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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)2025-05-02T11:04:58Z WASHINGTON (AP) As President Donald Trump faces significant pushback from federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather than the courts -- although Republicans largely think the opposite.According to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about half of Americans say the president has too much power in the way government operates these days. On the other hand, Americans are more likely to believe the federal courts have an appropriate amount of authority. Only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults say that federal judges have too much power. Republicans see it the other way: Roughly half say the federal judiciary has too much power, and only about 2 in 10 say the president does.The survey comes as Trump has issued a record number of executive orders and pushed the boundaries of presidential power, wresting from Congress its constitutional authority to determine spending levels and defying court orders on immigration. The Republican president has directed the Department of Justice to go after his enemies, pressured law firms he sees as antagonistic and used the threat of federal prosecution to coerce officials and others to support his agenda. The courts have generally been the only branch of government to push back on Trumps plans, while the GOP-controlled Congress has mostly deferred to him. Only about 3 in 10 Americans say Congress has too much power, and just 17% of Democrats say federal courts have excessive power. On the other hand, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court fares better with Republicans only about one-quarter think it has too much power, while one-third of Democrats believe that. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say Trump has gone too far in using presidential power to achieve his goals, the survey found, but concerns over his power are centered among Democrats and independents. Among Republicans, only about one-quarter say Trump has gone too far, while about 6 in 10 feel his use of power has been about right. About 14% of Republicans feel Trump hasnt gone far enough. Hes been able to do unprecedented things, said Brie Horshaw, a 35-year-old Los Angeles esthetician and Democrat. Hes got too much power. It goes beyond what a president would normally do. Democrats are largely united in their sense that Trump has gone too far in using presidential power, with about 9 in 10 saying this. About 6 in 10 independents feel that way. The AP-NORC poll is only the latest of several surveys showing that Trumps actions have sparked widespread anxiety.A Pew Research Center poll found that about half of U.S. adults say Trump is setting too much policy by executive order, while about 3 in 10 say hes doing about the right amount. A CNN-SSRS poll found that 46% of Americans have a lot or some confidence in Trumps ability to use the power of the presidency responsibly, which is down from 54% in December.The findings indicate a rising sense of panic among Democrats as Trump takes aggressive actions to implement his agenda. According to the AP-NORC poll, the share of U.S. adults who say the president has too much power in the way the U.S. government operates has jumped significantly since last year, when Democrat Joe Biden was in his final year in office. It has risen from 32% in a March 2024 AP-NORC poll. Democrats are almost 70 percentage points more likely to say the president has too much power than they were last year, while independents are about 20 percentage points more likely.Republicans, meanwhile, are less likely to say the president has too much power than they were in March 2024, when 46% believed it, double the 23% who do now. Linda Seck, a retired nurse, said Trump has the same tools Biden had.They both had the same power. They might choose to use it differently, said Seck, 76, a Republican who feels Trump has been using the right amount of power.The Michigan resident, who once worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs, has cheered Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk cutting deeply into the federal workforce without waiting for Congress approval. Overall, Seck compared Trumps behavior to driving on a two-lane road: I dont think hes going over the yellow line, but hes right there beside it. Seck says shes a believer in the constitutional system of checks and balances and thinks Trumps power is not unlimited.He cant declare war without consulting Congress. He cant bully the Federal Reserve, Seck said.Seck, however, joins fellow Republicans in fearing individual federal judges have too much power. I dont think a district judge should be able to overrule the federal government, she said. Thats the job of the Supreme Court.Other polls show that Americans are broadly more concerned about presidential than judicial overreach. A Fox News poll, for example, found that about half of Americans are more concerned about the president ignoring rulings from the judicial branch, while about 3 in 10 say theyre more worried about the judicial branch going beyond its authority. And few think the president has the power to override the courts. The Fox News poll found that about two-thirds of Americans say the president cant ignore the Supreme Court if the president thinks the justices are overstepping their constitutional authority, while about 2 in 10 say the president can and another 16% are uncertain.The Pew Research Center poll found that most Americans including two-thirds of Republicans think if a federal court rules that a Trump administration action is illegal, the Republican administration would need to follow the courts ruling.Lynn Cohee, a 48-year-old database administrator and Democrat who lives south of Austin, Texas, is distressed in what he sees as the other branches of government not adequately checking Trumps actions.Theres decisions hes making where other branches should step in and say, Hey, this isnt the wisest choice, Cohee said. Lets get rid of all these people well, lets talk about it first. The mass deportations, the foreign policy, the whole idea were going to take over the Gaza Strip.Cohee said he doesnt follow politics closely, but hes worried that the intense partisanship stops one part of the government from checking the other.With our political parties, it doesnt become whats best, but it becomes like sports and I want to see my team win, he said.___Riccardi reported from Denver.___The AP-NORC poll of 1,260 adults was conducted April 17-21, using a sample drawn from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. LINLEY SANDERS Sanders is a polls and surveys reporter for The Associated Press. She develops and writes about polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and works on AP VoteCast. twitter

