Saturday, May 3, 2025

Politics

 The White House released an early version of its budget proposal Friday morning, proposing a $163 billion cut in spending levels while calling for a 13% increase in defense spending. (More)

President Trump signed an executive order late Thursday ending federal funding for NPR and PBS, citing what he called biased and partisan coverage. (More)

 Vice President JD Vance confirmed Thursday that the Trump administration is committed to Ukraine-Russia peace talks but acknowledged that the fighting likely won’t end soon. (More)

 The Trump administration announced Friday it will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status, following last month’s freeze of more than $2 billion in grants and contracts. (More)

 Cameron County, Texas, residents will vote today on whether Elon Musk’s SpaceX can officially transform a coastal stretch, about 1½ square miles, into a city named Starbase. (More)

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Sports

Journalism, winner of three straight graded-stakes races, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in today’s 19-horse Kentucky Derby field. (See Odds)

➤ The Denver Nuggets face off against the LA Clippers tonight in a do-or-die game 7 matchup. The winner will advance to play the OKC Thunder in round two of the NBA playoffs. (More)

➤ The New York Rangers hired 2-time Stanley Cup winner Mike Sullivan as their new head coach on Friday. Sullivan was fired by the Pittsburgh Penguins less than a week ago. (More)

➤ Longtime San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is transitioning to become team president after a series of health scares last year. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s results: MLB | NBA | NHL | NCAAB | NCAASB | Soccer | LPGA | PGA

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Finance

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➤ Pakistan claims it has “credible intelligence” that India may launch military action within 36 hours, as tensions rise over a deadly April 22 attack in Kashmir that killed 26 Hindu tourists. (More)

Reform UK claimed key wins in parliamentary, mayoral, and local elections Friday, with leader Nigel Farage declaring the two-party system “dead” and his party the new opposition to Labour. (More)

A 7.4 magnitude quake struck off southern Chile and Argentina Friday, prompting a tsunami warning and coastal evacuation alert for the Strait of Magellan. (More)

Vatican firefighters installed the Sistine Chapel chimney Friday ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor—white smoke signals a new pope; black means no decision. (See Installation)

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Eleven New York high school students surrendered to authorities this week, allegedly involved in a violent boys’ lacrosse team hazing incident featuring a staged kidnapping with weapons. (More)

➤ A Southwest Airlines flight from El Paso to Houston was aborted Wednesday morning after a passenger’s cellphone battery caught fire during taxiing. (More)

➤ A 69-year-old Florida man dove into a gator-filled lake to save a struggling bald eagle, risking his own safety in a daring 100-yard swim. (See Photos)

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