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- May 31st
 - May 30th
 - Netanyahu's likely exit a 'major earthquake' but 'not a revolution'
 - Scott Gottlieb says COVID-19 origin debate shows U.S. needs to treat public health as national security matter
 - A Quiet Place Part II's strong debut is a 'giant leap forward' for Hollywood
 - It might take a year for U.S. to return to pre-pandemic employment levels
 
- May 29th
 - Christian Pulisic becomes first U.S. soccer player to win Champions League title as Chelsea defeats Manchester City
 - Belarus' Lukashenko filmed 'bro-ing out' with Putin on his yacht amid international fury
 - Report on allegedly Iran-backed drone strikes highlight need for U.S. to leave Iraq, security analyst argues
 - Republican 9/11 Commission chair warns GOP's Jan. 6 rejection sets a bad precedent
 
- May 28th
 - Biden is reportedly planning a massive asylum overhaul at the southern border
 - WHO official pleads for a 'depoliticized' investigation into the origins of COVID-19
 - CDC eases its mask guidance for summer camps
 - A Quiet Place Part II is off to an 'amazing' start at the box office
 - Belarus' Lukashenko claims economic sanctions could trigger 'another world war'
 - Japan extends state of emergency until weeks before the Olympics as COVID-19 cases remain high
 - Kim Kardashian says her COVID diagnosis was unrelated to private island birthday party
 - Late night hosts joke about Mike Lindell's GOP snub, Gov. Brian Kemp's patriotic word salad
 - Idaho's lieutenant governor banned mask mandates while the governor was out of state
 - While mining for engagement ring materials, man finds 2.2-carat diamond
 - Tennessee woman arrested for driving through vaccination tent 'at high speeds,' yelling 'No vaccine!'
 - California's new plan to boost vaccination rates involves giving away $116.5 million in cash, gift cards
 - Report: Federal prosecutors investigating whether Ukrainians interfered in 2020 election
 
- May 27th
 - Glee star Heather Morris says cast was 'scared' to report Lea Michele's alleged bullying
 - This might be the dumbest play in Major League Baseball history
 - Tiger Woods is focused on goal of 'walking on my own' 3 months after car accident
 - The 2022 Oscars will keep a pandemic rule change allowing movies that skip theaters
 - Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer reveal they had feelings for each other during Friends
 - Your COVID-19 immunity could last 'possibly a lifetime'
 - Lois Ehlert, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom illustrator, has died at 86
 - Late night hosts debate whether Trump will actually go to prison this time
 - Ford reports 70,000 reservations for its newly unveiled all-electric F-150 truck
 - Victims in San Jose mass shooting identified
 - Exxon shareholders elect 2 or 3 green-energy advocates to board, in day of landmark defeats for Big Oil
 - CDC gives Celebrity Cruises the green light to sail in June
 - Following San Jose mass shooting, California Gov. Gavin Newsom asks: 'What the hell is wrong with us?'
 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle dies at 91
 
- May 26th
 - Karine Jean-Pierre becomes the second Black woman to lead a White House press briefing
 - Susan Collins to support breaking Jan. 6 commission filibuster
 - Dave Bautista dreams of playing Ernest Hemingway
 - Ariana Grande channeled Audrey Hepburn for her at-home wedding
 - German scientist believes he's found solution to blood clots linked to AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines
 - Eight killed in shooting at San Jose rail yard
 - Brad Pitt tentatively wins joint custody of children with Angelina Jolie
 - Biden gives U.S. intelligence community 90 days to report on COVID-19 origin theories
 - Howard University unveils the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
 - Star Wars' J.J. Abrams learned 'the hard way' that 'you have to plan' a story
 - Everyone on the House Small Business Committee is mad at Janet Yellen over testimony no-show
 - Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion, plans to 'reimagine' films and shows
 - Arrest warrant issued for Marilyn Manson over alleged assault
 - What's the big deal about Ford's new F-150 Lightning truck?
 - Stephen Colbert explains how Jeff Bezos could use Amazon's MGM purchase to get revenge on Trump
 - GOP readies $1 trillion infrastructure counteroffer, but most of it apparently comes from COVID-19 funds
 - Former prosecutors speculate on Trump's legal peril with new Manhattan special grand jury
 - Rand Paul blamed pop star Richard Marx for a threatening package. Marx's reply was right there waiting for Stephen Colbert.
 - Relatives, opposition leader believe detained Belarusian journalist was forced to make video confession
 - Biden administration reveals plans for wind farms off the California coast
 