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)2025-05-02T06:43:21Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis.Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave.After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to indicate the outcome to the outside world.If no pope is chosen, the ballots are mixed with cartridges containing potassium perchlorate, anthracene (a component of coal tar) and sulfur to produce black smoke. But if there is a winner, the burning ballots are mixed with potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin to produce the white smoke.The white smoke came out of the chimney on the fifth ballot on March 13, 2013, and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world as Pope Francis a short time later from the loggia of St. Peters Basilica. Francis, historys first Latin American pope, died April 21 at age 88. The chimney installation took place as cardinals arrived in the Vatican for another day of pre-conclave discussions about the needs of the Catholic Church going forward and the type of pope needed to run it. These consultations include all cardinals, including those over age 80 who are ineligible to vote in the conclave itself. In recent days, they have heard reports about the Vaticans dire financial situation, and have had the chance to speak individually about priorities going forward and problems they identified in Francis pontificate.Francis was a somewhat divisive pope, beloved by some for his focus on the poor and marginalized, but criticized by others who accused him of sowing confusion among the faithful on issues of morality and church law. These conservatives and traditionalists, who are not believed to have a majority among the 135 cardinal electors, are hoping a new pope will reassert core church teachings and act as a stabilizing figure in the Vatican bureaucracy. Cardinal Beniamino Stella, who headed the Vatican office for clergy under Francis until his retirement in 2021, has been among the older, non-voting cardinals who has spoken during the pre-conclave sessions. According to America, the magazine of the U.S. Jesuits, Stella this week strongly criticized Francis reform of the Vatican bureaucracy that allowed women and lay people to head Holy See offices rather than clergy.That reform, contained in a 2022 constitution, overhauled the Vatican bureaucracy and fulfilled a key mandate Francis received from cardinals going into the 2013 conclave that elected him pope. But some have criticized the reform, which was nine years in the works and sought to make the Holy See more service-oriented and efficient.Francis named two laymen to head the Vatican communications operation and the economy ministry. More significantly, he named two nuns to head two of the most important Vatican offices: Sister Simona Brambilla as head of the Vatican office responsible for all the worlds Catholic religious orders, and Sister Raffaella Petrini as head of the Vatican City State administration. In that position, Petrini runs the city state and is responsible for everything from the Vatican Museums that provide the Holy See with most of its revenue, to the firefighters who installed the chimney on the Sistine Chapel Friday. Their appointments were tangible evidence of Francis belief that women should have a greater decision-making role in church governance. But Stella, according to unnamed cardinals cited by America, objected to Francis decision to separate the power of governance in the church from the priesthood.It is unclear what influence older cardinals such as Stella, who at age 83 will not actually cast a vote, will have on the younger cardinal electors. In general, cardinals of the more conservative old guard have stresesed the need for unity over pursuing Francis more radical legacy. The pope has to ensure the unity of all of the church, said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the retired head of the Vaticans evangelization office. This is first and foremost. Everything else comes after, the 79-year-old cardinal said as he arrived Friday for the pre-conclave discussions.Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib, the 68-year-old archbishop of Santiago, Chile, said the variety of points of view was useful in the pre-conclave meetings. Francis made Chomali a cardinal in December after appointing him to head the Chilean church through the continued fallout of the clergy sexual abuse scandal.For me, that I come from Chile, a far away country, hearing such different experiences is an enrichment, not only for me but for all of the church, he said as he entered Friday. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them.

