Tuesday, May 13th
⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
📌 Chuck Schumer says he is placing a hold on Trump DOJ nominees amid questions on Qatar's luxury jet gift (NBC) GOP heavyweights join bipartisan bashing of Trump Qatar jet deal (POLITICO)
📌 US egg prices fall for the first time in months but remain near record highs (ABC)
📌 Newark Liberty Airport is safe to fly, United Airlines says (CBS)
📌 RFK Jr. goes swimming with grandchildren in contaminated D.C. creek (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel targets Hamas leader Mohammad Sinwar in hospital strike in Gaza, sources say (CNN)
📌 Russia, Ukraine set for first direct talks since war began with U.S. present (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Yasser Arafat's widow helped facilitate channel between Hamas, US to free Edan Alexander (J POST)
📌 Police probe suspicious fire at Keir Starmer’s London home (POLITICO)
📌 American CEOs Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Larry Fink join Trump at Saudi royal court (FOX)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 FDA moves to take prescription fluoride supplements off the market (CNN)
📌 UnitedHealth CEO suddenly steps down for 'personal reasons' (NBC)
📌 AMC to slash movie ticket prices by 50% on Wednesdays (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Universe will die "much sooner than expected," new research says, but no need to panic — we have 10 to the power of 78 years before it happens (CBS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Cassie testifies against Sean 'Diddy' Combs in sex trafficking case (FOX)
📌 Tory Lanez stabbed 14 times while in prison for Megan Thee Stallion shooting (ABC)
📌 Cannes makes it official: No nudity on the red carpet (AP)
Monday, May 12th
🚨NATION
📌 Trump moves to cut drug prices, points to how much cheaper “fat shot drug” is abroad (MO NEWS)
📌 Transportation Secretary calls for investigation after latest Newark airport ground delay, blames Biden admin for failures (FOX)
📌 House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care (AP)
📌 First group of white South Africans lands in U.S. under Trump refugee plan (BBC)
📌 DHS terminates temporary protected status program for Afghans (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ukraine’s Zelensky agrees to meet with Russia’s Putin on Thursday in Istanbul (MO NEWS)
📌 India and Pakistan ceasefire seems to hold after U.S.-mediated truce (MO NEWS)
📌 With immigration limits, the U.K. vows to end a 'failed experiment in open borders' (NPR)
📌 Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 McDonald’s announces plans to hire 375,000 workers with Trump Labor secretary (CNBC)
📌 Elizabeth Holmes' partner raises millions for new biotech testing startup (NPR)
📌 Memorial Day travel forecast to break 20-year-old record despite economic gloom (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Diddy lawyers admit he may be a ‘jerk’ as vile acts are laid out by prosecution during opening arguments (FOX)
📌 Morgan Wallen addresses why he abruptly walked off 'SNL' (USA TODAY)
📌 Kim Kardashian ‘in serious terror’ when robbers entered suite, court told ahead of her Tuesday testimony (GUARDIAN)
📌 Justin Baldoni returns to Instagram for first time amid Blake Lively lawsuits with an emotional post (TODAY)
Friday, May 9th
🚨NATION
📌 Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85 (CNBC)
📌 Trump names Jeanine Pirro interim U.S. attorney for DC (CNN)
📌 Judge orders immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts student detained by ICE (POLITICO)
📌 Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden (MO NEWS)
📌 U.S. plans to receive and aid White South African refugees as soon as next week, document shows (CBS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Pope Leo XIV begins first papal homily in English: "You have called me to carry that cross” (MO NEWS)
📌 Victory Day parade in Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany (AP)
📌 Two men found guilty of cutting down UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree (SKY NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 FDA approves first at-home test for cervical cancer screening (US NEWS)
📌 FedEx board member David Steiner to lead US Postal Service (POLITICO)
📌 FDA approves 3 color additives as part of RFK Jr. dye ban effort (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Academy of Country Music Awards announces winners (USA TODAY)
📌 UNC bans Jordon Hudson from the football facility (NBC)
📌 Final phase of jury selection in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sex-trafficking trial postponed (GUARDIAN)
📌 Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez slash $8 million from Beverly Hills mansion (US)
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)
Wednesday, May 7th
🚨 NATION
📌 Three former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop(CNN)
