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Title 42’s last day

{beacon} Evening Report Thursday, May 11 © AP Photo/Evan Vucci Mayorkas on Title 42's final day Title 42, the pandemic-era policy allowing for rapid expulsion of migrants, ends Thursday. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke at the White House press briefing laying out the administration's plans for managing migration, including expedited removal under Title...

Head of NSA, Cyber Command expected to resign

Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command, is expected to resign from his positions in the coming months, The Wall Street Journal reported. A source who spoke to the news outlet said Nakasone is looking to leave by August or September. But it’s unclear whether the four-star...

COVID’s public health emergency is ending. What does that mean for you?

Thursday marks the formal end of the federal government's COVID-19 public health emergency, three years after it was first declared. The novel coronavirus started a pandemic that killed 1.1 million Americans and sickened millions more. Today, deaths and hospitalizations are at record lows, and much of the public has moved on. But the virus is...

Trump appeals E. Jean Carroll verdict

Former President Trump has appealed the jury’s verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll. A nine-member jury on Tuesday ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million in damages after siding with the writer in her lawsuit. Trump’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court...

Here are the states where people most need lawyers

Story at a glance Colorado, North Carolina and Georgia are the states where people need a lawyer the most, according to a new study. The study was conducted by lawyers at The Patel Firm, a Texas-based personal injury law firm, and ranks each state based on the average monthly search volume for lawyers per 100,000...

CNN tops 3 million viewers during Trump Town Hall

Former President Trump's town hall event with CNN was a major ratings boost for the network Wednesday. The hourlong event, broadcast in prime time and moderated by anchor Kaitlan Collins, netted 3.1 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research data. That figure represents more than three times the number of viewers CNN has earned...

Friday debt ceiling meeting between Biden, top lawmakers postponed amid staff talks

President Biden and congressional leaders postponed a meeting on debt ceiling negotiations that was scheduled for Friday to allow staff-level talks to continue. “Staff will continue working and all the principals agreed to meet early next week,” a White House official said. The White House viewed the delay as a positive development, the White House...

Santos votes for bill cracking down on COVID-19 unemployment fraud as he faces charges

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Thursday voted for a bill that seeks to crack down on unemployment benefits fraud — the same crime he was charged with one day earlier. The legislation — which passed in a 230-200 vote —  calls for incentivizing states to recover fraudulently paid unemployment benefits. It came to the floor the day after Santos...

Sullivan, top Chinese official meet to move ‘beyond’ spy balloon incident 

Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with top Chinese official Wang Yi in Vienna this week to move beyond the Chinese spy balloon incident and reestablish communication. The meetings between Sullivan and Yi, which took place Wednesday and Thursday, were the highest level of engagement with China since the surveillance balloon traversed the United...

Musk says he’s hired new Twitter CEO to replace him

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said he has hired a new chief executive to replace him overseeing the social media platform, months after he initially said he would step down from the role. Musk tweeted Thursday that he has hired a new CEO for Twitter who will start in about six weeks. He did not name...

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