When outlining the references and anecdotes that inspired her new song, "What Was That," and her upcoming fourth album, Virgin, Lorde has been pointedly nodding to the current assessment of her own femininity as it relates to the "broadening" of gender, the published works of queer writers, and even "coming into [her] masculinity" as of late.Lorde was 16 when "Royals" conquered the world and led to her debut album, 2013's Pure Heroine. She was 21 when "Green Light" made way to the Melodrama era of 2017. She was 25 in the release of 2021's Solar Power and its lead single. Like clockwork, the singer dropped "What Was That" in April and announced her fourth studio album, Virgin, for June 2025.The through line, here, has been that each new body of work from Lorde has existed within a four-year era that showcased her evolving artistry and career. On the other hand, this has always felt like an unusually rigid, fixed schedule for a pop star who's so famous for piercing and brutally honest lyrics, a specific voice that is both haunting and comforting, and the evolving examination of her womanhood in both earnest and satirical manners."What Was That," the lead single of Virgin, sparked knee-jerk reactions from critics and chronically online stans who quickly declared that "Lorde is back" to a mode that sounds similar to her first two albums But is it, really? As a writer, it's hard to ignore the more interesting provocations that the singer, on the precipice of turning 30, is actually making in this lead-up to the new album.What if these aren't just four-year eras of world-building, or four-year cycles to promote an album, but are instead four-year terms in which Lorde takes stock of how she's been able to govern her own identity or had her identity governed by other powers that be over the last 14 years?This impetus, as it relates to Virgin, first came in the form of a message that Lorde herself sent directly to fans when she announced this new album. Besides the standard press release from her record label, Lorde sent her fans a less detailed but more personal email labeled as, "From the desk of Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor," which read:"The color of the album is clear. Like bathwater, windows, ice, spit. Full transparency. The language is plain and unsentimental. The sounds are the same wherever possible. I was trying to see myself, all the way through. I was trying to make a document that reflected my femininity: raw, primal, innocent, elegant, openhearted, spiritual, masc.I'm proud and scared of this album. There's nowhere to hide. I believe that putting the deepest parts of ourselves to music is what sets us free."Some ears immediately perked up at Lorde ending the description of her femininity with "masc." However, there's a lot more to unpack. The Virgin cover art being an X-ray, for instance, echoes the way Lorde described working with fellow New Zealand superstar Marlon Williams in a song titled "Khore He Manu E" for his latest album."Over the course of several years I watched Marlon pull at the threads that became Te Whare Twekaweka," Lorde said about the collaboration, as reported by Billboard. She then praised how Williams crafted songs "that speak to the past while also braiding in his characteristic humor and X-ray vision."The concepts of having X-ray vision, being transparent, and unleashing one's truth after realizing that the only way out is to dig in even deeper, are also present in Lorde's response to Charli XCX's "Girl, so confusing" that brought to life one of the most popular Brat remixes of all."Well, honestly, I was speechless / When I woke up to your voice note / You told me how you'd been feeling / Let's work it out on the remix," Lorde sang in the lyrics, adding that she was "so lost in my head" in the thick of being "at war with my body."In the end, Lorde acknowledged that behaving in "self-defense" can easily turn into "building a weapon" and that people can ultimately "believe my projection," even if that was never meant to be the truth.On Thursday, May 1, a new interview with Lorde was published by Document Journal in which the singer spoke with multihyphenate artist Martine Syms about the ideas and concepts of identity."The four years between Solar Power and Lorde's newly announced album Virgin (out June 27) have been a journey back to herself," Maraya Fisher wrote for Document Journal, noting that the new album had the singer going "through the dissolution of a seven-year relationship, a reexamination of her gender expression, and the reclamation of her body."Throughout Lorde's conversation with Syms, the pop star recalled seeing a flyer from a band that was seeking a new member. "Do you have the stones?" the flyer read, which Lorde eventually understood as another way of asking, "Do you have the balls?"Lorde liked the way that was phrased, and the mysticism within it, particularly "seeing that as I was also coming into my masculinity a bit more as well," she explained.Later, Lorde talked about reading Animal Joy by Nuar Alsadir, sharing an anecdote about the author asking her young daughter, "What does beautiful mean to you?" The young daughter replied that being beautiful meant being your "most self.""That's been my mission," Lorde said, as her takeaway from that story. "But it came out of many years of putting something on and being like, 'What am I doing wearing this? Like, who am I? What set have I stepped onto right now?'"See on InstagramThe conversation also touched on Lorde feeling inspired by what she's reading at any given time."I start by reading, and I don't really know why I'm reading what I'm reading. This time, I read a lot about the body in different ways," the singer said, as reported by Document Journal. "I read a lot of queer writers. I just read all of Annie Ernaux. [I was] in London surrounded by books at random Airbnbs and in the spare rooms of my friends."See on InstagramApproaching the topic of new music, Lorde described "What Was That" as a song that was born out of a "period of great turbulence in my personal life.""Becoming single, but also really facing my body stuff head-on, and starting to feel my gender broadening a little bit," Lorde remarked. "Just being back in my house and feeling this big wave of grief. I just kept thinking, 'What was all of that?' Whether it was my seven-year relationship, or a pandemic, or sacrificing my body to my career since I was 16 or 17."She concluded, "This feeling of, 'Oh, my god, so much has moved through me, and there's so much mystery and pain.' I just held the mic and sort of walked around the room and said it all. I didn't write anything down, which was cool."Lorde's new album, Virgin, is scheduled for a release on June 27. The singer's fourth studio album is now available for pre-saves on all music streaming platforms, as well as preorders of physical and digital copies.

