Thursday, May 22nd

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public charter school (MO NEWS)

📌 Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department (NPR)

📌 RFK Jr's highly anticipated MAHA report paints dismal state of child health, national security concerns (FOX)

📌 Trump administration bars Harvard from hosting international students (CNN)

📌 Multiple people dead after small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood (NBC)

📌 Woman shot at CIA headquarters after crashing into gate (CNBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russian forces are creating ‘buffer zone’ along Russia-Ukraine border, Putin says (CNN)

📌 Kim Jong Un fumes as North Korea's new warship damaged due to "absolute carelessness" in launch accident (CBS)

📌 Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war’s toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry (AP)

📌 Alberta group wants to pose referendum question on separatism from Canada (GLOBAL NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation (CNN)

📌 US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny (AP)

📌 NOAA's 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast predicts above-normal number of storms (CBS)

📌 Universal Orlando Epic Universe opens in Florida (FOX)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Rapper Kid Cudi takes the stand in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial (YAHOO)

📌 Bruce Springsteen releases EP featuring anti-Trump rants from UK concert (FOX)

📌 Kneecap rapper charged with terrorism offense over alleged Hezbollah flag (CNN)

📌 Indianapolis Colts owner and CEO Jim Irsay dies at 65 (ESPN)

Wednesday, May 21

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Biden last screened for prostate cancer in 2014 (MO NEWS)

📌 Pentagon says it has accepted Qatar's gift of a luxury megajet for Trump's use (NBC)

📌 Rep. Gerry Connolly, top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, dies at 75 (NBC)

📌 Trump administration dismisses police investigations in several cities, including Minneapolis and Louisville (NPR)

📌 Over boos, Columbia University president notes Mahmoud Khalil's absence at graduation (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 China accuses U.S. of 'turning space into a warzone' with Trump's Golden Dome missile defense system (FOX) while Canada in talks with U.S. to join project (BBC)

📌 Pakistan blames India for a suspected suicide attack on school bus that killed 5 (GUARDIAN)

📌 Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach Gaza and an end to hostilities in his first general audience (AP)

📌 World Health Organization adopts a landmark treaty on global pandemic preparedness (DW)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Target sales drop in 1st quarter as retailer warns it will slip for all of 2025 (AP)

📌 OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup for $6.4 billion (CNBC)

📌 Person may have spread measles at Shakira's New Jersey concert, health officials warn (USA TODAY)

📌 Mysterious bacteria with ‘unique abilities’ discovered on Chinese space station (NY POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Trump posts edited video of him hitting Springsteen with a golf ball (THE HILL)

📌 Indian author Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize with short story collection (AP)

📌 George Wendt, the actor who played Norm on ‘Cheers,’ dead at 76 (USA TODAY)

📌 NFL owners decide not to ban controversial tush push play (CNN)

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)

Monday, May 19th

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill advances out of committee, but conservatives demand more changes (PBS)

📌 Supreme Court allows Trump to cancel protected status for Venezuelans (NBC)

📌 Victims of explicit deepfakes will now be able to take legal action against people who create them (CNN)

📌 7 escaped New Orleans jail inmates still at large as search enters 4th day; officials increase reward (CBS)

📌 25-year-old suspect in fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings, officials say (AP)

📌 Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump says ceasefire negotiations between just Russia and Ukraine to start 'immediately' (ABC)

📌 Netanyahu orders immediate renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza, under heavy US pressure (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 UK, Europe strike post-Brexit deal on defense, trade issues (FOX)

📌 France to build high-security jail in Amazon to isolate drug traffickers from gangs (EURO NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon abruptly resigns, cites disagreements with company amid 'challenging' period (FOX)

📌 U.S. debt downgrade drives up borrowing costs (BBC)

📌 Bird flu in humans hasn't officially been seen in U.S. in 3 months. Experts don’t know why (CBS)

📌 Scientists thought they’d found flowing water “streaks” on Mars, but it turned out to be something else (YAHOO)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Trump wants investigations into Springsteen, Beyoncé, Oprah and Bono after their Harris endorsements (MSNBC)

📌 Kids can now head to Netflix as well as PBS for Sesame Street (NPR)

📌 Sean “Diddy” Combs jury hears of Cassie Ventura beating at LA restaurant attended by music superstars & execs (DEADLINE)

