Tuesday, May 20th

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Trump administration to pay $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt (CBS)

📌 Elon Musk says he's going to do 'a lot less' political spending (NBC)

📌 New Orleans jail employee arrested, accused of helping mass escape of inmates (ABC)

📌 Rubio promises the U.S. won’t withdraw from the world, despite State Department cuts (MO NEWS)

📌 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem grilled during Senate hearing for not knowing definition of habeas corpus (MO NEWS)

📌 Video appears to show Mahmoud Khalil cooperating with ICE agents before he was detained (NBC)

📌 Hegseth says he'll review Afghanistan withdrawal (NEWSWEEK)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlers (AP)

📌 Spain clamps down on Airbnb as tourism backlash returns for summer (BBC)

📌Motorcycle gunmen kill Mexico City mayor’s private secretary and adviser (CNN)

📌 EU agrees to lift economic sanctions on Syria (DW)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FDA to limit future Covid-19 shots to older people and those at risk of serious infection (CNN)

📌 Home Depot won't raise prices because of tariffs. But some items may disappear (NPR)

📌 Scientists warn coastlines in danger even if climate target met (BBC)

📌 On World Bee Day, Putin and microplastics threaten bees’ survival (POLITICO)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assistant testifies he felt his ‘life was in danger’ (GUARDIAN)

📌 Jim Morrison Statue Found 37 Years After It Was Stolen from the Doors Singer’s Grave (PEOPLE)

📌 Caitlin Clark speaks out on WNBA’s probe into alleged ‘hateful comments’ towards Angel Reese (FOX NEWS)

📌 Disney’s Lilo & Stitch live-action remake called ‘adorable’ and ‘clunky’ in mostly positive reviews (YAHOO)