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• Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine - AP News

  1. Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine  AP News
  2. Why Trump’s Crimea proposal would tear down a decades-old pillar of the global order  CNN
  3. Trump Says Russia Will Keep Crimea in Any Deal to End Ukraine War  National Review
  4. Ukraine’s Zelensky Pushes Back on U.S. Peace Plan  WSJ
  5. Zelenskyy pushes back on ceding Ukrainian land in potential peace deal ahead of London talks  AP News

• Idaho college killings: Judge denies attempt to toss out death penalty over autism spectrum diagnosis - ABC News

  1. Idaho college killings: Judge denies attempt to toss out death penalty over autism spectrum diagnosis  ABC News
  2. Judge maintains death penalty as possible punishment for Bryan Kohberger despite autism diagnosis  AP News
  3. Idaho college killings: Judge refuses to rule out death penalty over autism diagnosis  6abc Philadelphia
  4. Idaho college murders: Judge denies attempt to rule out death penalty  NBC News
  5. Idaho judge denies Bryan Kohberger's 'bushy eyebrows' motion  Fox News

• ‘Won’t have anywhere to hide’: Democrats are eager to pick apart the GOP megabill - Politico

  1. ‘Won’t have anywhere to hide’: Democrats are eager to pick apart the GOP megabill  Politico
  2. What comes next for Trump's "big, beautiful bill": Reconciliation  CBS News
  3. Budget Reconciliation Could Be the Beginning of the End of the Republican Party  Washington Monthly
  4. House Republican leaders eye rescissions vote in early May  Punchbowl News
  5. Friday, April 25  One United Lancaster

• Trump says Xi called him, lays out trade and other deal plans in Time interview - Reuters

  1. Trump says Xi called him, lays out trade and other deal plans in Time interview  Reuters
  2. Trump claims '200' tariff deals, phone call with Chinese President Xi in wide-ranging interview  ABC News
  3. China Refutes Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi  The New York Times
  4. Trump says he’s negotiated 200 trade deals — but won’t say with whom  Politico
  5. Trump Sees Trade Deals Coming in Three to Four Weeks  Bloomberg

• Lawrence O’Donnell Spots Major Sign Many Trump Voters Have 'Now Turned Against’ Him - HuffPost

  1. Lawrence O’Donnell Spots Major Sign Many Trump Voters Have 'Now Turned Against’ Him  HuffPost
  2. Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows  The New York Times
  3. Young Men Are Already Souring on Trump  The Cut
  4. Fox News Poll: The first 100 days of President Trump's second term  Fox News
  5. Voters warn Trump: MAGA, but not like this  Axios

• Top Democrat in the Florida state Senate says his party is 'dead' and registers as independent - NBC News

  1. Top Democrat in the Florida state Senate says his party is 'dead' and registers as independent  NBC News
  2. Florida Democratic Party Is ‘Dead,’ State Senator Says as He Leaves It  The New York Times
  3. ‘The Democratic Party in Florida is dead’: Top Florida Senate Dem leaves party  Politico
  4. Florida Senate’s Democratic leader says the state party is dead and he’s leaving it  AP News
  5. 'Democratic Party in Florida is dead': Florida Senate Democratic leader Jason Pizzo quits  Tallahassee Democrat

• Trump’s executive order mandating proof of citizenship to vote blocked by federal judge after flurry of legal setbacks - New York Post

  1. Trump’s executive order mandating proof of citizenship to vote blocked by federal judge after flurry of legal setbacks  New York Post
  2. Judge blocks Trump election order despite overwhelming American support for voter ID  Fox News
  3. US judges block aspects of Trump agenda as president targets Democratic fundraising platform – as it happened  The Guardian
  4. Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump's policies on immigration, elections and DEI  AP News
  5. Judge blocks Trump effort to expand proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration  CNN

• Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities - The New York Times

  1. Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities  The New York Times
  2. Jimmy Kimmel on Hegseth bringing his wife to meetings: ‘Maybe she’s his designated driver’  The Guardian
  3. ‘He gets him what he needs’: Hegseth’s new favorite adviser helped set up Signal on one of secretary’s computers at Pentagon  CNN
  4. Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth’s office: ‘It’s a free-for-all’  Politico
  5. Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer  The Washington Post

• Private equity executive raped and tortured women at his Manhattan apartment, prosecutors say - AP News

  1. Private equity executive raped and tortured women at his Manhattan apartment, prosecutors say  AP News
  2. Lawyer Is Charged With Sadistic Rapes of Women He Met Online  The New York Times
  3. Private equity executive charged with beating, raping women in his New York City apartment  NBC News
  4. Manhattan DA says attorney raped, electro-shocked, tortured women in his apartment  Gothamist
  5. Private equity executive charged in 'grotesque' sex case: 'Tip of the iceberg'  ABC News

• George Santos to be sentenced Friday in federal fraud case - ABC News

  1. George Santos to be sentenced Friday in federal fraud case  ABC News
  2. George Santos to Be Sentenced, and the Real Cost of DOGE’s Cuts  The New York Times
  3. Former Rep. George Santos set for sentencing in New York federal fraud case  CNBC
  4. Former Rep. George Santos' remorse expected to be central to his sentencing Friday  USA Today
  5. Santos says he expects to receive maximum sentence: ‘I’m totally resigned’  The Hill

• Trump signs order to boost deep-sea mining, seeking to break China's critical minerals dominance - CNBC

  1. Trump signs order to boost deep-sea mining, seeking to break China's critical minerals dominance  CNBC
  2. Donald Trump deep sea mining order violates law, China says  BBC
  3. Trump Executive Order Seeks to Expedite Deep Sea Mining  Democracy Now!
  4. Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters  The New York Times
  5. Interior Highlights Critical Mineral Prospects on the Seafloor  U.S. Department of the Interior (.gov)

• Steve Witkoff holds peace talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow - Financial Times

  1. Steve Witkoff holds peace talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow  Financial Times
  2. Trump’s presidency: US special envoy meets Putin for Ukraine talks  CNN
  3. U.S. envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Trump demands Russia stop Ukraine strikes  Axios
  4. Trump's envoy Witkoff meets Putin in Moscow  USA Today
  5. Russia tests U.S. patience as Trump rushes to clinch Ukraine peace deal in first 100 days in office  CNBC

• Formal notice filed to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione - BBC

  1. Formal notice filed to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione  BBC
  2. Luigi Mangione heads to federal court as DOJ debuts death penalty 'shift': ex-federal prosecutor  Fox News
  3. Luigi Mangione heads to court to face federal charges as prosecutors file notice they’ll seek death penalty  CNN
  4. Luigi Mangione set to be arraigned Friday on federal charges in CEO killing  ABC News
  5. Trump Wants to Execute People Again — Starting With Luigi Mangione  New York Magazine

• Trump says he would ‘love’ to send violent American citizens to foreign prisons - Politico

  1. Trump says he would ‘love’ to send violent American citizens to foreign prisons  Politico
  2. Opinion | What the Supreme Court has already said about banishment  The Washington Post
  3. Deportation to CECOT: The Constitutional Prohibition on Punishment Without Charge or Trial  Just Security
  4. 'Homegrowns are next': Trump hopes to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad  NPR
  5. The Real Legal Problem With Trump’s Forever Prison in El Salvador  Slate

• A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration - CNN

  1. A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration  CNN
  2. Harvard receives more federal funds than it makes in tuition, room & board  KOMO
  3. Harvard president on fighting Trump administration in Globe interview  The Boston Globe
  4. Trump Directs Sons to Fire Trump Org. Lawyer Because of Harvard Ties  The New York Times
  5. Opinion | Harvard Is an Islamist Outpost  WSJ

• Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds - The Washington Post

  1. Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds  The Washington Post
  2. More Americans say US should bring back Abrego Garcia, views mixed on other deportation issues: POLL  ABC News
  3. Polls Show Trump’s Approval Rating on Immigration Going South  New York Magazine
  4. Trump’s polling plunge continues over deportation unpopularity and recession fears  The Independent
  5. Immigration is Trump's strongest issue, but many say he's gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds  AP News

• Children’s Books Go Before the Supreme Court - The New York Times

  1. Children’s Books Go Before the Supreme Court  The New York Times
  2. Gorsuch and Maryland school district lawyer have wild exchange over children's LGBTQ storybook: 'Not bondage'  Fox News
  3. Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum: Judges or school boards?  NPR
  4. Opinion | Montgomery County’s unneeded Supreme Court fight  The Washington Post
  5. How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench  Slate

• Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without a warrant, DHS lawyers say - Axios

  1. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without a warrant, DHS lawyers say  Axios
  2. ICE arrested Columbia protester without a warrant, court documents show  The Washington Post
  3. ICE agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, Trump administration confirms  CBS News
  4. ICE argues warrantless arrest of Mahmoud Khalil was legal  Fox News
  5. Mahmoud Khalil arrested without a warrant, court filings show  Bergen Record

• ‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs - Politico

  1. ‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs  Politico
  2. Firefighter safety research under fire  Politico
  3. Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths  ProPublica
  4. Trump administration shutters federal firefighter safety program  ehn.org
  5. Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab  Rapid City Journal

• US judge orders return of second migrant deported to El Salvador - Reuters

  1. US judge orders return of second migrant deported to El Salvador  Reuters
  2. Trump-appointed judge orders administration to return second deported migrant  Fox News
  3. Judge pauses demand for more details on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after accusing Trump administration of "bad faith"  CBS News
  4. Maryland judge orders return of Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador  CNN
  5. After a scathing rebuke, judge grants DOJ an extension in deportation case  NPR

• They say they want Americans to have more babies. What's beneath the surface? - NPR

  1. They say they want Americans to have more babies. What's beneath the surface?  NPR
  2. What would it take to actually spark a baby boom? Way more than a $5,000 baby bonus  CNN
  3. “The View ”audience gasps as cohost asks 'isn't something better than nothing?' over Trump's $5,000 'baby bonus'  Yahoo
  4. Could a $5,000 "baby bonus" convince Americans to have more kids? Here's what the data shows.  CBS News
  5. Elon Musk, JD Vance and why ‘pronatalism’ is having a moment right now  USA Today

• Exclusive: Documents show differences over US peace drive for Ukraine - Reuters

  1. Exclusive: Documents show differences over US peace drive for Ukraine  Reuters
  2. US allies express alarm at Trump’s plan to let Russia keep most of the land it seized from Ukraine  CNN
  3. Full text of Trump's "peace plan" unveiled by Reuters  Українська правда
  4. Trump's negotiations with Putin are necessary. His treatment of Zelenskyy isn't.  MSNBC News
  5. Opinion | The Terrifying Prospect of Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine  The New York Times

• ICE Deportation Notices: A Form in English and Only Hours to Act - The New York Times

  1. ICE Deportation Notices: A Form in English and Only Hours to Act  The New York Times
  2. DOJ giving migrants 'no less than 12 hours' to indicate they intend to contest AEA removal  ABC News
  3. Venezuelans subject to removal under wartime act have 12 hours to contest  NPR
  4. The Supreme Court Finally Takes On Trump  The New Yorker
  5. Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States  The Atlantic

• Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III gets life in prison - Chicago Sun-Times

  1. Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III gets life in prison  Chicago Sun-Times
  2. Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III sentenced to life in prison without parole  ABC News
  3. Highland Park Shooting: Gunman Gets Seven Life Sentences  The New York Times
  4. Gunman in 2022 mass shooting at suburban Chicago July Fourth parade sentenced to life in prison  CNN
  5. Crimo doesn't have a monopoly on indifference to life  Chicago Sun-Times