Bisexual musician Jill Sobule, the singer-songwriter behind the 1995 sapphic anthem I Kissed a Girl, died Thursday in a house fire at age 66.Firefighters were called about 5:30 a.m. to a home in Woodbury, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, The New York Times reports. They found Sobule dead inside the house.She was staying with friends while rehearsing for a performance of songs from her autobiographical one-woman show, Fuck 7th Grade, which was to take place Friday at the Swallow Hill Music Festival in Denver, Sobules hometown, her publicist said.Sobules I Kissed a Girl came out 13 years before Katy Perrys different song of the same name. Sobules tune, off a self-titled album, was the first song with blatantly queer themes to break the Billboard Top 20, GLAAD notes. A video of the song was popular on MTV. - YouTube www.youtube.com Sobules sexuality became the subject of speculation after the songs release, and her record label initially told The Advocate she was straight. However, she then contacted the magazine to talk about her identity.I guess if I had to pinpoint my sexual orientation which I hate to do then bisexuality would come the closest, she said in an interview published in the January 23, 1996, issue of The Advocate. She found bisexuals stigmatized by both gay and straight people, and she said she had to get over some assumptions herself. I used to think that when people said they were bisexual, they were just copping out because they didnt want to admit they were full-fledged queers, she told the magazine. Now I think thats so closed-minded. I believe theres a whole spectrum of sexuality.She said she wanted to be a positive role model, and she went on the be outspoken about LGBTQ+ issues, the death penalty, reproductive rights, eating disorders, the MAGA movement, and more. She addressed many of these topics in her songs as well.Jill Sobule wasnt just a trailblazer in music she was a beacon for queer artists, and I was incredibly lucky to call her a dear friend, said a statement from GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. Long before it was safe or common, Jill was writing and singing about sexuality and identity with raw honesty and wit. At a time when doing so could have cost her everything, she chose truth. That courage helped pave the way for todays artists like Brandi Carlile, Tegan and Sara, Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, Adam Lambert, and so many others who now stand proud and open in their music.Sobule released 12 albums, most of them genreless and creative, the Times notes, and was a pioneer in using crowdfunding to produce them. She had another hit with Supermodel from the 1995 film Clueless. She also wrote the theme song for the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which starred Emma Roberts and ran from 2004 to 2007. Her one-woman show became an off-Broadway hit in 2022 and had three more productions after its original staging. It was a New York Times critics pick and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. An original cast recording of the show will come out June 6, plus a reissue of her self-titled album, which includes I Kissed a Girl and Supermodel. - YouTube www.youtube.com Seventh grade was her worst year in school, she recalled to Playbill in 2023. All of a sudden, peers become more important than your parents, she said. In 6th grade, I was this tomboy, I was a badass, I was the electric guitar player. Suddenly, 7th grade happened, and my friends started wearing makeup and I didnt feel like I fit in. I knew early on that there was something different about me; that I had crushes on my friends, and that wasnt the right thing. 7th grade is when it all fell apart.In Fuck 7th Grade, she described being called a homophobic slur, feeling out of place among the other girls and having an unrequited crush on a girl, the Times reports. She once joked that growing up, her only queer role models had been Miss Jane Hathaway from The Beverly Hillbillies and her gym teacher, who looked like Pete Rose, the famous baseball player, according to the paper.In 2009, she told The Advocate she had no bad feelings about Perrys song. I still think its great to have a song, if I was a little girl, and I heard Katy Perrys Kissed a Girl and I had those kind of feelings, which I did, I would still feel like, thats great, thats wonderful, she said. But I will say that maybe mine was a little more, just a touch more queer than Girls Gone Wild. Maybe.In addition to Ellis, others who recalled Sobule fondly included her manager, John Porter, who released this statement to the media: Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture. I was having so much fun working with her. I lost a client and a friend today. I hope her music, memory, & legacy continue to live on and inspire others. Her lawyer, Ken Hertz, added, Jill wasnt just a client. She was family to us. She showed up for every birth, every birthday, and every holiday. She performed at our daughters wedding, and I was her tech when she performed by Zoom from our living room (while living with us) during the pandemic. The Swallow Hill Music Festival will host a free gathering in Sobules honor from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. Its open to all. A more formal memorial event will be held this summer.Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, James and Mary Ellen Sobule, and her nephews, Ian Matthew and Robert, and Roberts wife, Irina.

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WASHINGTONClaiming the fantastical creatures were way too cool to leave their investigation to a handful of so-called experts, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement Friday encouraging Americans to do their own research about dragons. People, especially new parents looking for awesome bedtime stories, need to be reading everything they can possibly find about these ancient and powerful beings instead of blindly accepting the narrow range of depictions put forth by the mainstream media, Kennedy wrote in a statement published on his departments website, adding that too many Americans only believed what they had heard about dragons on Game Of Thrones while dismissing less conventional sources like Earthsea and the Dark Souls trilogy. Theres a lot of misinformation out there claiming that something with two legs and wings is a dragon, but Ive read enough to know thats a wyvern and not a true dragon, which has four legs. There are some great subreddits on them. Just yesterday I read a romantasy fan fiction suggesting that dragons are capable of forming emotional and even sexual relationships with humans, but the establishment wants to bury anything that challenges the official narrative that dragons are big, evil lizards who hoard gold. Take it from me: Anyone who tells you dragons only breathe fire is lying to your face. They can breathe ice or acid or curses, be good or evil, and speak any number of languages, but its up to you to come to your own conclusions about how much dragons rule. The statement went on to say that while Americans should approach dragons with an open mind, they should remain skeptical of Chinese propaganda depicting them as lame floating snakes with mustaches.The post RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONAcknowledging that his tariff hikes could result in a frozen supply chain this holiday season, President Donald Trump claimed Friday that any toy shortages Americans experienced could be easily overcome by making the familys servants dance for their childrens enjoyment. Maybe instead of 30 dolls this Christmas, children play with the life-size human figurines they already have, said the commander-in-chief, noting that when he and his siblings were growing up, they often kept themselves entertained with nothing more than a couple of old, beat-up chambermaids whom they berated into acting foolish for their amusement. Why do children even need dolls when they can play dress-up with the undocumented help, make the day laborers kisswhatever fun act of humiliation they can imagine. For generations, kids were perfectly content just demanding their housekeepers perform for them under threat of being fired. I guess it was a simpler time. Trump went on to state that he had even set aside one of his favorite childhood maids for his grandchildren to debase.The post Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance appeared first on The Onion.

