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On Tuesday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on President Trump's attempt to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Above, the building that houses the offices of the IMLS in Washington, D.C.

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  • Books

States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts

A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump's executive order dismantling the IMLS "disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government."

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Frank Bisignano, President Trump's nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, testifies at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on March 25.

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  • Politics

Senate confirms Trump's pick to run Social Security amid upheaval at the agency

Tech CEO Frank Bisignano will be leading the federal agency that runs programs providing retirement, survivor and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income for the very poor.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
The website's logo depicts what appears to be a cartoon version of President Trump holding a theater mask.

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  • Technology

Major deepfake porn site shuts down

MrDeepFakes said that a critical service provider terminated service, resulting in massive data loss. The site, which featured nonconsensual, sexually explicit content, said it would not relaunch.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she disappeared from Reedsburg in July 1962, according to this bulletin from the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

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  • National

Police found a missing woman 60 years after she disappeared. She wants to stay hidden

Sauk County Sheriff's Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she "had her reasons for leaving" in July 1962.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Canadian Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins (right) and Cardinal Francis Leo walk on Via della Conciliazione street near the Vatican, with St. Peter's Basilica in the background, in Rome on Monday.

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  • Religion

The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke and
  • Bill Chappell
Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, on Tuesday.

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  • Africa

Port Sudan was a safe haven in Sudan's civil war. Now it's being attacked

The strikes are the first on the de-facto capital along the Red Sea. About a quarter of a million refugees have fled to the state where Port Sudan resides since the civil war erupted two years ago.

May 06, 2025
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
President Trump arrives with Attorney General Pam Bondi to speak at the Justice Department on March 14.

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  • Law

Critics warn DOJ is being politicized despite vows to end its purported weaponization

Critics warn that despite President Trump's call to end the purported weaponization of the Justice Department, it has become more politicized in the president's first three months back in office.

May 06, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
An asylum seeker with a canceled appointment to enter the United States waits to speak to a Mexican immigration official as he reviews the CBP One app at the El Chaparral border crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico, in January 2025.

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  • National

Trump offers $1,000 incentive to migrants who leave the country voluntarily

The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more "dignified" way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Percival Everett has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel <em>James.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

May 06, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim and
  • Andrew Limbong

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  • Book News & Features

5 new books to check out this week — including Isabel Allende's latest

My Name Is Emilia Del Valle is the newest novel from the prodigious Chilean expat, now in her 80s. Plus, a personal history of the orange, a Josephine Baker history and having kids in the digital age.

May 06, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds an election rally in Windsor, Ontario, on April 26.

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  • News

Trump and Canadian PM to meet today. And, the best Met Gala looks

Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are set to meet today as tensions between their two countries rise. And, the best looks from last night's star-studded Met Gala.

May 06, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Orion hurricane hunter aircraft sits on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2022. Data gathered by the aircraft helps federal scientists issue hurricane warnings to the public.

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  • Climate

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

May 06, 2025
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Travelers move through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of Memorial Day, May 24, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • National

Twenty years later, the REAL ID deadline is here. Here's why it took so long

REAL ID will be enforced in U.S. airports starting May 7. Implementing the law involved years of negotiations between federal and state officials.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds an election rally in Windsor, Ontario, on April 26.

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  • Politics

Trump has said Canada should be the 51st state. Today, he meets its prime minister

Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election vowing to take on President Trump. Tuesday, they meet for the first time in the Oval Office.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl and
  • Deepa Shivaram
A Stryker platoon is stationed near the fence at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, in Douglas, Arizona, on April 3.

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  • USPS

Trump expands military use at the southern border. Are there legal limits?

The Posse Comitatus Act restricts using federal troops in civilian law enforcement. Exceptions exist, but Trump's crackdown on immigration is shaping up to be a major test for the law.

May 06, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
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