean County (NEWS12)
📌 Americans disapprove of Trump’s economic strategy, two new polls suggest (AXIOS)
📌 Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, won’t seek reelection after 44 years in Congress (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Istanbul residents experience a 6.2-magnitude earthquake (BBC)
📌 India closes main border with Pakistan after attack in Kashmir (REUTERS)
📌 Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas urges Hamas to lay down arms (JERUSALEM POST)
📌 Colombia president Gustavo Petro says Trump revoked his travel visa (FOX NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 More than 80% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst ever bleaching crisis (REUTERS)
📌 Elon Musk will be spending less time at DOGE and more at Tesla (YAHOO)
📌 Nearly half of Americans are breathing unhealthy air, new report shows (CNN)
📌 NASA gets an up-close look of a peanut-shaped asteroid (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 YouTube’s first ever video was posted 20 years ago today (10 NEWS)
📌 A University of Michigan football star is the next Golden Bachelor (ABC)
📌 Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham to bring a 10 Things I Hate About You musical to Broadway (PITCHFORK)
📌 Former child actress Sophie Nyweide passes away at age 24 (PEOPLE)
Tuesday, April 22
🚨NATION
📌 Supreme Court likely to decide that parents can opt out of children reading LGBTQ+ books in schools (NPR)
📌 Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme (AP)
📌 Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth after ICE denied him temporary release to attend the delivery (CNN)
📌 White House says U.S. is "setting the stage" on potential trade deal with China (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Putin suggests that Russia open to talks with Ukraine as war continues (BBC)
📌 Man missing after rare shark attack in Israel (BBC)
📌 Gunmen open fire on tourists in Himalayan region, killing at least 26 people, police say (CNN)
📌 Trump tariffs will undercut U.S. growth and drag the world down, IMF says (AXIOS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Gold tops $3,500 an ounce as Trump attack on Fed shakes confidence in U.S. (CNBC)
📌 Walgreens to pay $300 million to settle claims it illegally filled invalid opioids prescriptions (CBS)
📌 The executive producer of 60 Minutes quits, citing lack of independence from Paramount (YAHOO)
📌 Owl takes pawn. Duolingo will soon start teaching chess. (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Films made with A.I. are eligible for Oscar’s, Academy decides (BBC)
📌 Larry David mocks Bill Maher's meeting with Trump as 'My Dinner with Adolf' in NYT satire (FOX)
📌 Tina Knowles reveals breast cancer diagnosis, says missed mammogram may have delayed detection (CBS)
📌 Tennis great Andre Agassi to play his first pro pickleball tournament with No. 1 player Waters (CNBC)
Monday, April 21
🚨NATION
📌At least three dead after tornadoes and flooding in Oklahoma this weekend (YAHOO)
📌 J.D. Vance to meet with Modi in India amid looming U.S. tariffs (AP)
📌 White House hosting Easter Egg Roll today with corporate sponsors including Amazon, Meta and YouTube (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 Supreme Court to discuss whether parents can opt out of reading LGBTQ books in classrooms (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Mourners across the world react to Pope Francis’s death (AXIOS)
📌 An IDF inquiry says “professional failures” led to killings of 15 Gaza aid workers last month (BBC)
📌 Russian airstrikes reported in Ukraine despite Putin calling for a three day “Easter Truce” (ABC)
📌 China warns against countries striking trade deals with other countries at its expense (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Lyrid meteor shower kicks off this season. Your guide on where to watch. (CNN)
📌 Can you believe your eyes? Scientists discover new color never before seen by humans (CTV NEWS)
📌 Bluesky rolls out blue check feature — and you don’t have to pay for it (TECH CRUNCH)
📌 Chipotle to expand to Mexico in 2026 amidst Trump tariffs (FOX)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Pedro Pascal on that twist in last night’s The Last of Us (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
📌 Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners trumps Minecraft movie in weekend box office (PEOPLE)
📌 John Cena breaks world record in winning the most World Wrestling Entertainment championships (BBC)
📌 A posthumously published book shares notes from Joan Didion’s therapy sessions (YAHOO)
Friday, April 18
⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
📌 Severe storms expected across Plains, Midwest on Easter weekend (FOX WEATHER)
📌Students at Florida State University gather for memorials after yesterday’s deadly shooting (AP)