• Trio of rulings freezes Trump’s anti-DEI directives for schools - Politico

  1. Trio of rulings freezes Trump’s anti-DEI directives for schools  Politico
  2. Courts Block Trump From Withholding School Funds Over D.E.I., for Now  The New York Times
  3. 2 federal judges block Trump's effort to ban DEI from K-12 education  ABC News
  4. Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs  AP News
  5. Education Department’s Anti-DEI Guidance Blocked  Inside Higher Ed

• California overtakes Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy - CNN

  1. California overtakes Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy  CNN
  2. Newsom: California now world’s fourth-largest economy  The Hill
  3. California is world's fourth-largest economy: Here's where other US states rank  USA Today
  4. California surpasses Japan as 4th largest economy, but Newsom warns of Trump tariffs threat  Axios
  5. California is now the 4th largest economy in the world  Governor of California (.gov)

• In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study - NPR

  1. In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study  NPR
  2. ‘A devastating blow’: Trump guts funding for U.S.’s largest health study of women  MSNBC News
  3. Don’t let funding issues put women’s health on the back burner  The Hill
  4. Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative  The New York Times
  5. After criticism, HHS reverses plan to cut funds for a landmark study on women’s health  CNN

• New Jersey officials announce arrest in Ocean County wildfire - WHYY

  1. New Jersey officials announce arrest in Ocean County wildfire  WHYY
  2. New Jersey teen accused of sparking massive wildfire  BBC
  3. New Jersey wildfires may impact Long Island air quality  Newsday
  4. Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens fire  AP News
  5. New Jersey Pine Barrens Ablaze  NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)

• DNC chair to David Hogg: No meddling in primaries as a party official - Axios

  1. DNC chair to David Hogg: No meddling in primaries as a party official  Axios
  2. DNC chair rebukes David Hogg for pushing primaries against Democratic incumbents  NBC News
  3. David Hogg’s Democratic Party shake-up should model Ocasio-Cortez, not Trump  The Hill
  4. DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum  Politico
  5. DNC chair rebukes David Hogg over plan to primary ‘out of touch’ Democrats  The Guardian

• Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Target Accreditation, Foreign Gifts - Inside Higher Ed

  1. Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Target Accreditation, Foreign Gifts  Inside Higher Ed
  2. REINSTATING COMMON SENSE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES  The White House (.gov)
  3. Trump signs executive actions on education, including efforts to rein in DEI  NPR
  4. President Trump Signs Executive Orders  C-SPAN
  5. Trump executive order says ABA's role as law school accreditor may be revoked  Reuters

• 12 UC Berkeley students' visas restored by ICE in nationwide reversal - dailycal.org

  1. 12 UC Berkeley students' visas restored by ICE in nationwide reversal  dailycal.org
  2. US universities help foreign students weather Trump deportations  Reuters
  3. Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin. from deporting three Univ. of Iowa students, one graduate  KCRG
  4. Records: Feds use arrests, not convictions, to revoke Michigan student visas  Bridge Michigan
  5. WA international students file class-action lawsuit after Trump administration revokes their status  The Seattle Times

• Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer - AP News

  1. Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer  AP News
  2. Trump adds Nevada’s Michele Fiore to his growing list of scandalous pardons  MSNBC News
  3. State could charge ex-Las Vegas city leader for her crimes, according to legal expert  KLAS 8 News Now
  4. The president’s latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’  Politico
  5. Trump pardons ex-Las Vegas councilwoman from wire fraud conviction  fox5vegas.com

• Nobel-winning economist warns Trump’s tariff walk back makes them ‘worse’ than they were in the first place - Fortune