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Vehicle assembly technician Kevin Zepernick works on a 2025 Ford Expedition during a media tour to launch the 2025 Ford Expedition at the Ford Motor Company Kentucky Truck Plant, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)2025-05-02T04:01:06Z WASHINGTON (AP) American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trumps trade wars.Hiring was down slightly from a revised 185,000 in March and came in above economists expectations for a modest 135,000. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.2%, the Labor Department reported Friday.President Donald Trumps aggressive and unpredictable policies including massive import taxes have clouded the outlook for the economy and the job market and raised fears that the American economy is headed toward recession.But Fridays report showed the damage isnt showing up in the labor market yet. The labor market refuses to buckle in the face of trade war uncertainty, Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at fwdbonds, a financial markets research firm. Politicians can count their lucky stars that companies are holding on to their workers despite the storm clouds forming that could slow the economy further in the second half of the year. Transportation and warehousing companies added 29,000 jobs last month, suggesting that companies have been stocking up before essential, imported goods are hit with a wave of new tariffs, driving prices higher. Healthcare companies added nearly 51,000 jobs and bars, restaurants almost 17,000 and construction firms 11,000. Factories lost 1,000 jobs. Labor Department revisions shaved 58,000 jobs from February and March payrolls. Average hourly earnings ticked up 0.2% from March and 3.8% from a year ago, nearing the 3.5% that economists view as consistent with the 2% inflation the Federal Reserve wants to see. The report showed that 518,000 people entered the labor force, and the percentage of those working or looking for work ticked up slightly.We are not seeing right now any really adverse effects on the employment market, Boston College economist Brian Bethune said before the report came out. Yet many economists fear that the U.S. job market will deteriorate if economic growth takes a hit from trade wars.Trumps massive taxes on imports to the U.S. are likely to raise costs for Americans and American businesses that depend on supplies from overseas. They also threaten to slow economic growth. His immigration crackdown threatens to make it more difficult for hotels, restaurants and construction firms to fill job openings. By purging federal workers and cancelling federal contracts, Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency risks wiping out jobs inside the government and out.Looking ahead, we expect the steep tariff increases and the surge in uncertainty and financial market volatility will result in a more pronounced labor market downshift than previously anticipated, Lydia Boussour, senior economist at the accounting and consulting giant EY, wrote this week. Large cuts to the federal workforce and the cancellations of many government contracts will also be a drag on payroll growth in coming months.A slowdown in immigration will weigh on labor supply dynamics, further constraining job growth. We foresee the unemployment rate rising toward 5% in 2025. Trumps policies have shaken financial markets and frightened consumers. The Conference Board, a business group, reported Tuesday that Americans confidence in the economy fell for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.American workers have at least one thing going for them. Despite the uncertainty about fallout from Trumps policies, many employers dont want to risk letting employees go not after seeing how hard it was to bring people back from the massive but short-lived layoffs of the 2020 COVID-19 recession.They laid millions of these people off, and they had a hell of a time getting them back to work, Boston Colleges Bethune said. So for now, the unemployment rate and the number of people filing claims for jobless benefits every week remain low by historical standards.The federal governments workforce fell by 9,000 on top of 17,000 job losses in February and March, Still, the full effect of Musks DOGE cuts may not be showing up yet. For one thing, Bethune noted, job cuts orders by the billionaires DOGE are still being challenged in court. For another, some of those leaving federal agencies were forced into early retirement and dont show up in the Labor Departments count of the unemployed. Solid hiring and low unemployment will likely keep the Federal Reserve on the sidelines as it takes time to evaluate the impact of tariffs on the economy. Fed chair Jerome Powell has underscored that the duties are likely to push up prices in the coming months, making the central bank wary of the potential for higher inflation.The Fed typically fights inflation with higher interest rates, so it is unlikely to cut its key short-term rate anytime soon. It might change course and reduce rates if layoffs spiked and unemployment rose, but Fridays report suggests that isnt happening yet.____AP Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber contributed to this story.