- May 25th
 - Kristen Clarke confirmed to lead DOJ's Civil Rights Division
 - Report: D.A. convenes grand jury expected to hear Trump investigation evidence
 - Samuel E. Wright, voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, dies at 74
 - Manchin remains optimistic about Senate infrastructure deal
 - Arizona's Secretary of State 'stripped' of duties after criticizing election audit
 - Blinken: Gaza reconstruction will loosen Hamas' foothold
 - Half of American adults have now been fully vaccinated
 - VA reports no COVID-19 deaths in a day for first time in 14 months
 - Fellow GOP Rep. Nancy Mace mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust comparison with a brutally simple chart
 - Biden says he underestimated Trump's ability to spread 'the big lie'
 - George Floyd police reform bill stalls in Senate over qualified immunity
 - Most Americans don't trust strangers to be honest about their vaccination status
 - Alex Trebek and Larry King receive posthumous nominations at the Daytime Emmys
 - Kevin McCarthy condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'appalling' Holocaust comparison
 - More than 30 countries could face oxygen crises similar to India amid COVID-19 surges
 - Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 100 percent effective in adolescents
 - John Cena apologizes for referring to Taiwan as a country, says he loves China
 - U.S. warns Americans not to travel to Japan, but Japan says that won't affect the Summer Olympics
 - Late night hosts don't let Marjorie Taylor Greene's mask-Holocaust blunder spoil their COVID-19 parades
 - Biden and Russia's Putin are reportedly aiming to hold 1st summit in Geneva in June
 - Rudy Giuliani's attorneys say prosecutors are treating their client like 'a terrorist'
 - Researchers: Chinese businessman is 'linchpin' of disinformation network pushing COVID, election falsehoods
 - Biden: Coronavirus cases down in all 50 states
 - Maricopa County Board of Supervisors calls on GOP officials to end 'sham' audit
 - Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire MGM
 - 'Extremely severe' Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in western India
 - During call with Netanyahu, Biden expresses support for cease-fire
 - Poll: In Japan, a majority of people are opposed to Tokyo hosting Summer Olympics amid the pandemic
 - Maricopa County's GOP recorder: There's 'no legitimate reason' for audit
 - Biden calls for release of Belarusian opposition journalist
 - New Florida law regulates how tech companies moderate speech
 
- May 24th
 - EU to impose sanctions on Belarus following forced landing of plane
 - Pfizer is testing a COVID-19 booster and pneumococcal vaccine combo
 - Lindsay Lohan is returning to acting
 - The #DougHive made a Doug Emhoff Facebook group
 - Sondland sues Pompeo, U.S. for allegedly reneging on promise to cover impeachment legal fees
 - Belarus' forced flight diversion suggests country is 'prepared for a total break with Europe'
 - A 60-second COVID-19 breathalyzer test is provisionally approved in Singapore
 - Timothée Chalamet will play a young Willy Wonka in origin story film
 - Study: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine effective against coronavirus variant detected in India
 - Chris Rock, SNL cast recap the year's craziness in cold open of season finale
 - 2 killed, 12 injured in shooting at New Jersey house party
 - 2 children only survivors of Italian cable car accident that killed at least 13
 - 21 runners killed after sudden, dramatic weather change during mountain race in China
 - Sanders says Americans 'should tone down the rhetoric' on Israel-Palestine and 'bring people together'
 - Susan Collins: Infrastructure negotiations 'the test' that 'will determine' whether Biden, GOP can work together
 - Stephen Colbert's The Late Show to bring back a full audience
 - India becomes 3rd nation to top 300,000 official COVID-19 deaths
 - Kevin Spacey hired for 1st film role since sexual assault allegations
 - Dominic Cummings evidence: learning lessons or political vendetta?
 - John Oliver humiliates local TV stations with 'sexual wellness blanket' sponsored content
 - On display: Cindy Chao at the V&A
 - Biden, harboring low expectations, wants Israel and Gaza to give 'calm' a chance
 - Late night hosts doubt the CDC's mask-vaccination honor system is workable, believe UFOs are real
 - WSJ: 3 Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers believed to seek hospital care in November 2019
 - At least 15 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed after Mount Nyiragongo eruption
 - Lithuania is investigating Belarus for potential terrorism over 'state hijacking' of RyanAir jet
 - Liz Cheney has no issue with restrictive voting laws stemming from Trump's false claims of election fraud
 - Belarus forces plane to land so journalist can be detained
 - Blinken: Israelis, Palestinians must have 'equal measures' of 'security, peace, and dignity'
 
- May 23rd
 - Phil Mickelson makes history with PGA Championship win
 - Louisiana State Police release all footage related to Ronald Greene's violent arrest
 - China becomes 2nd country to drive rover on Mars
 - Cheney bluntly calls Greene's mask-Holocaust comparison 'evil lunacy'
 - Are Senate Republicans trying to 'drive a wedge' between Biden and his staff during infrastructure negotiations?
 - These teams, players, and coaches could get over the NBA playoff hump this year
 - Biden reportedly feels his Israel-Palestine mediation strategy has been vindicated
 - Police: 2 killed, 8 injured in Minneapolis shooting
 - Boycotting the 2022 Olympics
 