📌 Newark air traffic control lost contact with pilots at least twice before, source says (NBC)
📌 House Speaker appears to rule out some of the more controversial proposed Medicaid cuts (POLITICO)
📌 Sinaloa cartel leader among 16 arrested in historic U.S. fentanyl bust, Justice Department says (CBS)
📌 Turkish Tufts University student detained by ICE can be sent to Vermont, appeals court rules (POLITICO)
📌 Biden says "what the hell's going on here?" about Trump's Greenland, Canada comments (CBS)
📌 Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier (FOX)
📌 U.S. deporting group of migrants to Libya on military plane, officials say, Libya’s provisional government denies it (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Trump says U.S. will now call “Persian Gulf” the “Arabian Gulf” (MO NEWS)
📌 Pakistan authorizes ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strikes kill 26 (GUARDIAN)
📌 U.S. & China to hold "de-escalation" talks (MO NEWS)
📌 Vance says Russia ‘asking for too much’ to end war with Ukraine (POLITICO)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Fed holds rates steady, warns of stagflation risks (CNN)
📌 WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy protection to eliminate debt burden (NPR)
📌 Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial (NBC)
📌 Mattel CEO says toy manufacturing won't come to America, but price hikes will (CNBC)
📌 Failed Soviet-era spacecraft expected to crash back to Earth within days (ABC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Netflix overhauls home screen for first time in 12 years with OpenAI-powered search and TikTok-style vertical feeds (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 K-Pop star Lisa’s did not have Rosa Parks' face embroidered on panties for Met Gala outfit, rep says (PEOPLE)
📌 Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by four women (BBC)
📌 Jury in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial may not be finalized until Friday (AP)
Tuesday, May 6th
🚨NATION
📌 Supreme court to implement Trump’s ban on transgender people in military (NBC)
📌 Justice Department investigating 2022 Abrego Garcia traffic stop (ABC)
📌 Dave Portnoy rescinds free Auschwitz visit to students who wrote “F*** The Jews” in antisemitic sign incident (AP)
📌 Columbia University fires 180 staff members after Trump administration revokes grants (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 India says it has launched military strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (NBC)
📌 Ukraine drone attack on Moscow ahead of Russian World War II “Victory Day” Parade (ABC)
📌 Israeli official says Gaza will be "entirely destroyed," Palestinians "will start to leave in great numbers" (CBS)
📌 Israel strikes main airport in Yemen (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Big bucks for Barbie. Mattel CEO confirms price raise on American toys (CNN)
📌 Rite Aid files for bankruptcy for 2nd time in less than two years (FOX)
📌 D.O.J. seeks breakup of Google’s ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly (THE VERGE)
📌 A Soviet spacecraft launched 53 years ago is plunging back to Earth (CBS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Rihanna shows off “baby bump,” debuts pregnancy at last night’s Met Gala (PEOPLE)
📌 Billionaire Barry Diller, 83, comes out as gay after 24-year marriage to Diane von Furstenberg (PAGE SIX)
📌 Jeffrey Seller, Broadway producer of RENT and Hamilton, releases memoir (WMYD)
📌 Al Pacino and Dan Stevens star in new exorcism horror film, The Ritual (INDIEWIRE)
Monday, May 5th
🚨NATION
📌 States sue Trump for meddling with wind energy projects (THE VERGE)
📌 Mass shooting at a restaurant in Glendale, Arizona leaves 3 dead, 7 injured (FOX)
📌 Twenty attorney generals sue Trump administration over mass firings at health agencies (NBC)
📌 Wisconsin woman missing nearly 63 years found “alive and well” (WISN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv airport attack (CNN)
📌 Pope Francis’s Popemobile being turned into health clinic for children in Gaza (CBS)
📌 U.K. police arrest 7 Iranians in massive counterterrorism operation (ABC)
📌 American tourist impaled on Colosseum fence while taking selfie (NEW YORK POST)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 The internet mourns Skype, which shut down today (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 Skechers 👟 going private in nearly $10 billion deal (YAHOO)
📌 European Union looks to attract U.S. scientists with €500 million package (FRANCE 24)
📌 How to watch tonight’s Eta Aquarids meteor ☄️ shower (ABC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Trump announces 2027 NFL Draft 🏈 will take place in National Mall (NBC)
📌 White House walks back Trump's big Hollywood tariff announcement (USA TODAY)
📌 Dave Franco and Alison Brie star in upcoming body horror film, Together (PEOPLE)
📌 The Righteous Gemstones, HBO mega-church comedy, ⛪️ comes to an end (SLATE)
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)