JUST IN: St. Louis residents were not given a warning for the first deadly tornado in the city since 1959. Tornado sirens did not sound in St. Louis because of a “human failure,” St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said. stlpr.org/government-pol…

If you have been wondering — “Why Mahmoud Khalil Remains in Detention as Other Protesters Are Freed” nytimes.com/2025/05/20/nyr…

While all eyes in DC political circles are on the House effort to pass “one big beautiful bill,” yesterday, in a somewhat surprising move, the Senate voted unanimously to eliminate taxes on tips. My old story with the back story on “no taxes on tips” — npr.org/2025/01/25/nx-…

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From NPR, a description of the DC couple shot outside an event at a Jewish museum.

Chinese car group BYD has sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time on.ft.com/3H8sRjZ

JUST IN: The Trump administration said Thursday it has barred Harvard from allowing international students to enroll at the university. abcnews.link/AX9MJJ6

Kermit the Frog told this year’s graduates at the University of Maryland that “life is better when we leap together.” The beloved Muppet and creation of the late Maryland graduate, Jim Henson, delivered the main address at the university’s commencement Thursday evening in

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Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children, hospital says bbc.in/4kygex0

On this Memorial Day - a conversation I recommend - with retired Col. Christian Cabaniss. wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

“We are eating just one meal, instead of three meals, the whole family, including the children,” — Salwa Al Tibi, Gaza director for the aid group MedGlobal. Our full interview - today on the show - wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

New: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tuesday against the Trump White House over the president's executive order purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for NPR and PBS. More from David Folkenflik npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-…

The president of Harvard University Alan Garber sat down for an interview with my colleague Steve Inskeep. You can watch (and listen) to it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWwGA…

BREAKING: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration will start revoking visas for some Chinese students. apnews.com/article/intern…

A federal trade court ruled President Trump didn’t have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually every nation, voiding the levies that have sparked a global trade war wsj.com/politics/polic…

NEWS: PBS and a rural Minnesota public TV system sued President Trump and the WH today over his May 1 executive order demanding that CPB shut down all federal funds for PBS and NPR. They say it will "upend" public television and pose an existential threat to Lakeland PBS /MORE

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