📌 Judge restricts DOGE access to personalized social security data (FOX NEWS)
📌 Trump administration announces fees on Chinese ships docking at US ports (REUTERS)
📌 An American citizen held under ICE detainment has been released. (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 US, Iran set for another round of nuclear talks this weekend: A preview (CNN)
📌 Rubio says that Trump administration may abandon Ukraine peace talks in days (NBC)
📌 Houthis claim that 72 killed in US strike on Yemen oil port (AP)
📌 Huckabee, new U.S. ambassador for Israel, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem (NPR)
📌 China and Cambodia forge diplomatic ties amid Trump tariffs (DW)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Google to appeal against part of US court’s decisions in monopoly case (REUTERS)
📌 Trump’s tariffs may start a french fry war 🍟 (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 Instagram launches new “blends” feature to let you share reels with friends (THE VERGE)
📌 Planet discovered outside solar system orbiting two stars resembles fictional Star Wars setting (NBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Speaking of a galaxy far, far away…Ryan Gosling set to star in a new Star Wars film, Starfighter, premiering 2027 💫(CNN)
📌 Wendy’s is not apologizing for saying Katy Perry should “go back” to space. (NYPOST)
📌 Bryce James, son of LeBron James, signs with Arizona (USA TODAY)
📌 It’s a bird 🦜…it’s a plane ✈️ …it’s holy? A new report on the religious undercurrents in Superman 🦸 (AP)
Thursday, April 17
⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
📌 People with autism respond to JFK’s speech on seeking a cure to the condition (AXIOS)
📌 After a blackout, more than half of Puerto Rico remains without power (ABC)
📌 The US government imprisoned a Venezuelan asylum seeker after mistaking autism awareness symbol tattoo for a gang sign (NBC)
📌 Florida State University students react to campus shooting (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ukraine destroys 29 Russian armored vehicles in south of country (NEWSWEEK)
📌 The U.K tests a new radio wave weapon to take down drones (CBS)
📌 A dog that disappeared on October 7 reunites with family in Israel after being found in Gaza (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 New evidence suggests that Mars once had conditions that could have supported life (CBC)
📌 Judge finds that Google holds an illegal monopoly on advertising tech (REUTERS)
📌 American winemakers bemoan how tariffs damage the wine chain (NPR)
📌 A live colossal squid was discovered in the deep ocean for the first time (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress, likely died of Diabetes complications (PEOPLE)
📌 Netflix’s new Arctic comedy series North of North debuts with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating (SCREENRANT)
📌 Michael B. Jordan delivers not one, but two start performances as a set of twins in supernatural thriller Sinners (SLATE)
📌 Drake attacks Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance in new lawsuit (REUTERS)
📌 Katy Perry on coming back to earth after Blue Origin trip backlash (NEW YORK POST)
Wednesday, April 16
🚨NATION
📌 Tempers flare as few Republicans hold in-person town halls (CNN)
📌 A dozen House Republicans fire warning shot to Mike Johnson (AXIOS)
📌 Family says Venezuelan migrant in Lewisville sent to El Salvador mega prison over autism awareness tattoo (NBC)
📌 Trump DOJ sues Maine over refusing to comply with ban on transgender athletes in high school sports (USA TODAY)
📌 2 service members killed near US-Mexico border in vehicle accident (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling (CNN)
📌 U.S. pastor Josh Sullivan rescued in shootout after abduction at gunpoint in South Africa, authorities say (CBS)
📌 Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems (BBC)
📌 Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon for indefinite future (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg initially offered FTC $450M in failed bid to settle antitrust case (NY POST)
📌 The Midwest's data center boom is heating up (AXIOS)
📌 Thousands of Spotify users report problems with the music streaming app (AP)
📌 Mind the roads. People are rushing to buy cars ahead of tariffs 🚗 (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Records released into deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa: a “rodent-breeding ground,” police say of their home (YAHOO)
📌 Funny business. Comedian Nate Bargatze set to host 2025 Emmys (VARIETY)
📌 Sarah Sherman apologizes to Aimee Lou-Wood on “mean and unfunny” SNL impersonation with flowers (PEOPLE)
📌 Blake Lively makes TIME's 100 most influential people list amid Justin Baldoni legal battle: 'She's a risk taker' (PEOPLE)