- May 21st
 - Biden infrastructure compromise elicits cold reception from GOP negotiators
 - Liz Cheney's primary challenger describes impregnating 14-year-old girl at 18 as 'like the Romeo and Juliet story'
 - That '70s Show star Danny Masterson to stand trial on rape charges
 - Harry Reid saw 'classified' things at Area 51 that 'fascinated me'
 - Republicans to reportedly shift focus off Biden as they prepare for midterms
 - Biden reports lower 2020 income in newly released tax returns
 - Joe Manchin calls increasingly likely GOP filibuster of Jan. 6 commission 'so disheartening'
 - Lady Gaga opens up about suffering a 'psychotic break' after being raped: 'I was not the same girl'
 - Prince Harry says he used drugs and alcohol to 'mask' his grief over Diana's death
 - Tinder, OKCupid, Match, other dating sites will give a bump to users who get vaccinated
 - San Francisco General Hospital has 0 COVID-19 patients for 1st time since March 2020
 - Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon joke about Greg Pence's no vote on solving Mike Pence's attempted murder
 - Nobody won the 11-day Israel-Gaza battle, but 230 dead Palestinians and 12 dead Israelis clearly lost
 - Justice Department leaders to meet with reporters after more revelations of Trump DOJ surveilling journalists
 - Official says U.S. plans to lead effort to rebuild Gaza, restoring health and education services
 - DHS terminating contracts with detention facilities accused of mistreating immigrants
 - Fauci explains how the U.S. can avoid a later surge in COVID-19 cases
 - Arizona secretary of state says Maricopa County needs new voting machines after Republican audit
 
- May 20th
 - Biden praises Israel-Hamas cease-fire, promises humanitarian aid for Gaza
 - Israel and Hamas have reached a cease-fire. Now what?
 - NOAA predicts 'another above-normal' Atlantic hurricane season
 - House Democrats 'barely' passed their $1.9 billion Capitol security bill after 'eleventh-hour drama'
 - CNN won't discipline Chris Cuomo for strategy calls with brother's staff about sexual harassment scandal
 - Angelina Jolie stands perfectly still, unshowered, covered in bees for World Bee Day
 - BBC apologizes over famous Princess Diana interview secured using 'deceitful' methods
 - A movie about Cher is in the works from the producers of Mamma Mia!
 - Andrew Giuliani, 35, claims he's been in politics for 32 years
 - ID for voters: a ‘suspicious’ proposal?
 - Body-camera video shows Louisiana state troopers' 'malicious, sadistic,' and fatal arrest of Black driver
 - Liz Cheney’s ousting: a turning point for the Republicans?
 - How cybercriminals are hacking into the heart of the US economy
 - Late night hosts denude the GOP's Jan. 6 historical revisionism, attempts to 'All Riots Matter' the commission
 - Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan raises Benghazi, slams GOP for opposing bipartisan Capitol riot commission
 - Texas executes Quintin Jones for 1999 murder, says it forgot to let the media witness execution
 - Study: Rates of new COVID-19 infections plummet at nursing homes after vaccinations
 - Report: New York AG has opened criminal tax investigation into Trump Organization CFO
 - Lawyers track down parents of 54 more migrant children separated during Trump administration
 
- May 19th
 - House votes to establish a Jan. 6 commission
 - Netanyahu says he's 'determined to continue' Gaza airstrikes
 - Capitol Police officers reportedly write anonymous letter expressing 'profound disappointment' at GOP opposition to Jan. 6 commission
 - Oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre shares her powerful testimony
 - Salma Hayek almost died from COVID-19
 - The cast of Friends is back in Monica's NYC apartment in new reunion trailer
 - A$AP Rocky confirms romance with Rihanna: 'The love of my life'
 - HBO Max's new ad-supported subscription tier will cost $5 less a month
 - AOC, Rashida Tlaib introduce Israel arms sales resolution that could set up unprecedented House debate
 - 'One of the most extreme abortion bans in the country': Critics decry unorthodox Texas abortion law
 - Paul Mooney, comedian and Richard Pryor Show writer, dies at 79
 - Netflix to experiment with a 'binge-viewing movie event'
 - Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are more popular among GOP voters than Liz Cheney
 - Colonial Pipeline CEO defends decision to pay hackers ransom
 - McConnell announces opposition to Jan. 6 commission
 - Billy Porter reveals he was diagnosed HIV-positive in 2007
 - Jennifer Hudson transforms into Aretha Franklin in the stunning trailer for Respect
 - The Bidens reportedly privately had expletive-laden responses to Kamala Harris' debate blindside
 - European Union to reopen borders to vaccinated visitors
 - CDC says study of 1,800 U.S. health care workers confirms efficacy of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
 - Demi Lovato comes out as non-binary and changes pronouns to they/them
 - Late night hosts mock Andrew Giuliani's gubernatorial campaign, sort out COVID-19 masking rules
 - Kevin McCarthy and Trump are scrambling to quash GOP support for bipartisan Jan. 6 commission
 - Biden got to test-drive Ford's electric F-150 Lightning, and the Israel-Gaza fight wasn't going to spoil his ride
 - Adam Schiff urges Biden to 'push harder' on Israel and Hamas to end fighting
 - 2 dead, 150 injured after bleacher collapse at West Bank synagogue
 - After flunking out of service training, this dog is now helping solve arson cases
 - New York attorney general's criminal investigation is not good for Trump, but he was already in peril
 - New study finds more consumers than ever are looking for sustainable products
 - FBI investigating defense contractor's donations to Susan Collins
 - New York state's Trump Organization probe now a criminal investigation
 - Washington Gov. Inslee signs reform measures banning police chokeholds, no-knock warrants
 
