• On today's episode: UN aid enter Gaza; two staff members of the Israeli Embassy were killed in Washington; the latest on the GOP tax bill; Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth accepts a jet from Qatar; and North Korea fails to launch a naval destroyer.
• House Republicans pushing through an all-nighter trying to pass Trump's big bill.
• Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people.
• Judge bars Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts.
• Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the targeted killing of white farmers.
• Gerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, dies at 75.
• Judge vacates federal rules requiring employers to provide accommodations for abortions.
• Judge says the Trump administration violated a court order on deportations to third countries.
• Justice Department moves to cancel police reform settlements reached with Minneapolis and Louisville.
• New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says.
• Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say.
• A Texas bill to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban clears a key hurdle after rocky path.
• Over boos, Columbia University president notes Mahmoud Khalil's absence at graduation.
• Flight at San Diego airport evacuated and 1 arrested following reports of a bomb threat.
• Former New York state trooper pleads guilty to faking his own shooting.
• Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data.
• Wall Street tumbles under the weight of rising Treasury yields and US debt worries.
• Jim Morrison bust stolen from Doors singer’s Paris grave in the ‘80s has finally been recovered.
• Rapper Kid Cudi to testify at Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial this week.
• A shocking comeback for the Pacers opens the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, a Thunder star takes home the MVP award, the Stars rally furiously to take Game 1 of the Western Conference Final in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and an outspoken longtime NFL owner dies.
• UK court puts last-minute block on a deal to hand Chagos islands to Mauritius.
• Iran insists it won't stop enriching uranium and agrees to new round of US talks.
• Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach Gaza and an end to hostilities in his first general audience.
• Report World's supply of critical minerals for clean energy is concentrated in fewer countries.
• The UN says no aid that has entered Gaza this week has reached Palestinians.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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• On today's episode: Biden's office says his 'last known' prostate cancer screening was in 2014; Israel strikes Gaza; President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Kursk region; German police arrest teens involved in far-right group; animals owned by Mexican cartels have been rescued; and a judge rules on a case involving migrants being sent to Africa.
• US immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants to South Sudan, attorneys say.
• Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore vote of GOP lawmaker who ID-ed trans teen athlete online.
• Trump announces he's selected final 'Golden Dome' space missile defenses that would cost billions.
• Trump on Capitol Hill implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts bill.
• Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country.'
• While Trump overhauls FEMA, Mississippi tornado survivors await assistance.
• Prosecutors charge McIver with pushing and grabbing agents while trying to stop mayor's arrest.
• Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children.
• George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on 'Cheers' and found another home onstage, dies at 76.
• Accuser gestures at Harvey Weinstein in courtroom confrontation.
• Cassie's mother says Sean 'Diddy' Combs demanded $20K because her daughter was seeing someone else.
• 20 people, health care business and church charged in sober living scheme in Arizona.
• Driver in custody after breaching Buffalo airport gate.
• Maintenance worker says inmate threatened to shank him if he didn't assist in New Orleans jail break.
• NY governor to visit Seneca Nation to apologize for state's role in boarding school.
• US stocks sink as S&P 500 falls to its first loss in 7 days.
• Home Depot says it doesn't expect to boost prices because of tariffs.
• Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns.
• The Thunder earn a statement win to open the Western Conference Finals, a Timberwolves star briefly exits with an injury, the defending Stanley Cup champions cruise to a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final, Aaron Judge and Will Warren lead the Yankees to victory and NFL stars will play flag football in L.A.
• White Sox unveil a graphic installation honoring Pope Leo XIV and his World Series appearance.
• Indy 500 announces first grandstand sellout since 2016 with 350,000 expected for the race on Sunday.
• A suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 5 people.
• The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City's mayor are shot dead.
• Iran’s supreme leader rejects US stance on uranium enrichment.
• WHO members adopt a 'pandemic agreement' born out of the disjointed global COVID response.
• New EU and UK sanctions target Russia's shadow fleet of tankers illicitly transporting oil.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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• On today's episode: Severe storms have been moving across parts of the US; President Donald Trump will visit GOP House members about his proposed tax cuts; South Africa's president will visit the US; Israel is under pressure to get aid into Gaza; and a shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in a USPS truck are now overwhelming an animal shelter.
• Trump calls Biden cancer diagnosis 'very sad' and says he is surprised it wasn't found sooner.
• Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.
• Joe Biden's long fight against the disease that killed his eldest son.
• Pence speaks in North Carolina against broad Trump tariffs and praises House on tax bill.
• Trump's big bill teeters as House conservatives demand more changes.
• Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will begin immediately following call with Putin.
• JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit US.
• CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits amid potential Trump lawsuit settlement.
• Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow.
• Judge bars Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts.
• Freed from ICE custody, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduates from Columbia to cheers.
• Crew members of tall ship that collided with Brooklyn Bridge return home to Mexico.
• Despite economic concerns, Americans are set on getting away for Memorial Day weekend.
• Authorities say suspect in California fertility clinic bombing left behind 'anti-pro-life' writings.
• Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 remain on the lam.
• New Jersey Transit train engineers reach tentative deal to end strike that halted NYC routes.
• Stocks, bonds and the dollar drift after the latest downgrade to the US government's credit rating.
• Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes premiere for 'Highest 2 Lowest.'
• Singer Dawn Richard says Sean 'Diddy' Combs threatened her with death after she saw him beat Cassie.
• A star linebacker and a Super Bowl-winning coach receive contract extensions in the NFL, a former strikeouts leader is set to return from injury in baseball, an All-Star is fined for his postgame attire in the NBA, a decorated Olympic wrestler enters a guilty plea and more.
• NFL owners set to discuss tush push again, along with playoff and flag football proposals.
• Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleads to lesser charge after arrest in prostitution sting.
• Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is forced into a draw in a showdown against ‘the world.’

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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The News Tonight, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: ZR2MOTROGI4XAHRX