The New York Stock Exchange is seen in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)2025-05-02T04:48:02Z Wall Street was poised to open with gains Friday after Chinas Commerce Ministry said Beijing is evaluating overtures from the U.S. regarding President Donald Trumps tariffs.Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.3% before the bell and were on track for a ninth straight day of gains. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4% and Nasdaq futures ticked up 0.2%.Exxon Mobils reported its lowest first-quarter profit in years, stung by weaker crude prices and higher costs. Its shares ticked up less than 1% before markets opened Friday.Shares in rival Chevron fell more than 2% after it also reported its smallest first quarter profit in years.A barrel of U.S. benchmark crude fell below $60 this week, a level at which many producers can no longer turn a profit. On Friday, a barrel of U.S. crude fell another 66 cents to $58.58. Brent crude, the European standard, declined 64 cents to $61.49 per barrel. Energy prices mostly have been in decline since Trumps inauguration in January, with the cost of a barrel of oil sliding as much as $20. At this time last year, a barrel of U.S. crude cost $78. Uncertainty about the impact of Trumps on-again-off-again tariff announcements has consumers and businesses feeling anxious about the future. Rapidly falling oil prices signal pessimism about economic growth and can be a harbinger of a recession as manufacturers cut production, businesses cut travel costs and families rethink vacation plans. Late Thursday, technology behemoths Amazon and Apple reported their latest results. Shares of Apple fell about 3% overnight after the iPhone company beat Wall Street expectations but forecast an additional $900 million to its costs in the current quarter as a result of the tariffs, if they remain in place as announced.Amazon shares fell close to 1% after the online retailer reported better-than-expected results but also said that tariffs were clouding its near-term forecast. Friday the government released its April jobs report showing that American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs.Economists expected the U.S. Labor Department to report that employers added 135,000 jobs last month. Thats a healthy number, but it would be down sharply from the surprisingly strong 228,000 jobs added in March. Many economists worry the job market could deteriorate with Trumps massive taxes on imports to the U.S. likely to raise costs for Americans and American businesses, which could result in slower economic growth.However, hopes that Trump may eventually roll back some of his tariffs after reaching trade deals with other countries has helped to support markets this week. On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 0.6% for an eighth straight gain, its longest winning streak since August. In Europe at midday, Germanys DAX advanced 1.5%, the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 1.3% and Britains FTSE 100 was 0.7%.In Asian trading, Hong Kongs Hang Seng surged 1.7% to 22,504.68 while markets in Shanghai were closed for a public holiday. Taiwans benchmark jumped 2.7%. An unnamed Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson was cited as saying that Beijing had taken note of various statements by senior U.S. officials indicating a willingness to negotiate over tariffs.At the same time, the U.S. has recently taken the initiative to convey information to the Chinese side on a number of occasions through relevant parties, hoping to talk with the Chinese side. In this regard, the Chinese side is making an assessment, it said. Tokyos Nikkei 225 picked up 1% to 36,830.69. Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato drew attention by mentioning that the countrys more than $1.1 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds could potentially be a card on the table in negotiations with Washington over Trumps steep tariffs on autos and other imports. Elsewhere in Asia, South Koreas Kospi rose 0.1% to 2,558.84 and Australias S&P/ASX 200 added 1.1%, closing at 8,238.00.

The moment Robert Rene hits the stage, you know its going to be a good show. Whether hes alongside his amazing dancers or taking the stage for a moment on his own, his audience is captivated. We recently saw him take center stage at this years Riverside County Fair headlining for Out at the Fair. []The post Robert Rene is Writing Music in His Sleep appeared first on GEDmagazine.

Have you ever been sitting around a dinner table with friends or enjoying happy hour cocktails at your favorite gay bar when a familiar, fast-paced trill suddenly fills the air?Of course, you have we all have! Ears prick up, eyebrows raise, and everyone breaks out in laughter. That one-second-long notification sound has become as recognizable []The post Safety First, Sexy Second appeared first on GEDmagazine.

Nature, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01363-xA report into Thomas Crowthers conduct at ETH Zurich finds that the professor breached some internal rules, but cleared him of misusing funds.

Nature, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01395-3Scientists working on disrupted national climate and nature assessments arent giving up.

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A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he participated in peace talks around the world.

Sinners, the new movie from Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan, has received widespread praise from critics and audiences. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the film.Q: What is Sinners about?A: Americas inability to discuss its complex racial history without bringing the Irish into things.Q: Has Sinners broken any box office records?A: It is the highest-grossing Black Southern gothic vampire horror musical fantasia of 2025.Q: What are the vampires in the film meant to represent?A: Werewolves.Q: Who is the movie for?A: Anyone who doesnt want to be left out of conversations for the next three months.Q: Will Sinners have a sequel?A: If they can figure out how to get a third Michael B. Jordan on screen, sure.Q: Are the vampires in the movie real?A: Were almost positive they arent.Q: When will Sinners be streaming?A: It will likely be available on Max in July, you lazy, cheap son of a bitch.The post What To Know About Sinners appeared first on The Onion.

ORLANDO, FLClaiming epiphanies just seem to come to him when he sits by an orca tank, local man Troy Morales told reporters Friday that he always gets his best ideas in the splash zone. Something about a 10-foot wall of water crashing onto me really gets the brain juices flowing, said Morales, who described a phenomenon in which his mind is able to ideate freely given the lack of distractions at the edge of the orca pool, allowing inspiration to strike while he is drenched by a whale-induced tsunami. The only difficulty is not being able to jot my revelations down in my notepad because of how wet it gets in the splash zone. So I have to remember all my ideas, which can be hard when a sea lion is doing belly flops right in front of you. Morales admitted that he often second-guesses his ideas after giving it some time on the log ride.The post Man Gets Best Ideas In Splash Zone appeared first on The Onion.

