Friday, April 26
π¨NATION
π Polling: America warms to mass deportations (AXIOS)
π TikTok parent company says it would rather be banned vs. selling the app (CNN)
π Biden is giving $6 billion to Micron for a semiconductor project in upstate New York (NPR)
π Support for US aid to Israel plummets among swing-State voters (BLOOMBERG)
π AROUND THE WORLD
π New Haiti government takes over in secret ceremony (GUARDIAN)
π Venice tests a 5-euro fee for day-trippers as the city grapples with overtourism (NPR)
π JosΓ© AndrΓ©s eulogizes seven aid workers killed in Gaza (NY TIMES)
π U.S. to begin construction of Gaza pier as Rafah invasion looms (CNN)
π Pope Francis says of Ukraine, Gaza: "A negotiated peace is better than a war without end" (CBS NEWS)
π±BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
π Millions more salaried US workers are set to be eligible for overtime pay starting July 1 (AP)
π USDA announces changes coming to school meals (ABC NEWS)
π Net neutrality rules restored by US agency, reversing Trump (REUTERS)
π As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid (WASHINGTON POST)
π¬ SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
π Sophia Bush comes out as queer, confirms relationship with Ashlyn Harris (NBC NEWS)
π About 300 musicians, from Diplo to Nile Rodgers, lobby Congress for ticketing reform (NPR)
π All seven βHarry Potterβ books to be recorded as full-cast audio productions with more than 100 actors, will release exclusively on audible (VARIETY)
π Rebel Wilsonβs memoir to be published in U.K. with Sacha Baron Cohen allegations redacted (PEOPLE)