  1. Nobel-winning economist warns Trump’s tariff walk back makes them ‘worse’ than they were in the first place  Fortune
  2. Trump’s trade deals vexed by cautious countries, legal challenges and haphazard strategy  CNN
  3. Private-Equity Might Resort to Short-Term Workarounds on Tariffs  WSJ
  4. Expect more chaos in Donald Trump’s tariff policies  The Economist
  5. Trump’s trade policies might do what Global South diplomacy couldn’t  The Boston Globe

• Exclusive: US Justice Dept grant cuts valued at $811 million, people and records say - Reuters

  1. Exclusive: US Justice Dept grant cuts valued at $811 million, people and records say  Reuters
  2. ‘Like a slap in the face’: Trump officials cut hundreds of millions to combat gun violence and opioid addiction  The Guardian
  3. U.S. Department of Justice Grants Targeted for Termination  Reuters
  4. Pam Bondi Cuts “Wasteful” Funds to Support Victims of Violent Crime  Mother Jones
  5. National CASA Loses Federal Funding Amid Trump Administration’s Cuts to Hundreds of Nonprofits  The Imprint

• Texas school districts got their first A-F grades in five years. See how your school did here. - The Texas Tribune

  1. Texas school districts got their first A-F grades in five years. See how your school did here.  The Texas Tribune
  2. Texas families can now access 2022-23 A-F school accountability ratings after multiyear legal battle  Community Impact | News
  3. Austin ISD receives C rating in 2023 A-F ratings  KXAN Austin
  4. Tyler ISD gets a C, Nacogdoches a D in TEA ratings  KLTV
  5. San Antonio schools fall behind in state's 2023 accountability ratings  San Antonio Express-News

• Trump asks Supreme Court to let him enforce ban on transgender troops - Politico

  1. Trump asks Supreme Court to let him enforce ban on transgender troops  Politico
  2. Pentagon to resume medical care for transgender troops  Politico
  3. Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive Transgender Military Ban  The New York Times
  4. Trump administration asks supreme court to reinstate ban on trans troops  The Guardian
  5. Donald Trump Makes Emergency Supreme Court Appeal  Newsweek

• ‘Trump 2028’ hats and T-shirts for sale on US president’s online store - The Guardian

  1. ‘Trump 2028’ hats and T-shirts for sale on US president’s online store  The Guardian
  2. Trump says he doesn’t ‘believe in loopholes’ to run in 2028  The Hill
  3. Trump Organization is selling 2028 hats  Politico
  4. Donald Trump selling 2028 election merch despite term limit  DW
  5. "Trump 2028" hats on sale at Trump Org's online store  CBS News

• RFK Jr. Wants an Autism ‘Registry.’ People Are Pissed - Rolling Stone

  1. RFK Jr. Wants an Autism ‘Registry.’ People Are Pissed  Rolling Stone
  2. Opinion | Kennedy’s Remarks on Autism Described My Reality  The New York Times
  3. Why does RFK Jr want to put my family on an ‘autism registry’? | Deborah Bloom  The Guardian
  4. No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director’s claim  statnews.com
  5. Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements on autism  PBS

• What happens if I miss the looming Real ID deadline? Can I still travel? - Los Angeles Times

  1. What happens if I miss the looming Real ID deadline? Can I still travel?  Los Angeles Times
  2. Need REAL ID in a hurry? Here are some alternative options outside the DMV  Fox News
  3. NJ ranks at bottom for states with Real ID compliance, study shows  Bergen Record
  4. REAL ID took 20 years to become reality. What took so long?  USA Today
  5. REAL ID deadline looms as DMVs run out of appointments  NewsNation

• After a yearslong fight, the school voucher bill heads to Gov. Abbott for approval - KUT

  1. After a yearslong fight, the school voucher bill heads to Gov. Abbott for approval  KUT
  2. Texas lawmakers approve $1 billion private school voucher plan, which now heads to Gov. Abbott's desk  kens5.com
  3. Private school vouchers head to Abbott’s desk to become law  The Texas Tribune
  4. Texas Senate sends school choice bill to Gov. Abbott's desk  FOX 7 Austin
  5. Texas Senate sends education savings account bill to Gov. Abbott’s desk  KXAN Austin