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Prince Harry waves as he leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)2025-05-02T13:21:49Z LONDON (AP) Prince Harry lost his appeal Friday challenging the U.K. governments decision to strip him of his publicly funded security after he stepped away from royal family duties and moved to the U.S.The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that a committee hadnt treated Harry unfairly when it decided to review his protection on a case-by-case basis each time he visits the U.K.Justice Geoffrey Vos said in a 21-page judgment that the Duke of Sussex felt badly treated and his lawyer had made powerful and moving arguments on his behalf. But he said that Harrys grievance wasnt legal grounds to challenge the decision to deny him regular security. From the Duke of Sussexs point of view, something may indeed have gone wrong, in that an unintended consequence of his decision to step back from royal duties and spend the majority of his time abroad has been that he has been provided with a more bespoke, and generally lesser, level of protection than when he was in the U.K., Vos said. But that does not, of itself, give rise to a legal complaint. The ruling is likely to leave the Duke of Sussex with a large bill to pay the U.K. governments legal fees in addition to his own lawyers costs. It wasnt immediately clear if he would try to appeal to the U.K. Supreme Court.The ruling upheld a High Court judges decision last year that found that a bespoke plan for the Duke of Sussexs security wasnt unlawful, irrational or unjustified. Harry made a rare appearance for the two-day hearing last month as his lawyer argued that his life was in danger and the Royal and VIP Executive Committee had singled him out for inferior treatment.There is a person sitting behind me who is being told he is getting a special bespoke process when he knows and has experienced a process that is manifestly inferior in every respect, attorney Shaheed Fatima said. His presence here and throughout this appeal is a potent illustration -- were one needed -- of how much this appeal means to him and his family. A lawyer for the government said that Harrys argument repeated his misconceived approach that failed in the lower court.It involves a continued failure to see the wood for the trees, advancing propositions available only by reading small parts of the evidence, and now the judgment, out of context and ignoring the totality of the picture, attorney James Eadie said.Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, had stepped back from their official roles in the family in 2020, because they didnt feel they were being protected by the institution, his lawyer said. After doing so, a Home Office committee ruled there was no basis for publicly funded security support for the duke and duchess within Great Britain.Harry claimed that he and his family are endangered when visiting his homeland because of hostility aimed at him and Meghan on social media and through relentless hounding by news media.Since he lost his government-sponsored protection, Harry faced at least two serious security threats, his lawyer said in court papers. Al-Qaida had published a document that said Harrys assassination would please Muslims, and he and his wife were involved in a dangerous pursuit by paparazzi in New York. Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, has bucked royal family convention by taking the government and tabloid press to court, where he has a mixed record.He lost a related court case in which he sought permission to privately pay for a police detail when in the U.K. A judge denied that offer after a government lawyer argued officers shouldnt be used as private bodyguards for the wealthy.But he won a significant victory at trial in 2023 against the publisher of the Daily Mirror when a judge found that phone hacking at the tabloid was widespread and habitual. He claimed a monumental victory in January when Rupert Murdochs U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life for years, and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.He has a similar case pending against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

Brandon Rogers is a man of many faces and voices. Going from creating plaintiff videos for a personal injury law firm to releasing his own content, he has single-handedly made a highly successful career as a YouTuber with a subscriber list of over seven million and video views that are three digits into the millions. []The post Brandon Rogers is on a Wild and Crazy Comedic Journey appeared first on GEDmagazine.

Its a word that immediately perks up our ears and quickens our pulse. It starts with P and oh, get your minds out of the gutter. The word is PLAY. As kids, it was our reason for living. Play time promised thrilling discoveries, the chance to make new friends, and brain development that we didnt []The post On Your Marks, Get Set, Play (Lounge)! appeared first on GEDmagazine.

Nature, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01364-wThe collaborative system generated more than 100 hypotheses relating to the origins of life in the Universe.

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The Yankees placed second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the 10-day injured list Friday with a right oblique strain, an injury he sustained on a swing against the Orioles three days ago.

The New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan as coach, days after he left his job with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Ms. Sobule, 66, died Thursday morning in Woodbury, Minn., her publicist said. She had been scheduled to perform songs from her musical later in the week.

As Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has been Donald Trumps reliable echo on issues like Iran, Ukraine and Gaza. But Steve Witkoff, the presidents friend, remains the chief negotiator.

NEW BERLIN, NYTaking the rookie employee aside to offer him a word to the wise, Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya warned new hire Austin Cook that he was in the yogurt game now, company sources confirmed Friday. I dont know what they taught you back in the boonies of the almond milk world, but you better be ready to step up, because youre doing bacterial fermentation now, playboy, Ulukaya said as he firmly jabbed a finger into Cooks chest, adding that if the new hire couldnt hack it in the yogurt games cutthroat climate of competition and live cultures, he should do them both a favor and resign on the spot. Youre running with the big dogs here, and I need you to eat, sleep, and breathe yogurt. You see that portrait hanging above my desk? Thats the guy who invented Go-Gurt. You work hard, you can end up like him. You dont, this industry will grind you up like the fruit on the bottom of a cup of Dannon. And dont just tell me we should make kefir. I know about kefir. What I want to know is: Whats seven steps beyond kefir? At press time, Ulukaya had quietly told the new hire to get the fuck out of his building after the man proposed branching out into skyr.The post Chobani CEO Warns New Hire They In The Yogurt Game Now appeared first on The Onion.

