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Top News Stories for Wednesday, April 30th 2025
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
and a sometime antagonist, Michigan Gov. , reflect the Democratic governor's efforts to move past last year's hard-fought campaign and find common ground with the Republican president — at risk of political backlash. Whitmer, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, shared a hug with Trump as he arrived in her home state on Tuesday, less than a month after she shielded her face from cameras during an It's ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced the department would eliminate an initiative created to increase women's participation in national security spaces, despite the program's bipartisan support from Congress and full backing from President Donald Trump. The bill establishing the Women, Peace and Security program was co-sponsored by two Trump Cabinet officials: Department of Homeland Security ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
News ) President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday to target sanctuary jurisdictions for violating, obstructing, and defying federal immigration laws, and bolster immigration enforcement by "empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens." The first order, titled "Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens," begins by ...
Source: jurist.org
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — A case that could weaken the separation of church and state goes before the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices consider whether Oklahoma can approve the first-ever religious public charter school. Although the oral argument concerns only St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would operate online throughout the state with a remit to promote the Catholic faith, the case ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a county judge from performing her duties after she was charged with helping a migrant from Mexico briefly evade arrest. In a two-page order, the court barred Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan from exercising her powers as a judge for the time being. No dissents were noted from the state's high court, where liberals hold a 4-3 majority. The ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump marked 100 days of his second term on Tuesday. And it's been a lot. The Post's team has published all kinds of content looking at what he's done and what's ahead . You can see the big stuff in chart form here . But in this space, we focus on the politics. And of late, that's involved tracking fast-changing opinions about Trump and what he's doing. So for Trump's 100th day, we decided to take ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
A coalition of two dozen states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Tuesday, accusing Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service of unlawfully dismantling AmeriCorps, which describes itself as the country's "only federal agency for community service and volunteerism." In a news release, the coalition said the administration's 90 percent reduction in AmeriCorps' workforce has hampered "the agency's ability ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Apr 30th, 2025 -
JB Pritzker greeted Rep. Maggie Goodlander with a joke. Answering his own question about how the New Hampshire congresswoman's first few months in office have been, the Illinois governor laughed: "Awful, right?" But the conversation immediately became a mini-huddle about the debates they've each been having with friends at law firms over conceding to President Donald Trump 's demands and the conversation Pritzker ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
Party written off months ago completes remarkable comeback after US president's threats boosted campaign Mark Carney has used his victory speech to claim Donald Trump wanted to "break us" as he led Canada's Liberal party to a fourth term in office, in a race that was upended by threats and aggression from the US president. The Liberal triumph capped a miraculous political resurrection and marked a landmark victory ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
Speed: 0.5x Speed: 1x Speed: 1.5x Speed: 2x 🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky 's proposal for an immediate and full 30-day ceasefire is currently "impossible," the Kremlin said, according to Russian state media. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin , said that "without resolving all the nuances, this is impossible" in ...
Source: newsweek.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
The Trump administration dismissed former second gentleman Doug Emhoff and other Biden-era appointees from the board that oversees the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter said. "I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council," Emhoff, who is Jewish, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. "Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
The latest development in a years-long push by South Texas farmers and officials to get Mexico to fulfill a 1944 treaty would still fall short of what is owed. MISSION — Mexico has agreed to deliver more water to the U.S. in an effort to pay off its increasing water debt, however, the water deliveries would still fall short of the total amount owed under a 1944 treaty. Mexico will send up to 420,000 acre feet ...
Source: texastribune.org
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
April 29 (UPI) -- Israel's head of domestic intelligence, Ronan Bar, announced his resignation five weeks after his firing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was immediately blocked by the Supreme Court . "After 35 years of service, in order to allow an orderly process for appointing a permanent successor and for professional handover, I will end my role on June 15," Bar said Monday at a memorial event for the ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia on a permanent basis, dodged questions about his views on Jan. 6 and his prior criticism of Republican politicians in written answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of his confirmation process. , citing his lack of experience, his past controversial comments and the politicized ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
President Trump opened up a new front in his assault on public media on Monday, asserting that he was removing three of the five board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The corporation sued Trump on Tuesday morning in response, pointing to federal law and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to contend that he does not have the power to take these actions. At a court hearing Tuesday afternoon, U.S. ...
Source: npr.org
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
A mother deported to Honduras was given less than two minutes by immigration agents to speak with her partner about the fate of their children, one of whom is a 2-year-old U.S. citizen. Grace Willis, a lawyer for the 2-year-old, told MSNBC on Monday that the mother was arrested along with her two children last week during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Willis said ICE "denied ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
The federal government has opened an investigation into the Harvard Law Review "based on reports of race-based discrimination permeating the operations of the journal," according to an from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At issue is whether the law review's policies for membership and article selection violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bans discrimination based on race, color and ...
Source: abajournal.com
Tuesday, Apr 29th, 2025 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Tuesday became the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter the increasingly competitive race for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith. In her launch video , Craig vows to "break through the chaos" and fight back against "a president trampling our rights and freedoms as he profits for personal gain, and a cowardly Republican Party rolling over ...
Source: aol.com