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In the early morning hours of Wednesday, a group of detained migrants were bused from a facility in Texas to a base where a military aircraft awaited them – at least one of them had been told he was destined for Libya, according...
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/migrant-flight-libya-last-minute-reprieve The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at independent agencies.
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/trump-fires-consumer-product-safety-commission Trump administration officials are weighing a change that would shift responsibility for US security interests in Greenland to the military command that oversees America’s homeland defense, underscoring the president’s focus o...
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/pentagon-greenland-northern-command The president’s son-in-law is involved in discussions with Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, about signing agreements that would normalize diplomatic relations with Israel, sources said.
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/jared-kushner-trump-middle-east-trip President Donald Trump said he’s open to hiking taxes on wealthy Americans to help pay for Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending cuts package, but the idea remains hotly contested among GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/trump-tax-wealthy-house-republicans
Economy
When President Trump was asked about the steep drop in shipping into the United States after imposing his tariffs, he responded by saying “it’s good.” CEO Ross Gerber discusses President Trump’s remark and what it could me...
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/business/video/trump-ports-trade-shipping-ross-gerber-digvid President Donald Trump on Friday set negotiating terms for his administration’s first discussions with China, which are set to take place in Geneva this weekend.
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/economy/china-tariff-trump-trade Brands and agencies are adjusting strategies in response to the Trump tariffs and growing recession concerns.
https://adage.com/live-blog/aa-brands-and-agencies-react-to-trump-tariffs-and-economy/ The government’s push to reduce dependence on oil is creating other distortions | Briefing
https://economist.com/briefing/2025/05/08/saudi-society-has-changed-drastically-can-the-economy-change-too Get the latest news on Canada from Mail Online.
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Tech
A diver died on Friday during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily, local police said.
https://cnn.com/2025/05/09/europe/diver-dies-superyacht-recovery-bayesian-italy-intl Read the latest stories about Tech on Time
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Sports
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https://guardian.co.uk/preference/edition/us From “linear TV is not dead” to “live sports is not as hot as you think” and varying stances on the importance of the upfront, 18 executives weigh in on what this year’s market could bring.
https://adage.com/events-awards/tv-upfront/aa-tv-upfronts-predictions-hot-takes/ Elite runner Tim Tollefson plays a caveman in a spot from Forsman & Bodenfors that playfully spans all of human history.
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Space
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https://france24.com/en/business-tech/ A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/failed-soviet-era-spacecraft-expected-crash-back-earth/story?id=121533765 Elon Musk has indicated that his SpaceX rockets could be ready to go to Mars as early as next year, with manned missions coming by the end of the decade.
https://radaronline.com/p/elon-musk-mars-humans-earth-destroyed-sun/ Women have to walk around with “kid gloves on, and California won’t protect women’s sports, bathrooms, locker rooms, saunas, spas and other female spaces. It makes me angry inside.”
https://humanevents.com/2025/05/08/tomiekia-johnson-californias-incarcerated-women-say-keep-men-out-of-our-prison From breaking news to in-depth analysis and opinion on breakthroughs in science, medicine, space, and more, stay informed with the latest innovation news from The Daily Beast.
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