Thursday, May 8th

🚨NATION

📌 Trump picks Casey Means for surgeon general (MO NEWS)

📌 At least 80 pro-Palestinian protesters detained at Columbia University after taking over library room (NBC)

📌 House approves Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill renaming Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America" (CBS)

📌 FEMA chief is fired (POLITICO)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Xi stands with Putin against ‘international bullying’ amid Trump trade war (FOX)

📌 Israel PM 'uncertain' over condition of three Gaza hostages (BBC)

📌 India says it intercepted 'drones and missiles' fired by Pakistan (ABC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bill Gates donating 99% of fortune, warns U.S. government funding cuts will lead to millions of kids dying (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump calls Fed Chair Jerome Powell a "fool" for keeping interest rates steady (CBS)

📌 Flu killed 216 children nationwide this season, the highest toll in years (GUARDIAN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston (BBC)

📌 The next Lord of the Rings movie debuts in December 2027 (VERGE)

📌 The Who announce farewell tour (USA TODAY)

📌 Some Les Misérables Cast Members Will Boycott Kennedy Center Performance With President Trump in Attendance (PLAYBILL)