📌 Dodger Stadium and Universal Studios Lot among venues selected for 2028 Olympics in LA (ABC 7)
Tuesday, April 15
🚨NATION
📌 Trump administration freezes $2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism (AP)
📌 White House bars AP reporter, defying court order (AXIOS)
📌 Trump ‘looking into’ legality of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, White House says (CNBC)
📌 Salvadoran fugitive convicted in deadly attack of Maryland hiker (CNN)
📌 Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates (CNN)
📌 Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations (AXIOS)
📌 Sudan talks in London as war enters third year (NPR)
📌 Pope puts architect Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Autism rates have risen to 1 in 31 school-age children, CDC reports (NBC)
📌 The first meteor shower of spring will be visible from parts of the U.S. April 21-22 (YAHOO)
📌 Amid declining sales, Starbucks tightening restrictions on dress code for baristas (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 His conviction was hailed as a #MeToo victory. After winning his appeal, Harvey Weinstein is back on trial (CNN)
📌 Baseball teams celebrate Jackie Robinson Day amidst uncertainty over MLB diversity initiatives (AXIOS)
📌 Lil Nas X in hospital with partial face paralysis (BBC)
📌 Jesse Eisenberg’s next film will be an A24 musical comedy with Julianne Moore and Bernadette Peters (VARIETY)
Monday, April 14
🇺🇸 NATION
📌 Trump: I hit highest mark on cognitive test after annual physical declares him "fully fit" for presidency (MO NEWS)
📌 5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes San Diego area, jolting Southern California near San Andreas system fault (CBS)
📌 New York plane crash claims lives of high-achieving family celebrating a birthday (USA TODAY)
📌 US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say (AP)
📌 Harvard rejects Trump administration demands amid threats of funding cuts (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Iran nuclear talks expected to continue Saturday in Rome (AXIOS)
📌 Trump blames Zelenskyy for 'horrible job' after Russia ballistic missile strike kills dozens in Ukraine (ABC)
📌 Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims (NPR)
📌 Nvidia to mass produce AI supercomputers in Texas as part of $500 billion U.S. push (CNBC)
📌 Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs (POLITICO)
📌 One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy due to a pause to NIH funding (NBC)
📌 Jury selected for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood condemns SNL’s ‘mean and unfunny’ sketch (GUARDIAN)
📌 ‘The Breakfast Club’ stars reunite for the first time in 40 years (CNN)
📌 ‘Harry Potter’ HBO series confirms casting for Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid and more Hogwarts staffers (VARIETY)
📌 Leslie Odom Jr. announces return to ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway (TODAY)
Friday, April 11
🚨NATION
📌 RFK Jr. claims new research effort will find cause of ‘autism epidemic’ by September (CNN)
📌 Dow jumps over 600 points to end wild week as investors shrug off China’s tariff retaliation (NEW YORK POST)
📌 Weekly measles cases top 90 in U.S. for first time in years (CBS)
📌 Family was to celebrate child’s birthday when NYC sightseeing helicopter crashed, killing 6 (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China strikes back with 125% tariffs on U.S. goods as trade war intensifies (CNBC)
📌 Top Iranian officials told Khamenei to allow US nuke talks or risk fall of regime (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 Chinese state media tells people who weigh less than 110 lb to stay indoors for strange reason (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 73% of Americans are financially stressed. Two-thirds say tariff concerns are the source (CNBC)
📌 YouTube’s new AI tool generates free background music for videos (VERGE)
📌 Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jason Isaacs Addresses White Lotus Cast Tensions amid Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood Feud Rumors (PEOPLE)
📌 Yoko Ono details pain of post-Beatles life with John Lennon in new documentary (CNN)
Thursday, April 10
🚨NATION
📌 House adopts budget blueprint for Trump's agenda after GOP leaders sway holdouts (NBC)
📌 NYC helicopter crashed in Hudson River, multiple deaths reported (MO NEWS)
📌 Plane full of House members evacuated after minor collision (AXIOS)
📌 More than 300 student visas revoked as the government expands reasons for deportation (CNN) U.S. will monitor immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’ (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 EU putting tariff countermeasures on hold for 90 days after Trump pause (THE HILL)
📌 U.S. and Russia swap prisoners in deal that released Ksenia Karelina (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 DOJ investigating top U.S. egg producer over price hikes during shortage (MO NEWS)
