4.1.25
CNN.com—Democrat Cory Booker gives marathon speech in the Senate to protest the illegal and harmful policies enacted so far in the second Trump administration
CBS News—ICE admits in incorrectly deported a man to a prison camp in El Salvador, but refuses to return him despite a court order
ABCnews.com—Scientist revive 7000 year old dormant algae from the Baltic Sea
USA Today—DOJ announces that it intends to seek the death penalty in the Luigi Mangione murder case
NBC News—Dozens of free measles vaccination clinics close in Texas due to Trump budget cuts as measles outbreak continues to grow in the state
BBC News—Hooters files for bankruptcy

4.2.25
ABCnews.com—Trump announces massive new round of tariffs
CNN.com—Actor Val Kilmer dies at 65 after decade-long battle with throat cancer
NBC News—The ACLU sues Trump's NIH for ideological purge of research projects
BBC News—Trump administration cancels the US travel visa of Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias due to his criticism of the current president
USA Today—Buc-ee's, the chain of mega-gas stations and convenience stores, sues Missouri company Barc-ee's, accusing that company of copying their name and logo
CBS News—Nintendo officially announces the Switch 2, which will be released this June

4.3.25
CBS News—Dow crashes as Trump's nonsensical "reciprocal tariffs" take effect
USA Today—Judge issues contempt citation to ICE agent after defendant is disappeared by the agency mid-trial
CNN.com—Trump considering freezing half billion dollars in research grants to Brown University
NBC News—Trump can only issue tariffs if Congress lets him. After voting to undo the new tariffs on Canada, the Senate is hoping the House will join them in retaking their constitutional authority over the purse strings.
ABCnews.com—Astronomers tracking asteroid that has a small chance to hit the moon in 2032
BBC News—Trump fires members of National Security Council after meeting with far-right influencer/lunatic Laura Loomer

4.15.25
NBC News—Arsonist sets fire to Pennsylvania governor's mansion on Passover while the Jewish governor was hosting a Passover seder
CBS News—After refusing to bow to Trump's anti-DEI demands, Harvard has $2 billion federal funding frozen and is threatened with the rescinding of its tax exempt status
BBC News—Trump administration continuing to openly defy judicial orders
CNN.com—Facebook faces antitrust case that could cause it to sell off acquisitions like Instagram and WhatsApp
USA Today—Rory McIlroy wins his first Masters
ABCnews.com—Game show host Wink Martindale dies at 91

4.16.25
CBS News—Trump wants to be able to deport US citizens who commit violent crimes to serve their sentences in foreign countries
ABCnews.com—California sues Trump administration over tariffs
USA Today—Texas man charged after his three dogs attack and kill one of his neighbors
CNN.com—Burglars tunnel through concrete to steal $20 million in merchandise from jewelry store
BBC News—Telsa whistleblower wins long-running lawsuit against Elon Musk
NBC News—Universal's new Epic Universe theme park expected to generate $2 billion in revenue for Florida in its first year of operation

4.17.25
ABCnews.com—2 dead and 6 injured after mass shooting at Florida State perpetrated by a student who is the son of a local sheriff's deputy
USA Today—Federal appeals court is the latest to tell the Trump administration that it must return an illegally deported Maryland man. Although let's be clear: this was not a legal deportation, this was an abduction without due process where they knew they had the wrong man.
CBS News—Scientists find strongest evidence yet for life on another planet
NBC News—ICE is detaining a US citizen whose birth certificate and citizenship have been verified by the courts. The man is also being charged using a Florida law that the courts have deemed to be invalid.
CNN.com—California man arrested after kidnapping 10 year old girl he made contact with on Roblox and Discord
NBC News—Judge rules that Google's dominance in the online advertising market is an illegal monopoly

4.22.25
CNN.com—Pope Francis dies at 88
NBC News—150 college presidents sign letter rebuking the Trump administration for overreach by withholding federal research funds punitively
CBS News—Jury finds that the NY Times did not libel Sarah Palin in the former politician's defamation case against the news outlet
ABCnews.com—Texas measles outbreak now up to 600 documented cases
USA Today—OpenAI says that users saying "please" and "thank you" to its chatbots have cost the company millions in unnecessary energy costs
BBC News—FTC sues Uber, alleging deceptive billing and cancelation practices

4.23.25
CNN.com—New executive order from Trump targets the college accreditation process as his latest attack on the independence of higher education
CBS News—Embattled alcoholic defense secretary Hesgeth is spending his time getting a makeup studio installed for his use at the Pentagon, which will cost tens of thousands of dollars
USA Today—Trump explicitly rejects raising taxes on the wealthy and ultrawealthy
NBC News—NC judge blocks GOP legislature's latest effort to strip powers from the Democratic governor
BBC News—Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe faces accusations of sexual assault in a $50 million civil suit
ABCnews.com—A set of Shakespeare first editions expected to sell for $6 million at auction next month

4.24.25
CBS News—Judge blocks portions of Trump's executive order that seeks to make it harder to vote
ABCnews.com—Trump DOJ accidentally files a document that admits the administration is unlikely to prevail on its quest to elminate congestion pricing from NYC
USA Today—Scientists discover magma cap that is helping to prevent volcanic eruptions in Yellowstone
NBC News—Trump's attorney general says she will investigate doctors who provide trans care to minors
BBC News—Judge halts Trump's plans to shut down the Voice of America international radio network
CNN.com—McDonald's will add chicken tenders to its permanent menu next month

4.29.25
CBS News—Despite supposed cost-saving cuts from Trump and Musk, the US government has actually spent $220 billion MORE than it did by this time last year. See this for what it is: cutting vital, Congressionally-approved services for actual taxpayers to send more money to their billionaire backers and destabilize our society and economy.
NBC News—Florida to join Utah by becoming the second state to ban flouride in public water
CNN.com—US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it rolls off the deck of an aircraft carrier and into the sea
ABCnews.com—UPS to cut 20,000 jobs and close 70 facilities as a result of falling shipments for Amazon
BBC News—Liberals win Canadian elections, largely as a response to the threats of Trump in the US to annex the country
USA Today—24 people banned from Carnival Cruises for getting into a fight at the cruise terminal

4.30.25
NBC News—Bipartisan measure to undo Trump's tariffs fails after vote in the Senate
ABCnews.com—US and Ukraine sign mineral resources agreement
CNN.com—Despite last-minute rally, markets close out April in the red, marking the first time the economy has contracted since 2022
USA Today—Bystanders steal $300,000 in cash after security truck accidentally spills part of its load
BBC News—NFL fines the Atlanta Falcons $250,000 after the son of one of their coaches makes a prank call to a draft hopeful and posts it on social media, and also fines the coach $100,000 directly
CBS News—Hidden treasure trove worth nearly $350,000 found by hikers in the Czech Republic