LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against the legal profession. U.S. District Beryl Howell said the executive order against the firm of Perkins Coie amounted to “unconstitutional retaliation” as she ordered that it be immediately nullified and that the Trump administration halt any enforcement of it. AdvertisementIn the case of Perkins Coie, the White House cited its representation of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 presidential race. Our newsroom has stood strong — fearless, unflinching, and relentless in pursuit of the truth. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) —American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.2%, the Labor Department reported Friday. “The labor market refuses to buckle in the face of trade war uncertainty,’’ Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at fwdbonds, a financial markets research firm. We foresee the unemployment rate rising toward 5% in 2025.’’Trump’s policies have shaken financial markets and frightened consumers. “So for now, the unemployment rate and the number of people filing claims for jobless benefits every week remain low by historical standards.

In the United States, organizers framed this year’s International Workers’ Day protests as a pushback against what they see as the administration’s sweeping assault on labor protections, diversity initiatives and federal employees. Some played drums and danced while others chanted “No justice, no peace!” The crowd included union workers, immigrant rights advocates, pro-Palestinian activists and students calling for better-funded public schools. AdvertisementSome rallygoers used humor to protest, displaying a Trump puppet, an inflatable Trump baby chicken and a Trump pinata shaped like a bull. Supporters gather to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speak at a May Day rally at Philadelphia's city hall. “We recognize the interconnectedness of our struggles.”AdvertisementSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to demonstrators during a May Day rally in Philadelphia.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. GettyWe Won't Back Down Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Donald Trump has been in office for 100 days. Our newsroom has stood strong — fearless, unflinching, and relentless in pursuit of the truth. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times.

The AP has gotten hold of the detailed plans for a military parade to celebrate Tinyhands McFelony's birthday next month. Those plans call for over 6,000 American military personnel, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, 7 bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians. No cost projection is included in the plans. But it's estimated that it'd run in the tens of millions. www.huffpost.com/...

AdvertisementThe agreement — which the Ukrainian parliament must ratify — would establish a reconstruction fund for Ukraine that Ukrainian officials hope will be a vehicle to ensure future American military assistance. The deal covers minerals, including rare earth elements, but also other valuable resources, including oil and natural gas, according to the text released by Ukraine’s government. It does not include resources that are already a source of revenue for the Ukrainian state. The text of the deal lists 55 minerals but says more can be agreed to. Ukraine also holds some of Europe’s largest known reserves of lithium, which is required to produce batteries, ceramics and glass.

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Based on the film of the same name, the four-part series stars Tina Fey (who also serves as its co-creator) alongside an impressive cast that includes Steve Carell, Will Forte and Colman Domingo. Meanwhile, some of the more critical reviews have called out the show for being a little slow and lacking in drama. Netflix has taken the unvarnished joy of the film and added a slick coat of gloss.”Advertisement“The Four Seasons is full of properly funny lines, rooted in properly middle-aged experience. In its comedy and its drama it captures the warm, weary affection for life and each other that only old friends and enduring couples really know. It will be a long time before I can hear Vivaldi’s music, carelessly smeared across the soundtrack, without triggering memories of this midlife misfire.”

Penn Badgley as Joe in the final season of You NetflixThis article contains spoilers for the final season of You. In one of the show’s final scenes, Joe turns the tables on the audience, before being shot by Bronte (right in the crotch, no less) and accosted by the police for his many crimes. AdvertisementHowever, it turns out that things almost ended in an even more dramatic way. And most importantly, we knew he was going to be made to face himself.”Earlier this month, Penn shared his take on why he thought that Joe’s fate was a fitting end to the story. Advertisement“What is best, not just for Joe, but the person who then has to do it?” he questioned.

The conclave to pick the next pope begins on May 7. NurPhoto / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWho does Donald Trump want to be the next pope? While talking with reporters, Donald Trump suggested himself to be the next Pope. Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesHere's the post:Related: Donald Trump Supporters Are Losing Their Minds Over The New Trump Tariffs, And It's Exactly The Meltdown We All Saw ComingYeahhhh, people had to double-check if this one was real. Soooo, that leaves me with the question: What the hell is going on anymore?

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, according to a preliminary estimate released Wednesday. Advertisement“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday morning, before the stock market had opened. Advertisement“Donald Trump has done something truly remarkable — in just 100 days, he’s taken a strong economy and driven it toward a recession,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) said Wednesday. We Won't Back Down Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Donald Trump has been in office for 100 days. We Won't Back Down Donald Trump has been in office for 100 days.

For a while, it looked like DOGE itself could turn into a joke, merely an updated version of past deficit-reduction panels. DOGE burned perhaps too brightly, and 100 days later, we seem to be in the twilight of the Musk era in Trump’s government. Last week, Trump noticeably described Musk in the past tense: “He was a tremendous help.”DOGE has changed the government, but not in the way Musk or Trump promised. In March, Musk went on to call Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” a scam swindling Americans out of their payroll contributions for no future benefit. “This is happening all day, every day, and then somebody doesn’t receive their Social Security.

Third baby in under three years — years of birth trauma, multiple dark nights of the soul and sleep deprivation. Then, when I went back to work last autumn, life became an almost unbearable pressure cooker of work, babies, babies, work. The idea of being somewhere completely removed from the seemingly never-ending demands of work and family life felt like a welcome reprieve. These are the kind of conversations I expected to have with other parents but have found to be rare. Maybe that would be the key to building a real sense of meaningful community?

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — Republicans have a strategy for moving Medicaid cuts through Congress when many of their own members say they can’t support cuts: Don’t call them cuts. Even among the Republicans who’ve said they won’t vote for Medicaid cuts, a “work requirement” policy banning certain unemployed adults does not count as a cut. AdvertisementRepublicans included a work requirement for childless Medicaid recipients aged 19 to 55 in a piece of legislation that failed to pass in 2023. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), chair of the House committee overseeing Medicaid, said he believed work requirements had widespread support among Republicans. He said program spending will go up over the next 10 years even if Republicans make cuts, meaning their cuts don’t count as cuts in absolute terms.

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