- May 18th
 - House passes bill aimed at combating hate crimes against Asian Americans
 - Cheney says she wouldn't vote for McCarthy for speaker if GOP takes back House
 - Scientists did a bird census
 - Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop sued over vagina-scented candle that allegedly 'exploded'
 - Drew Barrymore to Dylan Farrow: I was 'basically gaslit' about Woody Allen
 - McConnell expresses 'surprising' openness to Jan. 6 commission
 - Midnight Run and The Heartbreak Kid star Charles Grodin dies at 86
 - Derek Jeter is getting the Last Dance treatment from ESPN
 - 'QAnon Shaman' lawyer issues shockingly offensive defense of client's role in Capitol riot
 - Kevin McCarthy appears to throw GOP broker 'under the bus' in rebuke of House's Jan. 6 commission deal
 - Andrew Giuliani announces campaign for New York governor: 'Giuliani vs. Cuomo. Holy smokes.'
 - Japanese doctors call for the Olympics to be canceled due to COVID-19 surge
 - Andrew Yang's NYC mayoral campaign fears Stephen Miller's praise is scaring off 'normy Dems'
 - Eurovision 2021: what are the rules and who’s going to win?
 - Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers count the ways Matt Gaetz is ruined by his wingman's plea deal
 - Survivor's Dave Bickler revises 'Eye of the Tiger' for Colbert's Late Show and Houston's runaway tiger
 - Biden administration clears 3 more Guantanamo detainees for release, joining 6 still in limbo
 
- May 17th
 - Ariana Grande gets married 'in an informal way'
 - Biden is reportedly moving quickly to start issuing pardons
 - Cuomo's pandemic book deal was reportedly worth over $5 million
 - Georgia lieutenant governor who clashed with Trump is foregoing re-election to focus on 'GOP 2.0'
 - Americans are more content with the federal government than at any point since 2004, survey finds
 - WarnerMedia CEO was reportedly 'kept in the dark' about $43 billion Discovery merger
 - The U.S. will send 20 million doses of FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines abroad in June
 - The Supreme Court will take up a major abortion case. Here's what that could mean for Roe v. Wade.
 - Former child star Ricky Schroder apologizes to Costco worker 'if I hurt your feelings' after mask confrontation
 - Martha Stewart slams 'fake news' that she has 16 peacocks: 'I actually have 21'
 - Blinken says he hasn't seen evidence Hamas was using destroyed AP building in Gaza
 - AT&T combining HBO, CNN, and more with Discovery to create 'formidable' rival to Netflix, Disney
 - Trump's lame-duck Pentagon was reportedly total chaos
 - GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi aim for COVID-19 vaccine authorization before year's end
 - John Oliver shoots down 'Stand Your Ground' laws, America's 'Rosetta Stone for Justified Homicides'
 - Bill Gates admits affair with Microsoft employee, denies being forced off Microsoft's board over it
 - UFOs are very real, 60 Minutes reports, they're still unidentified, and they aren't American
 - AP wants an independent investigation of Israel's bombing of its Gaza office
 - Courtney Love is not happy about Hulu's 'f—king outrageous' Pam & Tommy series
 - After Kroger ended hazard increase for workers, its CEO received $22.4 million
 - CDC: Schools should keep mask and social distancing requirements
 
- May 16th
 - Is Matthew McConaughey getting more serious about a Texas gubernatorial run?
 - Fauci expects CDC to provide 'significant clarification' on specific mask guidance soon
 - China criticizes U.S. for preventing U.N. Security Council statement calling for Israel-Hamas cease-fire
 - Poll: Most GOP voters think 2020 election was illegitimate, but lawmakers should prioritize other issues
 - Netanyahu fiercely defends Israeli air strikes following 42 more civilian deaths in Gaza
 - Cheney says McCarthy, Stefanik are 'complicit' in spreading Trump's lies
 - CDC doctors confusingly try to re-enact proper mask-wearing protocols in latest SNL cold open
 - Vaccinating the world
 - Watch Vanessa Bryant's Hall of Fame speech on behalf of her late husband Kobe
 - Rombauer upsets Medina Spirit to win Preakness
 
- May 15th
 - Staunch Israel supporter Sen. Bob Menendez expresses concern about Gaza airstrikes
 - The next 6 months will challenge White House to 'stay firm' on no-fear inflation stance, economist says
 - Colonial pipeline attack increases bipartisan urgency to reform cyberattack reporting laws
 - What will China's rover be researching on Mars?
 - Al Jazeera accuses Israel of war crime after tower housing its Gaza offices destroyed
 - Palestinian politician skeptical of Biden envoy's chances of securing cease-fire between Israel, Hamas
 