📌 OpenAI countersues Elon Musk claiming 'bad-faith tactics' (BBC)
📌 Ancient jawbone from Taiwan belongs to a mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Writer & Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife shot by police, arrested for attempted murder (VARIETY)
📌 A UK edition of Saturday Night Live is premiering in 2026 (VERGE)
Wednesday, April 9
🚨NATION
📌 Federal judges limit Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for some deportations (NBC)
📌 IRS chief to resign on heels of immigrant data deal (AXIOS)
📌 Outrage builds as video shows Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager (CNN)
📌 Trump tax cuts survive key House hurdle as fiscal hawks threaten rebellion (FOX)
📌 New Mexico governor mobilizes National Guard to tackle crime emergency in Albuquerque (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China denies significant numbers of its citizens are fighting for Russia in Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian intelligence has identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting for Russia, Zelensky says (CNN)
📌 US restores urgent food aid, except in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Why the bond market matters for your finances and the economy (MO NEWS)
📌 Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy (AP)
📌 Amazon cancels orders from China after steep tariffs, plans $15B U.S. expansion (YAHOO)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Octavio Dotel, 15-year MLB veteran, dies in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse (CNN)
📌 National Recording Registry adds Tracy Chapman, Hamilton and the Minecraft game soundtrack (NPR)
📌 Katy Perry to train in zero-gravity for historic Blue Origin space flight (FOX)
📌 Michelle Obama says her newfound independence since leaving White House fueled speculation she and Barack were divorcing (PEOPLE)
Tuesday, April 8
🚨NATION
📌 DHS revokes parole for hundreds of thousands who entered via the CBP One app (POLITICO) IRS agrees to share immigrants' data with ICE (AXIOS)
📌 Judge says White House can’t ban AP from Oval Office, Air Force One (CNBC)
📌 Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers (ABC)
📌 Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters (AP)
📌 Supreme Court allows Alien Enemies Act deportations to resume, but with due process (MO NEWS)
📌 Harvard, UCLA, Stanford among schools across US reporting student visa revocations (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Rescuers race to reach around 100 people trapped after nightclub roof collapses in Dominican Republic, killing at least 44 (CNN)
📌 Ukraine captures two Chinese soldiers fighting for Putin, Zelenskyy says (POLITICO)
📌 South Korea says about 10 North Korean troops crossed their border so it fired warning shots (CBS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Instagram unveils new protections for teens to block nudity, livestreams (MO NEWS)
📌 Measles cases in Texas outbreak surpass 500, with 24 new infections confirmed over last 5 days (ABC)
📌 Justice Department shuts down its cryptocurrency fraud unit (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Iconic sportswoman and activist Billie Jean King honored with Hollywood star (NBC)
📌 Will there be a season 4 of The White Lotus? What we know so far — including where it might take place (PEOPLE)
📌 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex opens up about ‘scary’ condition after childbirth (CNN)
Monday, April 7
🚨NATION
📌 Supreme Court delays midnight deadline for Trump administration to fix mistaken deportation of Maryland man (ABC)
📌 Luna reaches deal with Johnson after standoff over remote votes for new parents (THE HILL)
📌 Visas issued to 6 UC Berkeley, 6 Stanford students revoked (CBS)
📌 Trump threatens veto of bill to curb tariff power (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 American teen fatally shot in Israeli-occupied West Bank as Netanyahu visits Trump (CBS)
📌 Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600 (AP)
📌 Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Apple plans to source more iPhones from India as potential tariff fix (WSJ)
📌 CEOs think the U.S. is ‘probably in a recession right now,’ says BlackRock’s Larry Fink (CNBC)
📌 The return of the dire wolf (TIME)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Duke basketball star among South Sudanese who could be deported due to new Trump policy (NBC)
📌 ‘White Lotus’ finale ratings: 6.2 million viewers watch season 3 shootout, smashing series record by 30% (VARIETY)
📌 Sydney Sweeney and Jonathan Davino spotted together in L.A. after calling off wedding (PEOPLE)
📌 Bill Murray says masked kiss led to sexual misconduct allegation that shut down movie (NBC)