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Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the movie's New Mexico set. Some proceeds from the film's distribution will help compensate her family, who sued. LA Times
“I could code talk to white guys — watching football, fixing their truck,” Walz explained. “I was the permission structure to say, ‘Look, you can do this and vote for this.’” New York Post
VOA VIEW: He is an idiot.
As Americans across the nation rush to obtain their REAL ID license, some choose to opt out by either using their valid passport or waiting until their current driver's license expires. New York Post
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Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild. New York Post
The president named his first appeals court candidate this week, but fewer vacancies and other priorities have led to a lack of judicial nominations from the White House so far. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Dems are not crying because they don't want more conservative judges.
Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava. New York Times
The crash in eastern Idaho killed six people in a van who had been part of a tour group, as well as the driver of a pickup truck, the State Police said. New York Times
In a hearing on Friday, lawyers for the Justice Department indicated the government would double down on its requests to break up the tech giant’s business. New York Times
VOA VIEW: It should be broken up.
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species. New York Times
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President Donald Trump unveiled his budget request for fiscal year 2026, proposing drastic cuts amounting to $163 billion in foreign aid, energy and environmental protection, and education -- while raising defense spending to over $1 trillion. OANN
A State Department official announced that the United States will be stepping away from peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to help end their years-long war. OANN
VOA VIEW: Russia should be targeted with hard sanctions. They should be painful.
According to the Garner Police Department, two non-citizens, along with an escaped third accomplice, abducted a North Carolina mother and her infant daughter at gunpoint on Monday after the family declined to pay a $1 million ransom. OANN
On Thursday, Sean "Diddy" Combs turned down the government's offer to enter a guilty plea and avoid the prospect of a lengthier prison sentence. OANN
VOA VIEW: Combs is guilty.
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Prince Harry has lost his ongoing legal battle in a United Kingdom court, and the British government has now stripped him of his publicly-funded security presence following his decision to leave his royal post alongside his wife, Meghan Markle, the "Duchess of Sussex." OANN
Six Flags America, which opened for the year last month, will close for good at the end of the 2025 season on Nov. 2, its parent company announced. Washington Times
President Trump offered almost a dozen pieces of life advice during his Thursday evening commencement speech to graduating students at the University of Alabam Washington Times
VOA VIEW: It was a good speech.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned Thursday against attacks and pointed rhetoric against the judiciary in an unsubtle reference to President Trump's criticisms of judges ruling against his policies. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The judges acted like fools, as Jackson.
The Department of Health and Human Services raised serious concerns about prescribing drugs and surgeries for youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria, butting up against the U.S. medical establishment's embrace of "gender-affirming care" for minors. Washington Times
A student at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has contracted the highly contagious bacterial disease tuberculosis and was recently on its campus. Washington Times
The Justice Department is bringing a new tool to the border fight, charging the first set of migrants with entering a restricted military zone in southern New Mexico. Washington Times
Army plans for a potential military parade on President Trump's birthday in June include military vehicles and "thousands" of troops. CBS
VOA VIEW: As they should.
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"We are going to be taking away Harvard's Tax Exempt Status. It's what they deserve!" the president said in a post to Truth Social. CBS
VOA VIEW: As they should.
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS." CBS
Deaths from diabetes increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. CBS
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The party-line vote marked the first time in the 55-year history of the Clean Air Act that Congress has moved to weaken the power of the landmark environmental law. CBS
VOA VIEW: As they should.
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 133,000 in April, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate. CNBC
VOA VIEW: It shows the liberal media has been lying.
President Donald Trump issued his latest call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, following a better-than-expected jobs report for April. CNBC
VOA VIEW: A stubborn fed.
The running of the 151st Kentucky Derby takes place this weekend amid a backdrop of global uncertainty. CNBC
More than a dozen suspected illegal immigrants were detained by authorities after their boat was spotted off the coast of Point Loma, California. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They should be sent back where they came from.
Georgetown University's interim president said the institution will not implement a student referendum calling for divestment from Israeli-linked companies. FOX News
A chaotic scene unfolded as an American Airlines passenger attempted to enter the cockpit on a flight scheduled from São Paulo, Brazil, to New York City, intense footage shows. FOX News
The Irish Data Protection Commission Friday fined TikTok $600 million for illegally sending personal data of Europeans to Chinese servers. UPI
VOA VIEW: TikTok should be banned from the US.
The Trump administration has sued four Democrat-led states over their climate change laws that seek compensation from oil companies to cover damages to the environment. UPI
The Veterans Administration will partner with a trio of nonprofits to honor veterans interred in the VA's national cemeteries, the administration announced Thursday. UPI
A newly created Religious Liberty Commission is tasked with reporting on religious liberty in the United States, threats against it and how to preserve religious liberty for future generations. UPI
Americans who buy from low-cost Chinese e-commerce sites are about to feel the pinch from President Donald Trump's tariffs as the de minimis exemption has ended. UPI
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New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding. They should suffer the consequences.
Daniel Morton-Bentley, counsel and deputy commissioner of the state Department of Education, said in a letter dated Friday to the federal Education Department that state officials do not believe the federal agency has authority to make such demands. “We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion,’” he wrote. “But there are no federal or State laws prohibiting the principles of DEI.”
Morton-Bentley also wrote state officials were “unaware” of any authority the federal Department of Education has to demand that states agree with its interpretation of court decisions or to terminate funding without a formal administrative process. The U.S. Department of Education did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.
The Trump administration ordered K-12 schools nationwide to certify within 10 days that they are following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory DEI practices, as a condition for receiving federal money. “Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement when the demand was made. He said many schools have flouted their legal obligations, “including by using DEI programs to discriminate against one group of Americans to favor another.”