- May 14th
 - Nicki Minaj speaks publicly for the 1st time about her father's February hit-and-run death
 - Someone in Rhode Island bought land using Dogecoin
 - Katy Perry released a new music video starring … Pikachu
 - Nicolas Cage reportedly auditioned for The Green Hornet with a fake Jamaican accent
 - Olivia Munn has been 'obsessed with hanging out with' John Mulaney for years
 - Gaetz associate will plead guilty, admits to sex trafficking of a minor
 - Biden is relatably wary of leafy greens
 - Video shows Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing AOC's office in 2019
 - Stefanik wins GOP leadership position, immediately praises Trump
 - Health experts are at odds about the CDC's 'shockingly abrupt' mask guidance
 - San Marino is first European country to offer ‘vaccine vacation’
 - Ex-British spy, Erik Prince, and Project Veritas reportedly tried to entrap Trump's national security adviser
 - Late night hosts cheer the CDC's unmasking news and Ohio's vaccine lottery, ponder how we got here
 - Napoleon’s contested legacy
 - Matt Gaetz 'wingman' Joel Greenberg signals imminent plea deal with federal prosecutors
 - Hummer erupts in flames at Florida gas station after driver loads in 4 5-gallon gas cans
 - Cybercrime expert suggests Colonial Pipeline's ransom was so low because DarkSide messed up
 - Manhattan prosecutors are reportedly investigating if Trump paid tuition of CFO's grandkids
 
- May 13th
 - Israel ramps up airstrikes against Hamas, readies ground troops
 - D.C. police department hit by ransomware attack; 'Thousands' of confidential documents leaked
 - Oprah Winfrey reveals the interview question she wishes she never asked
 - Joss Whedon has been going by 'Joss' for so long that his wife might get deported
 - There's growing speculation that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will name their daughter 'Philippa'
 - CDC says fully vaccinated people mostly don't need to wear masks indoors
 - Pelosi: House Ethics Committee should 'probably' investigate altercation between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC
 - Friends reunion special finally gets a premiere date — and a long list of guest stars
 - Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid hackers almost $5 million ransom
 - India's central government accused of 'vaccine mismanagement' amid shortages
 - Fauci assures Gayle King it's really okay for vaccinated people to go maskless outside
 - Ellen DeGeneres says toxic workplace scandal was 'orchestrated' and 'I still don't understand it'
 - Liz Cheney declines to rule out running for president to stop another Trump term
 - Trump plans to summer in New Jersey. That's potentially great news for New York prosecutors.
 - Biden, GOP House and Senate leaders draw 'red lines' on infrastructure in Oval Office meeting
 - Deadlocked FEC reportedly declines to investigate Donald Trump Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting with Russians
 - Late night hosts lightly try to square the GOP's Liz Cheney purge with its avowed hatred of 'cancel culture'
 - The bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims are turning up in Indian rivers
 - Arab politician warns Israel is 'on the brink of a civil war'
 - George P. Bush applauds Liz Cheney's ouster, claims she doesn't 'stand up for conservative Republican ideology'
 - CDC green-lights Pfizer vaccine for immediate use among kids 12 to 15
 - EPA report finds no part of the United States is 'unaffected by the climate crisis'
 - Ohio's new vaccine lottery will give away $1 million prizes, full-ride college scholarships
 - Israeli airstrikes kill senior Hamas figures
 
- May 12th
 - Colonial Pipeline restarts operations following ransomware attack
 - Republican congressman defends Capitol rioters, says Ashli Babbitt was 'executed'
 - GOP lawmaker claims 'there was no insurrection' and Capitol riot looked like a 'normal tourist visit'
 - 'You're ridiculous': Tensions rise at House insurrection hearing
 - Kevin McCarthy claims nobody is 'questioning the legitimacy' of the election after Cheney ouster
 - Ellen DeGeneres is ending her talk show after 19 seasons
 - Inflation in April accelerates at 'fastest pace in more than 12 years'
 - Cheney was reportedly booed during speech before leadership ouster
 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame unveils most diverse group of inductees ever
 - Liz Cheney is reportedly planning to ramp up her fight against Trump after leadership ouster
 - U.S. gas prices rise above $3 a gallon amid pipeline ransomware attack, inflation concerns
 - America's vaccination rate is ticking upward again
 - Late night hosts survey the creative ways America is encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations, cure 'Foxitis'
 - An anti-vax conspiracy theory is apparently making anti-maskers consider masking up, social distancing
 - The Daily Show's Trevor Noah carefully steps through the Israel-Palestine minefield to an 'honest question'
 - Energy Secretary asks Americans to please stop 'hoarding gasoline'
 - Despite televised denial, Caitlyn Jenner did vote in 2020, records show
 - Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies, with dozens dead
 - Liz Cheney vows not to join Trump's 'crusade to undermine our democracy'
 
