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Brooks and Capehart on what voters think about Trump’s first 100 days
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including what voters think about President Trump's performance in his first 100 days in office, the issues Democrats are leaning into to counter the administration and Trump's order threatening federal funds for public media.
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Musk's White House evolution
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story The evolution of Musk's White House role Elon Muskβsfirst 100 days in the White House were filled with twists and turns as the worldβs richest person became one of the most influential and contentious figures in Washington in a matter of weeks. Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Maine, Trump admin settle lawsuit over frozen funds after transgender athlete battle
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Friday that the state has reached a settlement with the Trump administration after the federal government took away funding to Maineβs schools over its transgender athlete policies. βItβs unfortunate that my office had to resort to federal court just to get USDA to comply with the law and its...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Budget would slash HHS, NIH funding
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump's budget proposes deep cuts to HHS President Trumpβs βskinny budgetβ request for fiscal year 2026 includes massive cuts to federal health agencies, including a quarter of the Department of Health and Human Servicesβ(HHS) discretionary budget, the White...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:White House unveils budget request with deep cuts: 5 things to know
The White House on Friday called for significant cuts to nondefense programs as part of President Trumpβs fiscal 2026 budget request, while proposing to beef up funding for defense and the presidentβs border priorities. The so-called skinny budget is not as detailed as usual presidential budget requests, which is not uncommon for a president's first-year...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump's fixation on wrongly deported man's tattoos nothing but a distraction, says lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a criminal with gang tattoos and a history of violence. But his lawyer says the administration is just trying to distract from the fact that it deported him by mistake, and is flouting court orders to bring him back.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:More Americans see overreach from Trump than from judges, AP-NORC poll finds
As President Donald Trumpfaces significant pushbackfrom federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather than the courts β although Republicans largely think the opposite.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:About half of Americans say the economy is Trumpβs responsibility: Survey
Nearly half of Americans said the current condition of the U.S. economy is President Trumpβs responsibility rather than his predecessor former President Biden, according to a survey published Friday. The Gallup poll found 46 percent of adults said Trump is responsible for the current state of the nationβs economy, while another 27 percent of respondents...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump is tanking with Ohio independents β a new poll shows why
President Trump is underwater among Ohio independents in a new poll.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump administration asks Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security systems
Social Security holds personal records on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, bank details, salary information and medical and mental health records for disability recipients, according to court documents.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Why Trump’s pick for top prosecutor in DC isn’t sailing through Senate approval
Ed Martin Jr., a conservative activist with modest legal experience who has defended rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is testing Republican party loyalties as a deadline approaches for the Senate to decide whether to extend or end his brief but tumultuous tenure as leader of the countryβs largest U.S. Attorneyβs office.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Biden HHS secretary slams Trump NIH cuts: 'It's a demolition plan'
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra decried the Trump administration's "skinny budget" request unveiled Friday, lambasting it as not a budget proposal but a "demolition plan." In the proposal, President Trump called for cutting $33.3 billion or 26.2 percent of the HHS's discretionary funding. These requested cuts included a $3.6 billion reduction...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump's gas claims don't add up: Experts
Presented by Clean Fuels Alliance America {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump's pump claims fall flat President Trump says gas prices have fallen below $2 a gallon as he marked his 100th day in office, but experts and evidence say his numbers arenβt adding up. AP Gas Buddy, a...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Wall Street sees 9th straight day of gains, reclaiming losses since Trump’s tariff escalation
The rally was spurred by a better-than-expectedreport on the U.S. job marketand resurgent hope for a ratcheting down in the U.S. trade showdown with China.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump budget exposes GOP divisions
{beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT the first budget request of his second term to Republican appropriators in Congress on Friday, exposing new GOP divisions on spending. Office of Management Budget director Russell Vought outlined the steep cuts Trump seeks for non-defense spending in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine). "This...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access millions of Americansβ personal data stored by the Social Security Administration (SSA) while it appeals an order that iced the advisory group out. Theemergency applicationasks the justices to lift a Maryland federal judgeβs injunction blocking DOGE from...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Israeli military launches airstrike on Syria after warning over sectarian attacks
Israelβs air force struck near Syriaβs presidential palace early Friday after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Mangione lawyers ask judge to dismiss state murder charges
The attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, filed a Thursday motion seeking to dismiss state charges against him. Lead lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued that dueling federal charges would amount to double jeopardy for her client. If the charges arenβt dropped, Friedman Agnifilo has asked a judge to...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:House Democrats request inspector general to probe Trump's order targeting Smithsonian
More than 70 House Democrats are requesting the Smithsonian inspector general to kickstart an investigation into President Trumpβs executive order targeting Smithsonian museums, arguing the presidentβs action is encroaching on the institutionβs independence. Seventy-one House Democrats, led by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Paul Tonko (N.Y.) are criticizing Trumpβs March 27 executive order, which says...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:7 killed in truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone, police say
βIt is a very dangerous highway because it leads to the main entrance of Yellowstone National Park.β
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Illinois landlord sentenced to 53 years in prison for hate-crime murder of Palestinian American boy
Joseph Czuba also severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal attack days after the war in Gaza began.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:NASA faces cuts to rocket program and lunar space station in Trump's 2026 budget
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA's moon program in favour of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda. It also proposes cuts to Gateway, a lunar space station in which Canada has already invested.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Prince Harry 'gutted' to lose U.K. security decision, confirms no communication with King Charles
Prince Harry told the BBC it was "impossible for me to take my family back to the U.K. safely" after he lost his legal challenge to the British government on Friday changing his security arrangements after he stepped down from royal duties.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:U.S. man sentenced to 53 years for hate-crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American
An Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Palestinian American boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:How an abandoned couch brought joy and mystery to an English village
Struck by the contrast of an abandoned couch against the wild woodland, photographer Alex Elton-Wall found inspiration for a new photo project. But he needed help from the community β and to his delight, the village didnβt just respond, it rallied.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:China says it’s open to trade talks, but high tariffs remain an obstacle
βThe tariff and trade wars were unilaterally initiated by the U.S., if the U.S. side wants to talk, it should show its sincerity, and be ready to take action on issues such as correcting wrong practices and canceling the unilateral imposition of tariffs,β a Chinese Commerce Ministry statement said.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Drones strike ship off Maltese coast carrying aid to Gaza, organizers say
Malta said those aboard refused to leave their ship but that the group was safe and no injuries were reported.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:216 children have died from flu this season, CDC reports
More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Tires are Nova Scotia's biggest U.S. export, and this town runs on them
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Trump wants iPhones made in the U.S. Here are the facts
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The U.S. tax loophole that made Shein and Temu rich is changing. What will happen to the brands now?
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Russell Brand given bail after London court appearance for rape, sexual assault charges
Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Tensions flare in Gaza over dwindling supplies as drones hit ship carrying aid
Fights are erupting over dwindling supplies inside Gazaas drones reportedly attacked a vessel carrying aid into the territory on Friday, marking exactly two months sinceIsrael imposed a total blockade on supplies into the enclave.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, who had a hit with I Kissed a Girl, dead after house fire
Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the song I Kissed a Girl, died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66.
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