• 4 dead, 4 injured after devastating crash in Eden, officials say - wfmynews2.com

  1. 4 dead, 4 injured after devastating crash in Eden, officials say  wfmynews2.com
  2. Police: Powerline workers hit by dump truck driver; four killed, two hospitalized  WDBJ
  3. ‘Breaks my heart’; 4 dead in Eden after city dump truck hits several people working on power lines  FOX8 WGHP
  4. 4 people dead, 3 others injured in Rockingham County crash, troopers say  WRAL.com
  5. Eden deadly crash | 4 hit, killed by Eden city vehicle in Rockingham County; driver faces charges  ABC11

• A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive - NPR

  1. A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive  NPR
  2. Why Did a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis Suddenly Get a $10 Million Boost?  The New York Times
  3. Florida lawmaker shelves Hope Florida investigation — for now  Orlando Sentinel
  4. DeSantis says Hope Florida didn’t get Medicaid money. Experts question state’s logic  Miami Herald
  5. State House halts investigation into Hope Florida, Casey DeSantis-linked foundation, amid lack of cooperation  CBS News

• Hamptons Beekeeper Is Charged With Concealing a Genocidal Past in Rwanda - The New York Times

  1. Hamptons Beekeeper Is Charged With Concealing a Genocidal Past in Rwanda  The New York Times
  2. Faustin Nsabumukunzi: Rwandan beekeeper arrested in US over genocide charges  BBC
  3. Beekeeper hid role in Rwandan genocide for green card, prosecutors say  The Washington Post
  4. War criminal who helped orchestrate Rwandan genocide hid out as Long Island beekeeper for decades after lying on immigration docs: feds  New York Post
  5. A New York man is charged with hiding his role in the Rwanda genocide to get US citizenship  CNN

• Senate, House reach final budget compromise - Indiana Capital Chronicle

  1. Senate, House reach final budget compromise  Indiana Capital Chronicle
  2. Republicans finalize $44 billion budget, while Democrats point to missed opportunities  Indiana Capital Chronicle
  3. Indiana cigarette tax to double leaving some local shops concerned  WANE 15
  4. After marathon day, Indiana lawmakers approve budget to close out legislative session  Fox 59
  5. As Trump pushes to defund NPR and PBS, Indiana lawmakers insert last-minute state funding cut  IndyStar

• Botched filing reveals Justice Department's skepticism of congestion pricing suit - Axios

  1. Botched filing reveals Justice Department's skepticism of congestion pricing suit  Axios
  2. U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing  The New York Times
  3. DOJ accidentally files document outlining flaws with Trump administration's plan to kill NYC congestion pricing  ABC News
  4. In unintended filing, federal attorneys poke holes in Trump administration's effort to end NYC toll  AP News
  5. Feds accidentally publish secret plan to kill NYC congestion pricing  Gothamist

• Russian foreign minister says his country is ‘ready to reach a deal’ on Ukraine - Politico

  1. Russian foreign minister says his country is ‘ready to reach a deal’ on Ukraine  Politico
  2. Russia 'ready to make a deal' on Ukraine war, Lavrov says  Fox News
  3. Russia's top diplomat says Kremlin is "ready to reach a deal" with U.S. on Ukraine, some elements to be "fine tuned"  CBS News
  4. Opinion | Has Trump found a path to peace in Ukraine?  The Washington Post
  5. Is Russia’s Putin ready to stop Ukraine war along current front line?  Al Jazeera

• Are Aging Democrats Finally Getting the Message? - Rolling Stone

  1. Are Aging Democrats Finally Getting the Message?  Rolling Stone
  2. Gov. JB Pritzker to endorse Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate  NBC News
  3. Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress  The New York Times
  4. 'Biden effect' hits the Senate: Wave of retirements clears path for younger Dems  Fox News
  5. Editorial: US Sen. Dick Durbin left stage with no huffing or puffing  Chicago Tribune