- May 11th
 - Federal judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy case
 - World’s most vaccinated nation sees COVID-19 resurgence, raising questions over Chinese vaccine
 - Conservative Texan Chip Roy slams Elise Stefanik in scathing memo ahead of leadership vote
 - Combo tests could detect both COVID-19 and influenza when flu re-emerges
 - TikTok might help you find your next job
 - Biden announces Uber, Lyft will soon offer all Americans free rides to COVID-19 vaccination sites
 - The Washington Post's latest hire highlights historic number of women running major newsrooms
 - Demi Lovato will try to prove aliens are real in a new show
 - Ted Cruz walks out of gun violence hearing after failing to change the subject
 - Ben Affleck reportedly started 'flooding' Jennifer Lopez with 'loving and longing' emails in February
 - 2 NYC mayoral candidates completely flub question on price of Brooklyn housing
 - Is the CDC exaggerating the risk of outdoor COVID-19 transmission?
 - Caitlyn Jenner reveals she didn't vote in 2020: 'I just couldn't get excited about it'
 - McCarthy is reportedly gambling that dumping Liz Cheney will get Trump to help make him House speaker
 - Russia: 19-year-old gunman killed at least 7 students, teacher at middle school
 - Late night hosts roast Medina Spirit's juicing scandal, 'cancel culture,' and Trump calling a horse a 'junky'
 - Vatican warns conservative U.S. bishops against politicizing Communion
 - Archaeologists uncover 'extraordinary' Neanderthal remains in Italian cave
 - Virginia Republicans choose wealthy newcomer Glenn Youngkin as gubernatorial nominee
 - California's Newsom announces $76 billion budget surplus, rebate checks for Californians earning up to $75,000
 - WHO: Coronavirus variant 1st detected in India is of global concern
 - NASA's OSIRIS-REx headed back to Earth with asteroid rubble
 - Kevin McCarthy tells House Republicans to 'anticipate' a vote on Cheney Wednesday
 
- May 10th
 - FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12 to 15
 - Official: L.A. County could hit COVID-19 herd immunity by end of July
 - NASA has released a space shanty
 - At least 20 Palestinians reportedly killed in Israeli air raid amid escalating violence in Jerusalem
 - Tom Cruise returns his Golden Globes amid embattled group's diversity scandal
 - Elise Stefanik doesn't think the GOP should stop talking about 2020 'election security issues'
 - Tim Tebow is reportedly headed back to the NFL
 - NBC pulls the plug on the 2022 Golden Globes
 - The rapper J. Cole will be playing professional basketball in Africa
 - Historic turnout by voters of color in 2020 battleground states still has huge room for growth
 - Biden administration reinstates health-care protections for transgender people
 - Trainer says Kentucky Derby-winner Medina Spirit is victim of 'cancel culture' after failed drug test
 - Tom Cruise performed the 'single most dangerous' stunt of his career for Mission: Impossible 7
 - GOP's Adam Kinzinger says Kevin McCarthy dismissed his warnings about potential Jan. 6 violence
 - Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey to debut mental health documentary with Glenn Close and Lady Gaga
 - Newsmax guest calls out network for 'lying to its own viewers' live on Newsmax
 - Mitch McConnell raises ceiling for GOP's infrastructure compromise
 - U.S. vaccinations started dropping during the Johnson & Johnson pause. Did Biden's team mess up?
 - Seth Rogen has no plans to work with James Franco again after sexual misconduct allegations
 - Watch Uzbekistan's military leaders muddle through the national anthem with perfect comedic timing
 - John Oliver tries to explain Black hair to fellow white people
 - GOP governors are starting to cut jobless benefits to push people back to work
 - Laos reports its 1st COVID-19 death
 - In about a dozen countries, not even health care workers can get COVID-19 vaccines
 - Gunman kills 6, himself at Colorado Springs birthday party
 - United States shares 'serious concerns' with Israel over planned evictions
 - Report: Russian criminal group may be responsible for Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
 
- May 9th
 - Republicans liken GOP to Titanic, 'circular firing squad'
 - Minneapolis Fed president explains why economists likely overshot on April jobs report
 - Kevin McCarthy confirms he supports Elise Stefanik's bid for GOP conference chair
 - Horse racing's Bob Baffert suspended after Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit's positive drug test
 - Bombing at girls' school in Kabul kills at least 50, including students
 - Elon Musk incredulously asks why people thought he'd be a 'chill, normal dude' during SNL monologue
 - NASA accuses China of 'failing to meet responsible standards' as rocket reportedly lands in Indian Ocean
 
- May 8th
 - Scottish leader: 'No democratic justification' for U.K. blocking independence referendum after election
 - Can the U.S. maintain leverage against the Taliban via Afghanistan's neighbors?
 - Cyberattack on key pipeline sends message that U.S. infrastructure is 'vulnerable,' cybersecurity expert says
 - House GOP campaign wing reportedly withheld bad Trump polling from lawmakers at retreat
 - CDC provides 'crucial' COVID-19 guidance update acknowledging airborne transmission
 - India records 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day for 1st time
 - More than 200 injured after Israeli police, Palestinians clash over potential evictions
 
