Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

May 12, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

Fred VanVleet had 29 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, Alperen Sengun contributed 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets kept their season alive by beating the Golden State Warriors 115-107 on Friday night and forcing a deciding Game 7 in their first-round playoff series. Golden State went cold when it mattered most:
Puerto Rico has voluntarily dismissed its 2024 climate lawsuit against big oil, a Friday legal filing shows, just two days after the US justice department sued two states over planned litigation against oil companies for their role in the climate crisis. Puerto Rico’s lawsuit, filed in July, alleged that the oil and gas giants had
The White House plans to cut staffing at the Central Intelligence Agency by 1,200 positions while other intelligence agencies including the National Security Agency will also shed thousands of jobs, the Washington Post has reported. A person familiar with the plan confirmed the changes to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The Trump administration
There is a war on journalists raging across the world. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recorded the highest number of media workers killed since it began collecting data three decades ago. According to that data, at least 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024 – nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians
Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero scored the biggest win of his career on Friday night, upsetting Ryan Garcia by unanimous decision in the main event of a surreal outdoor boxing show staged in the heart of Times Square. Romero dropped Garcia in the second round with a double left hook and never relinquished control. The three ringside
A federal judge on Friday permanently struck down Donald Trump’s executive order that targeted the firm Perkins Coie, which once worked with his 2016 presidential election rival Hillary Clinton, after declaring in an extraordinary ruling that the order was unconstitutional and unlawful. The decision from the US district judge Beryl Howell, which criticized virtually every
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump is giving "serious consideration" to signing an executive order that would address payments to college athletes, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to USA TODAY on May 2. The person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Trump’s review of the matter comes
One of Harvey Weinstein's accusers broke down in tears and swore on the witness stand as a sexual abuse trial continues. Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault Miriam Haley claims the former Hollywood mogul forced oral sex on her in July 2006. The case is being retried after the appeals court overturned his
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