📌 Meghan Markle shares never-before-seen pics of her kids with Prince Harry for their 7-year anniversary (TODAY)

Friday, May 16th

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court blocks Trump effort to deport Venezuelan migrants under Alien Enemies Act (USA TODAY)

📌 Trump says US will set new tariff rates for countries, skirting negotiations (POLITICO)

📌 Florida becomes second state to ban fluoride from water (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump administration fires nearly 600 contractors at Voice of America (GUARDIAN)

📌 10 inmates escape from Orleans Parish jail in Louisiana (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russia and Ukraine far apart on ceasefire in first meeting in 3 years (AXIOS)

📌 Trump wraps momentous Middle East trip with economic deals, Syria sanctions relief, and warning to Iran (FOX)

📌 Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity (AP)

📌 ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on leave from position amid sexual misconduct probe (J-POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Americans’ optimism about the economy is at a near-record low (CNN)

📌 US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue $34.5 billion merger (ABC)

📌 Musk’s AI chatbot was giving users off-topic and false responses about “white genocide” in South Africa (AXIOS)

📌 No NJ Transit trains running as engineers strike for first time since 1983 (NBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Trump slams Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen in Truth Social posts (MO NEWS)

📌 DHS says it’s in beginning stages of ‘vetting process’ for immigrant reality TV show (CNN)

📌 Cassie Ventura finishes testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial (YAHOO)

📌 Yuval Raphael, a Hamas attack survivor, is representing Israel at Eurovision (NPR)

Thursday, May 15th

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Trump highlights potential pay raise for troops, discusses military reforms during Qatar speech (FOX)

📌 Trump to meet South African president amid deteriorating relations (NPR)

📌 Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment (GUARDIAN)

📌 Jake Tapper acknowledges he didn’t sufficiently cover Biden’s decline (MO NEWS)

📌 Harvard Magna Carta ‘copy’ now believed to be genuine (BBC)

📌 After Qatar gift to Trump, Kristi Noem also eyes a fancy new private jet (THE HILL)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump says “nothing’s gonna happen” on Ukraine until he meets with Putin (MO NEWS)

📌 U.S. presented Iran with nuclear deal proposal (AXIOS)

📌 Trump’s pledge to the Middle East: No more ‘lectures on how to live’ (NYT)

📌 Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream (BBC)

📌 United Kingdom says it’s talking with countries to set up migrant return hubs for rejected asylum seekers (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Walmart warns it will raise prices because of tariffs (CNN)

📌 More than 1,200 Starbucks employees have gone on strike to protest a new dress code policy (USA TODAY)

📌 British team set to begin Mt. Everest trek tomorrow using controversial Xenon gas (YAHOO)

📌 US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019 (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Bruce Springsteen calls Trump administration “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” in concert (POLITICO)

📌 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey adaptation will be the first feature film to be shot entirely on iMax film cameras (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Chris Brown arrested over alleged bottle attack (BBC)

📌 Smokey Robinson is under criminal investigation after housekeepers accuse him of sexual assault (NBC)

Wednesday, May 14th

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Federal grand jury indicts Milwaukee judge accused of obstructing immigration agents (NBC)

📌 Judge orders release of Georgetown researcher arrested by ICE after allegedly spreading Hamas propaganda (FOX)

📌 Judge backs Trump’s invocation of Alien Enemies Act for deportations (POLITICO)

📌 California governor outlines $12 billion deficit and freeze on immigrant health program access (AP)

📌 Menendez brothers resentenced to prison without parole, paving way for freedom (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Putin will not attend Ukraine peace talks in Turkey (BBC)

📌 President Trump meets Syria’s new leader; calls him ‘tough guy’ with a ‘real shot’ (MO NEWS)

📌 Hamas Rafah brigade commander probably killed in IDF strike on Sinwar (J POST)

📌 Detained Philippines ex-President Duterte wins mayoral race in his home city (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 RFK Jr. says he would "probably" vaccinate his children for measles today (AXIOS)

📌 Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East (SPACE)

📌 Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds (NBC)

📌 HBO Max is coming back — Warner Bros. Discovery is renaming its streaming service, again (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Cassie Ventura testifies she told Sean "Diddy" Combs "stay far away from me" in second day on the stand (CBS)

📌 Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB in historic decision (ESPN)

📌 Celebrities defy new red carpet dress code at Cannes Film Festival (CNN)

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)