5.29.25
ABCnews.com—Now that he's stolen everything he needs from government databases, Musk announces that he is leaving the Trump administration
NBC News—FEMA preparedness and funding in doubt as this year's hurricane season is about to start
CNN.com—NY Times signs licensing deal with Amazon allowing its content to officially be used for AI training
BBC News—Two hikers report the death of a third companion, but they actually just imagined it while they were high on mushrooms
USA Today—Astronomers discover mysterious pulsing object just 15,000 light years from Earth
CBS News—Recent survey of Americans finds that the average worker believes they will need $1.26 million to retire comfortably

5.28.25
CNN.com—Federal court blocks all of Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, saying they are an illegal overreach of executive power
BBC News—SpaceX's Starship spins out of control and disintegrates during latest test flight, the third failed test in a row for the rocket
CBS News—Oregon zoo owner arrested after raid reveals meth, guns, cocaine, and $1.6 million in cash and other liquid assets
NBC News—Walmart fined for selling realistic-looking toy guns in New York, a violation of state law
ABCnews.com—Trump pardons reality tv stars in prison for tax evasion and bank fraud
USA Today—Ticket prices for Indiana Fever WNBA games fall dramatically after team announces that star Caitlin Clark will miss at least two weeks due to injury

5.22.25
CNN.com—In what has become one of many daily examples of illegal actions and executive overreach, Trump tells Harvard that they cannot enroll any new international students, and also says that all existing international students at the university must transfer to other schools
ABCnews.com—Two staff members from the Israeli Embassy are murdered while exiting a Jewish museum in DC in what is being labeled an anti-Semitic terrorist attack
CBS News—New Covid variant is pushing cases in China to their highest levels in a year, and it has already been detected in the US
NBC News—After Barrett recuses herself, the Supreme Court deadlocks on a case that could have created the first religious charter school paid for with public funds
USA Today—Mark Cuban says his $33 million in investments over several seasons on Shark Tank have led to cash returns of $35 million and equity worth over $250 million
BBC News—US Treasury says it will stop producing pennies as soon as next year

5.21.25
USA Today—The Earth's ice melt problem is worse than predicted. Not that it matters to the narcissistic anti-science oligarchs who now run our planet.
ABCnews.com—Pentagon illegally accepts luxury jet from Qatar for conversion to Air Force One. What they're not telling you is that it will costs tens or hundreds of millions to update the security so that it can be used as Air Force One, it's likely loaded with surveillance devices that will be nearly impossbile to detect all of, and the jet will be retired from government service for Trump's personal use when he leaves office.
NBC News—DHS continues to defy court orders by illegally deporting people without giving them access to due process
CNN.com—Trump administration says wealthy foreigners will be able to buy US citizenship for $5 million in the coming weeks
BBC News—ChatGPT makers OpenAI buy Jony Ive's design firm in $6.5 billion deal
CBS News—Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, dies at 65

5.20.25
ABCnews.com—Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive metastatic prostate cancer
CBS News—FDA tightening rules on who can receive updated Covid vaccines this fall
USA Today—Trump's head of Homeland Security shows that she doesn't even understand what habeus corpus is during Senate hearing
CNN.com—Actor George Wendt dead at 76
BBC News—Fortnite once again available to US-based iPhone users after five years of contentious litigation between Apple and Epic
NBC News—NFL owners vote to allow players to participate in flag football at the 2028 Olympics

5.15.25
NBC News—Senate Republicans signal that they won't accept the House GOPs budget bill without changes, especially when it comes to the proposed cuts to Medicaid and the likely massive increase to the deficit
CBS News—Trump's military birthday parade could cost taxpayers $45 million
USA Today—Bruce Springsteen calls Trump "corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous" on stage as he starts his latest European tour
BBC News—Mainstream crypto exchange Coinbase could face losses of up to $400 million after a cyberattack enabled by employees who had been paid off by the hackers
CNN.com—Dick's Sporting Goods buying Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
ABCnews.com—Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code

5.14.25
BBC News—Wisconsin judge arrested after allegedly helping a Mexican national evade US immigration officials
CBS News—Harvard president taking 25% pay cut in symbolic gesture amid the punitive funding cuts from the Trump administration
ABCnews.com—33 year old mother accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear to help her son with his planned mass casualty event at his middel school
CNN.com—Max is rebranding as HBO Max. Which is what the service used to be called before they renamed it Max.
USA Today—US Virgin Islands sue Pepsi and Coke over plastic waste
NBC News—New study discovers that chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat their wounds

5.13.25
CNN.com—Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson reinstated by Major Leage Baseball
ABCnews.com—Trump announces that he will accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar and use it as Air Force One until he is no longer president, when he will then retain it for personal use. This is 1) illegal and 2) a huge security risk, but so are about 90% of his actions in his second term, and neither Congress nor the courts seem interested in making him follow the rule of law.
USA Today—FTC cracking down on hidden fees for tickets, hotel bookings, and short term rentals
CBS News—Trump strips Harvard of another $450 million in grants in his ongoing feud with the university
BBC News—Trump issues executive order aimed at lowering prescription drug prices
NBC News—Microsoft to lay off 3% of its workforce

5.8.25
CBS News—American Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes the new pope of the Catholic Church, the first American to ever hold the title. He chooses Pope Leo XIV as his papal name.
CNN.com—A federal court rules that Alabama purposely diluted black votes with gerrymandering plan, violating the Voting Rights Act and an order from the Supreme Court
USA Today—Trump announces trade deal with the UK, but deals with more important partners like Canada, Mexico, and China are still unresolved
BBC News—Bill Gates says he plans to give away 99% of his fortune by 2045
NBC News—Trump names Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the interim US attorney for Washington DC
ABCnews.com—Football fan sues the NFL for $100 million for causing emotional distress when Shedeur Sanders was not drafted higher

5.7.25
ABCnews.com—Pakistan and India are escalating attacks on one another
CBS News—Trump wants the EPA to eliminate the Energy Star program. He's also eliminating 50% of AmeriCorps programs, but I'm trying to only post one link per day of the stupid, shortsighted things he's doing, so I'm just mentioning that here.
USA Today—The Fed leaves interest rates unchanged despite pressure from Trump to lower them
CNN.com—Cardinals fail to reach a decision about the new pope on the first day of the conclave
NBC News—Pro-Palestinian protesters take over part of library at Columbia University
BBC News—Disney to open new theme park in the Middle East

5.6.25
BBC News—EU plans to end all imports of Russian gas by the end of 2027
NBC News—Singer Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by 4 of his former housekeepers
ABCnews.com—Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a functioning high security prison, which would be a colossal waste of resources if it can even be feasibly done after the prison has been out of service for decades
CBS News—Supreme Court allows Trump's ban on transgender people in the military to stand for now
CNN.com—WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy
USA Today—Burger King being sued for false advertising, with customers alleging that the company's marketing materials portray their burgers as much bigger than they actually are

5.1.25
CBS News—Mike Waltz takes the fall for the Signal security breach and will no longer be national security advisor, but will stay in Trump's orbit as ambassador to the UN
USA Today—Amy Coney Barrett recuses herself from Catholic charter school case currently before the Supreme Court. If all the Catholics on the court would do the same, we'd just be left with liberal justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson to decide the case.
ABCnews.com—Sean Combs rejects plea deal ahead of sex trafficking trial
CNN.com—Driverless semi trucks have started running long haul routes
BBC News—Apple says iPhones sold in the US will be shipped from India or Vietnam instead of China in order to avoid the worst of Trump's tariffs
NBC News—Microsoft raising prices for Xbox consoles, controllers, and games due to tariffs