- May 7th
 - Newsmax host insists he only wears 'the most prestigious brand in PANTS' after getting dunked on for his khakis
 - Pete Davidson defends 'really nice' Elon Musk before his controversial SNL hosting gig
 - The Queen is now selling gin to support her 'extensive art collection'
 - The IRS is apparently having a major problem with broken printers
 - Seth Rogen is still haunted by a conversation with George Lucas about the end of the world
 - Chauvin and other former Minneapolis officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights
 - China assures everyone the odds of rocket debris causing harm are 'extremely low'
 - Blair’s hair: Brad Pitt or Gandalf?
 - U.S. economy adds over 700,000 fewer jobs than expected: 'Thought this was a glitch on my computer'
 - Conservatives say McConnell is battling the Democrats' voting rights bill with 'Supreme Court fight' fervor
 - What full FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine would mean
 - India hits new COVID-19 infection and fatality records as pressure grows for lockdowns
 - Deadlocked FEC declines to investigate Trump over Stormy Daniels hush payment
 - Late night hosts explain the Trump GOP's Liz Cheney purge, mock Caitlyn Jenner's hangar pains
 - Liz Cheney secretly orchestrated Jan. 3 letter from 10 defense secretaries warning about Trump, friend says
 - Elise Stefanik tells Steve Bannon in 2022, Republicans need Trump and 'his coalition of voters'
 - Trump likes Elise Stefanik, but it appears his base still needs to come around
 - Ohio state senator caught driving during work videoconference insists he wasn't distracted from the road
 - U.S. airlines have banned 4,000 people over the last year due to bad behavior
 - New Jersey infectious disease expert dies in India of COVID-19
 - Facing several legal issues, Rudy Giuliani has reportedly laid off members of his entourage
 
- May 6th
 - Police raid in Rio de Janeiro favela leaves at least 25 dead
 - Elon Musk's SpaceX launches keep getting mistaken for alien invasions
 - New York Times slammed over covering a fake Billie Eilish 'controversy'
 - The FEC wants Congress to ban a fundraising tactic used by the Trump campaign: 'It's almost like theft'
 - Courteney Cox hated dancing in that fountain from Friends
 - Twitter suspends Trump blog account for trying to evade his ban
 - Michael B. Jordan 'bombed' his audition for Star Wars
 - Ron DeSantis signs Florida's restrictive new voting law exclusively on Fox News
 - CNN's Sanjay Gupta blasts Tucker Carlson's '100 percent false' vaccine segment
 - House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy apparently pays $1,500 to live in a 12-bedroom, 16-bath penthouse
 - Moderna: Early data shows vaccine is 96 percent effective in adolescents
 - Texas is about to allow residents to carry handguns without a license or training
 - More studies show Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines protect against worrisome variants
 - Michel Barnier blasts Britain’s ‘childish’ Brexit team in tell-all diary
 - Late night hosts joke about Trump's forced exodus from Facebook to blog
 - Why is the government planning to cut arts education funding by 50%?
 - Caitlyn Jenner discusses her politics with Sean Hannity at her private jet hangar in Malibu
 - 1st migrant parents separated under Trump reunited with their children under Biden
 - DOJ sends letter detailing concerns over Arizona election audit
 - SpaceX successfully lands Starship spacecraft
 - In Colorado, children make up 26 percent of new COVID-19 cases
 - 2 American students found guilty of killing Italian policeman
 
- May 5th
 - Liz Cheney: GOP must steer clear of 'dangerous' Trump 'cult of personality'
 - Pfizer, Moderna shares plummet after Biden administration backs a COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver
 - Emily in Paris creator claims Emily might be more tolerable in season 2
 - The U.S. government is kindly requesting that Kim Kardashian repatriate a smuggled ancient Roman sculpture
 - Succession season 3 casts Adrien Brody in a recurring role
 - A federal judge struck down the CDC's eviction moratorium — but a flood of evictions is unlikely
 - Twitter will ask users to 'reconsider' mean replies they 'might regret later'
 - Investors may be 'woefully unprepared' for inflation
 - John Mulaney sells out his 1st shows since checking out of rehab
 - Biden on GOP's Cheney saga: 'I don't understand the Republicans'
 - HBO reveals 1st look at Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon
 - Facebook declined to answer some of its own oversight board's questions in Trump case
 - House Republican Lauren Boebert says Facebook 'will pay the price' after Trump ban upheld
 - Liz Cheney's likely replacement has much lower ratings from conservative groups
 - Trump's Facebook suspension upheld by oversight board
 - The DNC is reportedly preparing for a potential 2024 presidential run from MyPillow's Mike Lindell
 - The U.S. has crushed the COVID-19 pandemic back to October levels
 - House GOP leaders have reportedly landed on a replacement for Liz Cheney
 - Israel's Netanyahu misses deadline to form government, handing opponents a shot to oust him
 - Late night hosts marvel at that photo of the Bidens and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, mark Star Wars Day
 - Sherrod Brown describes Rand Paul as being 'kind of a lunatic'
 - U.S. birth rate dropped 4 percent in 2020
 - Tucker Carlson casually maligns David Frum, who responds by deconstructing his former friend's 'cowardly' act
 - The entire West Coast is now covered by an earthquake early warning system
 - Judge orders DOJ to release memo about not charging Trump with obstruction
 
