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Illinois landlord gets 53 years for fatally stabbing Palestinian-American child  BBC Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother  CNN Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate crime murder of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy  ABC News

MSNBC correspondent Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who “handles airspace” at the Newark, NJ, airport gave him some “rather concerning and startling information” about public safety. “He said, It is not safe. ‘It is not a

White House budget calls for $163 billion in federal cuts next year  The Washington Post

Mother’s Day in the U.S., which falls on May 11, will see Americans continue a long tradition of celebrating mothers and caregivers. Each year, people prepare cards, flowers, gifts, and brunches to commemorate mothers in a holiday that has a

Trump says he’s yanking Harvard’s tax-exempt status  Politico Democrats urge probe into Trump’s push to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status, say it’s ‘illegal and unconstitutional’  The Boston Globe Exclusive | Harvard President Says Any Move to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status Would Be ‘Highly Illegal’  WSJ

More than a month after Harvard University filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump for freezing its federal funding, the President has come back with another financial swing against the university.   “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax

James Boasberg is at the centre of an escalating conflict between the executive and the judiciary  

Trump unveils 2026 budget blueprint that includes deep cuts to non-defense spending – live  The Guardian

PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful  PBS ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA  The White House (.gov) Trump says he’s ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can’t  NPR

The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump’s election.