• How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic - The Economist

  1. How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic  The Economist
  2. Patriotism surges in Quebec as Trump rattles Canada  BBC
  3. Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election  AP News
  4. Trump re-emerges as a factor in Canada election as polls tighten  Reuters
  5. ‘No friend anymore’: Days from a national election, Canadian voters focus on the US relationship  Yahoo

• US and China clash over status of trade talks. Here's what to know. - ABC News

  1. US and China clash over status of trade talks. Here's what to know.  ABC News
  2. China tells Trump: If you want trade talks, cancel tariffs  BBC
  3. Stocks Waver as China Calls Reports of U.S. Tariff Talks ‘Baseless’  The New York Times
  4. Beijing accuses Washington of 'misleading the public' about trade talks  Reuters
  5. China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs  AP News

• Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks - Politico

  1. Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks  Politico
  2. Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department  The Washington Post
  3. Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department  The New York Times
  4. Building an America First State Department  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  5. Marco Rubio's cuts to the State Department will weaken foreign policy  MSNBC News

• Rob Holland, Aerobatic Pilot, Dies in Crash at Langley Air Force Base - The New York Times

  1. Rob Holland, Aerobatic Pilot, Dies in Crash at Langley Air Force Base  The New York Times
  2. Aerobatic legend Rob Holland dies in accident  AOPA
  3. Remembering Rob Holland: Watch famed acrobatic pilot's performance at Beaufort Air Show  WJCL
  4. Aerobatic pilot dies in crash at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton  WAVY.com
  5. Pilot who performed at Dayton Air Show dies in plane crash  WHIO-TV

• Canadian PM reveals Trump brought up '51st state' on March call - BBC

  1. Canadian PM reveals Trump brought up '51st state' on March call  BBC
  2. Row Over Canada PM Mark Carney's Call Where Trump Spoke Of "51st State"  NDTV
  3. Ontario Premier adds his own Trump warning to Canada’s election narrative  Politico
  4. Trump: ‘I’m really not trolling’ with talk of Canada as 51st state  The Hill
  5. Days before Canada's election, Trump insists that Canada needs the US more than the US needs it  AP News

• Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more - AP News

  1. Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more  AP News
  2. Trump vs. Science  The New York Times
  3. NSF cancels over 400 grants covering disinformation, deepfakes and STEM education  Nextgov
  4. Five research grants at Pitt are canceled, the highest number in Pennsylvania  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  5. Brain Drain: Scientists Are Fleeing the U.S. as Trump Cuts Funding  Rolling Stone

• New report gives Twin Cities metro area an ‘F’ for air quality - 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS

  1. New report gives Twin Cities metro area an ‘F’ for air quality  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
  2. Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health  NPR
  3. Twin Cities metro fails air pollution report card  Axios
  4. Cleveland’s air among ‘most polluted’ in America: Study  FOX 8 News
  5. Tens of millions more Americans are breathing polluted air. What places have it the worst?  USA Today

• Judge blocks Trump bid to halt federal funding for sanctuary cities - NBC News

  1. Judge blocks Trump bid to halt federal funding for sanctuary cities  NBC News
  2. Judge who blocked Trump from cutting funding to sanctuary cities has deep ties to Democratic Party  Fox News
  3. Trump can’t withhold funds from sanctuary cities, says federal judge  The Guardian
  4. Injunction granted to San Francisco, other cities challenging Trump sanctuary city crackdown  CBS News
  5. Federal Court Blocks Trump from Withholding Funds to Sanctuary Cities  Democracy Now!