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The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)2025-05-02T13:53:03Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administrations efforts to crack down on campus activism. Hes underscoring that pledge even as federal law prohibits senior members of the executive branch from asking the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or an investigation. The White House has said any IRS actions will be conducted independently of the president. We are going to be taking away Harvards Tax Exempt Status, Trump wrote on his social media site Friday morning from Palm Beach, Florida, where he is spending the weekend. Its what they deserve!The president has questioned the fate of Harvards tax-exempt status which a majority of U.S. colleges and universities have ever since the school refused to comply with the administrations demands for broad government and leadership changes, revisions to its admissions policy, and audits of how diversity is viewed on the campus. That prompted the administration to block more than $2 billion in federal grants to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution. The Treasury Department directed a senior official at the Internal Revenue Service to begin the process of revoking Harvards tax-exempt status shortly after a social media post from Trump in mid-April questioning it, although the White House has suggested that the tax agencys scrutiny of Harvard began before Trumps public comments targeting the school. Democrats say Trumps actions against Harvard are purely political. The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, along with Massachusetts two Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Ron Wyden of Oregon, called for an inspector general investigation into Trumps attempts to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status. Trumps move raises troubling constitutional questions, including whether the president is trying to squelch Harvards free speech rights and whether the revocation of its tax-exempt status will deprive the university of its due process rights, the senators wrote in a letter Friday to Heather Hill, the acting Treasury inspector general for tax administration. Mike Kaercher, deputy director of NYUs Tax Law Center, said: Overwhelming bipartisan majorities in Congress have enacted laws making it a crime for the President and his staff to request an audit or investigation of a particular taxpayer.An IRS representative did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment. Trumps battle against Harvard is part of a broader campaign the administration is framing as an effort to root out antisemitism on college campuses. But the White House also sees a political upside in the fight, framing it as a bigger war against elite institutions decried by Trumps loyal supporters. The next chapter of the American story will not be written by The Harvard Crimson, Trump said Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he delivered the commencement address at the University of Alabama. It will be written by you, the Crimson Tide. The Harvard Crimson is that schools student newspaper. The Crimson Tide refers to the Alabama schools football program.In addition to threatening Harvards tax-exempt status and halting federal grants, the Trump administration wants to block Harvard from being able to enroll international students.___Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein contributed to this report. SEUNG MIN KIM Kim covers the White House for The Associated Press. She joined the AP in 2022 and is based in Washington. twitter mailto

A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)2025-05-02T15:20:23Z NEW YORK (AP) More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. Its the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic.Its startling that the number already is this high, given that the flu season is still going on. The final pediatric death tally for the 2023-2024 flu season wasnt counted until autumn.This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount, and one that when the season is declared over, and they compile all the data its almost certain to go up, said Dr. Sean OLeary of the American Academy of Pediatrics.There are likely several contributors to this seasons severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots, added OLeary, a University of Colorado pediatric infectious diseases specialist. The flu vaccination rate for U.S. children has plummeted from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season. Flu vaccinations may not prevent people from coming down with symptoms, but research shows they are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths, OLeary said, adding that the decline in vaccinations is certainly playing a role in this seasons loss of life. The season has not only been hard on children. CDC officials have described it as highly severe, and estimate that so far there have been at least 47 million illnesses, 610,000 hospitalizations and 26,000 deaths this season. The good news is that flu indicators have been waning since February. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss eyebrow-raising apps, more media mess, and lovingly gazing at AI slop.JASON: I was planning on BTBing about the Reddit AI experiment, but today is my birthday and my 404 Media colleagues got me an incredibly thoughtful gift: A smart picture frame preloaded with a picture of the three of them (and not me) from our anniversary party that says fuck you bitch and dozens of images of AI slop. I love it, it brought a tear to my eye. Many of the images are NSFL just as Id want them to be.One of the interesting things about this picture frame is that it essentially lets the people who bought it drop new pictures onto it, which means, as Emanuel pointed out, its more a present for us than for you.

You cant change the past, but you can build upon it. Every empire teeters on a flimsy foundation of dirt and despair. Kinda like adolescence! Seriously, conjure up an image of your pubescent self. Is it cool or cringe? Your answer may have a profound impact on how you experience David Dean Bottrells one-man opus, []The post David Dean Bottrell is Telling Awkward Stories appeared first on GEDmagazine.

HAMLET Los Angeles: Most of us know the name Hamlet as Shakespears Prince of Norway who is responsible for many deaths, but I, for one, have never actually seen it in live performance. Los Angeless Mark Taper Forum is going to change that for me this month and Im genuinely excited. First of all, []The post This Navy Psychiatrist is on an Epic Quest to Save Humanity appeared first on GEDmagazine.