- May 4th
 - Kevin McCarthy caught on hot mic saying he's 'had it' with Liz Cheney
 - Derek Chauvin's attorney files motion for new trial
 - Carrie Fisher's grandson celebrates Star Wars day
 - Donald Trump has started a blog
 - California gubernatorial candidate brought a 1,000-pound Kodiak bear to a press conference
 - Biden announces new goal of vaccinating 70 percent of American adults by July 4
 - Josh Hawley claims he's being silenced in middle of live interview with Washington Post
 - The pandemic has killed off snow days in New York City's public schools
 - Why Texas' 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary may be a key fight for the future of the party
 - Disney's new 'real' lightsaber looks just like the movie version
 - CNN's Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo tensely bicker over Cuomo's on-air treatment of Rick Santorum
 - Fox News' Tucker Carlson is on the warpath against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
 - Caitlyn Jenner dubs herself a 'compassionate disruptor' in 1st ad
 - Pfizer expects to seek vaccine authorization for kids between 2 and 11 this September
 - Kevin McCarthy sounds increasingly likely to punish Liz Cheney
 - Changing legal gender: what’s new and how does it work?
 - Researchers are racing to develop a test that shows how long COVID-19 vaccines work
 - Britney Spears slams 'hypocritical' documentaries about her
 - New clinical trial boosts case for using MDMA, or ecstasy, to treat severe PTSD
 - Late night hosts temper America's new surge of optimism, hit Romney's rough reception, Flynn's Pledge fail
 - Does Labour stand a chance in the next general election?
 - At least 20 dead after Mexico City commuter train splits in overpass collapse
 - Oregon fights COVID-19 uptick, reminding the U.S. the pandemic isn't over yet
 - Carter Library releases endearingly odd photo of the Bidens visiting Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
 - Armed man shot outside CIA headquarters in Virginia
 - At least 10 people died after Indian hospital ran out of oxygen: 'Everyone was helpless'
 - CVS, Walgreens responsible for most wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses
 
- May 3rd
 - Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce
 - FDA reportedly on the verge of authorizing Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12 to 15
 - Timothée Chalamet is co-hosting the Met Gala
 - Seriously, what is happening between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck?
 - Al Sharpton delivers passionate eulogy at Andrew Brown's funeral
 - New Jersey is offering free beer in exchange for getting vaccinated
 - The Weeknd to continue Grammys boycott despite key rule change
 - Congressional hearing derailed for over 20 minutes as audio from Galaxy Quest plays
 - One of the world's best restaurants is taking meat off the menu. Does it signal a looming battle?
 - Florida Republicans reportedly fear they miscalculated on new voting restrictions
 - Liz Cheney fires back at Trump after he calls Biden's victory 'the Big Lie'
 - Marvel drops 1st look at Chloé Zhao's Eternals, reveals Black Panther and Captain Marvel sequel titles
 - A blue state-red state vaccine divide is emerging
 - Economists are estimating an eye-popping 2 million U.S. jobs were added in April
 - It's unlikely America will reach herd immunity, experts warn
 - Prince Harry calls for 'fair distribution' of COVID-19 vaccine 'to every corner of the world'
 - Apple, Epic Games to go head-to-head in highly-anticipated antitrust trial
 - Watch Michael Flynn butcher the Pledge of Allegiance at a Lin Wood rally in South Carolina
 - Germany announces bust of 'one of the world's biggest child pornography darknet platforms'
 - John Oliver knows he won't convince your vaccine-hesitant loved ones to get inoculated, wants to help you try
 - Oregon GOP lawmaker charged with helping far-right protesters breach the state Capitol
 - India's ruling BJP party loses key race in regional elections amid COVID-19 maelstrom
 - Los Angeles County reports zero new COVID-19 deaths
 - Blinken says Biden inherited an immigration system that was 'broken intentionally'
 - Blinken: China is acting 'more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad'
 - International aid arriving in India amid devastating COVID-19 outbreak
 - 3 dead, dozens hurt after suspected smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego coast
 
- May 2nd
 - Sanders: Waiving COVID-19 vaccine patents both practical and 'moral' responsibility for U.S.
 - Americans more optimistic about the future than any point since 2006, poll finds
 - Romney avoids censure after speech interrupted by boos at Utah GOP convention
 - 3 people, including suspect, killed in Wisconsin casino shooting
 - GOP's Susan Wright advances to runoff in Texas special election to fill late husband's seat
 - Watch astronauts splash down to Earth safely aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon
 
- May 1st
 - Medina Spirit wins Kentucky Derby giving trainer Bob Baffert a record 7th victory
 - Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis dies at 89
 - GOP lawmakers reportedly think Liz Cheney 'may go down' in a new leadership vote
 - Andrew Yang's nonprofit used metric that disadvantaged applicants from historically Black colleges, records show
 - U.S. launches airstrike in response to failed Taliban rocket attack on day formal withdrawal begins
 - Obama not spared as Biden administration subtly criticizes previous North Korea strategies
 - India records 400,000 COVID-19 cases in a day for first time as surge worsens
 - D.C. statehood activist says Manchin's opposition shows 'flimsy' understanding of the Constitution
 
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