• Navy Suspends Search for Missing USS Nimitz Sailor in Guam - USNI News

  1. Navy Suspends Search for Missing USS Nimitz Sailor in Guam  USNI News
  2. Search underway for missing Nimitz sailor  Navy Times
  3. Search called off for missing U.S. Navy sailor from Utah  FOX 13 News Utah
  4. US Navy suspends search for missing sailor Gabriel Holt believed to be from Utah  KUTV
  5. USS Nimitz in Guam for Port Visit; U.S., South Korea Wrap Mine Warfare Exercise  USNI News

• This senator met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. He tells us what he saw. - vox.com

  1. This senator met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. He tells us what he saw.  vox.com
  2. More Democratic lawmakers visit El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by Trump administration  PBS
  3. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore addresses Rachel Morin, Kilmar Abrego Garcia cases  CBS News
  4. ‘We Know Donald Trump Wants the Story to Die’  The Bulwark
  5. Oregon Rep. Dexter returns from El Salvador: ‘We’re disappearing people’  Oregon Capital Chronicle

• Trump's first 100 days bring 100 things that have changed (so far) - USA Today

  1. Trump's first 100 days bring 100 things that have changed (so far)  USA Today
  2. Exclusive: Inside Trump’s First 100 Days  Time Magazine
  3. 100 Days of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy: Global Chaos, American Weakness, and Human Suffering  Center for American Progress
  4. Opinion | Trump’s 100-Day Opportunity  WSJ
  5. Take Five: Trump's first 100 days  Reuters

• NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles - statnews.com

  1. NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles  statnews.com
  2. Uncertainty around NIH funding leaves Alzheimer’s studies in limbo  CNN
  3. An Alzheimer's study in South America offered tremendous insights. Then it was cut.  USA Today
  4. NIH study reveals how inflammation makes touch painful  National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)
  5. Policymakers Wrangle Over NIH Spending  Undark Magazine

• Tornado Warnings in Nebraska and Hail Threats in Texas As Storms Move Through - The New York Times

  1. Tornado Warnings in Nebraska and Hail Threats in Texas As Storms Move Through  The New York Times
  2. DFW Weather: Latest North Texas radar and storms forecast Friday  WFAA
  3. FIRST ALERT: Potential severe threat for Friday  newschannel10.com
  4. Dallas weather: Rain and small hail possible Thursday  FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
  5. Hail, minor flooding possible in Fort Worth. Here’s the latest storm forecast  Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins - NPR

  1. Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins  NPR
  2. Federal judge issues temporary order to keep detained Columbia student in Vermont  ABC News
  3. Palestinian man arrested during interview finalizing U.S. citizenship to remain in Vermont with hearing set for next week  PBS
  4. Mohsen Mahdawi, detained Vermonter and Palestinian activist, appears in federal court  VTDigger
  5. New court filings detail Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi's ICE arrest: 'It was a trap'  Gothamist

• Trump Says He Expects to Reach Deal With Norway on Tariffs - Bloomberg

  1. Trump Says He Expects to Reach Deal With Norway on Tariffs  Bloomberg
  2. Ukraine-Russia war is largely the focus as Trump hosts Norwegian officials  The Washington Post
  3. State Department Spokesperson Holds Briefing  C-SPAN
  4. WATCH: Trump meets with Norwegian prime minister at White House  PBS
  5. Trump meets with Norway's PM, finance minister in Washington  WKRC

• Trump news at a glance: president berates Putin; judge blocks changes to voting rights - The Guardian

  1. Trump news at a glance: president berates Putin; judge blocks changes to voting rights  The Guardian
  2. Trump’s own strange and tepid wording illustrates his one-sided Ukraine peace plan  CNN
  3. Trump's 'STOP' message to Putin echoes Biden's 'don't' from 2022  Fox News
  4. Trump Urges Russia to ‘STOP!’ After Deadly Attack on Ukraine’s Capital  The New York Times
  5. Trump: Russia not taking over Ukraine is a concession  The Hill

• A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought - Yahoo

  A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought  YahooView Full Coverage on Google News