Saturday, April 26, 2025

Weekend Mix

HEADLINES: 

  • Trump and Zelenskiy meet one-on-one in Vatican basilica to seek Ukraine peace (Reuters)

  • A Ticking Clock on American Freedom — It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late. (Atlantic)

  • FBI arrested Wisconsin judge, Trump immigration enforcement effort escalates (CNBC)

  • Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate online political fundraising platforms with the intent of targeting Democratic Party fundraising platform ActBlue. It is his clearest effort yet to use the power of the presidency to destabilize and hobble his political opposition. [HuffPost]

  • As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center (AP)

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

  • Hegseth’s chief of staff exits amid Pentagon turmoil (WP)

  • Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth’s office: ‘It’s a free-for-all’ (Politico)

  • What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too (NYT)

  • Elon Musk leaves legacy of self-destruction at DOGE (Axios)

  • Top CEOs Sound Alarm on Trump’s Unpredictable Trade Policies (WSJ)

  • Retail sales see biggest rise for nearly four years (BBC)

  • Consumer sentiment plunges 8% (CNN)

  • Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ U.S. visa registrations (Politico)

  • What happens if Trump doesn’t obey court orders? New spotlight on U.S. marshals (LAT)

  • RFK Jr.’s absurd statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S. (WP)

  • Parents of kids with cancer fear GOP budget cuts could slash Medicaid (NBC)

  • Hungary Says It Will Offer Free Fertility Treatments To Counter Population Decline (NPR)

  • Could a $5,000 "baby bonus" convince Americans to have more kids? Here's what the data shows. (CBS)

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

  • George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft (AP)

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

  • Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History (Atlantic)

  • UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade (AP)

  • OpenAI seeks to make its upcoming ‘open’ AI model best-in-class (TechCrunch)

  • If A.I. Systems Become Conscious, Should They Have Rights? (NYT)

  • NASA Announces Moon Will Be Leaving Earth’s Orbit To Take On New Position With Bigger Planet (The Onion)

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