Canada:
Prime Minister Mark Carney visited President Trump yesterday. Canadians who have Trump Derangement Syndrome are fuming because the meeting went very well.
Carney complimented Trump and called him very transformative.
Carney and Trump also joked about Canada becoming the 51st state.
Trump Says He ‘Was Probably The Greatest Thing’ That Happened To Canadian Prime Minister After Election Victory (Daily Caller)
Trump Administration:
On Tuesday night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the United States had rescued all the hostages kept by the socialist Venezuelan Maduro regime at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas.
Rubio Announces U.S. Rescued 5 Hostages Held By Maduro In Venezuela (Daily Wire)
The media is downplaying this. The BBC has the word rescued in quotes.
Five Venezuelan opposition members ‘rescued’ from Caracas, US says (BBC)
The AP downplayed it to the point where they said the Venezuelan opposition members leave.
Venezuelan opposition members leave Argentine diplomatic compound after over a year and are in US (AP News)
Local News:
KOLR 10 has a story about how tariffs will impact the cost of flowers this Mother’s Day. Do you know what’s missing from this story? How much flowers will actually go up.
Tariffs impacting local flower shops ahead of Mother’s Day (KOLR10)
Heather Hardinger was elected as Springfield mayor pro tempore on Tuesday. Hardinger works at CoxHealth as director of consumer experience, previously leading the hospital system’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Heather Hardinger becomes first Black woman to be elected as Springfield mayor pro tempore (Springfield News-Leader)
California:
A new analysis has found California gasoline prices could rise to $8.44 per gallon by the end of 2026 after the pending closure of two refineries — one-fifth of the state’s refining capacity — and the onset of new state regulations.
CA gas could hit $8.44 per gallon in 2026 due to refinery closures, regulations (Center Square)
DEI Stories:
In yet another example of escalating campus chaos, anti-Israel agitators at the University of Washington took over an academic building and vandalized property.
Anti-Israel Radicals Torch UW Building, Block First Responders, Chant ‘Death to Police’ (Fox News)
Corrupt Government:
House Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) revealed what may be the most damning development yet in the fight to uncover the truth behind Jeffrey Epstein’s sinister global sex-trafficking: the Epstein files may have already been destroyed—and the federal government might be complicit.
Rep. James Comer Claims Epstein Files May Have Been DESTROYED — Accuses Federal Government of Possible Cover-Up (The Gateway Pundit)
The FBI botched its investigation of the 2017 congressional baseball shooting — downplaying the gunman’s anti-GOP motives despite having handwritten evidence, a blistering House report found.
FBI ‘butchered’ 2017 congressional baseball shooting probe, downplayed anti-GOP motives of gunman, blistering report concludes (New York Post)
A newly released memo from June 2021 shows the Biden administration authorized federal law enforcement to target Americans engaged in “concerning non-criminal behavior.” According to declassified documents, Biden officials directed law enforcement to investigate individuals such as active-duty servicemen, gun owners, and people deemed to be spreading “disinformation.”
BREAKING: Biden admin ordered federal law enforcement to target ‘non-criminal’ conservatives (Just The News)
