Here is today’s US press round-up, from the editor of Bayou Blue Radio:
05/01/2025
WEEKEND
Editorial – May 2025 : A Summer of Culture, in All Its Splendor
Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come
Kristi Noem said an immigrant threatened to kill Trump. The story quickly fell apart
Trump tells US steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%
US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump administration’s sanctuary list
ICE, the agency central to Trump’s mass deportation plans, undergoes a shakeup
Wall Street warns Trump aides the GOP tax bill could jolt bond markets
Revealing signs of AI in the White House MAHA Report
Trump’s use of emergency law to enact tariffs imperils trade war strategy
World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
Lawyers for Migrants Press Appeals Court to Stop Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act
Photos: Already struggling to meet need, Omaha food pantries see catastrophe in historic SNAP cuts
Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce
Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet goals
Jamie Shew – Spicy Classy (and a little) Sassy
Vijay Iyer – Wadada Leo Smith – Defiant Life
Ed Palermo Big Band – Prog Vs Fusion: A War Of The Ages
Kicca & Oscar Marchioni – Alegre Me Siento
MICKE & LEFTY feat. CHEF – le double album des 25 ans!
Tom Teasley: Two Albums Released in 2024
Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer
Whitney Jones – Based on Reality
Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck – The Brahms Project
Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist – At Home
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol – 7 Shades Of Melancholia
Yotam Silberstein feat. John Patitucci & Billy Hart – Standards, Vol.2
Kandace Springs – Lady In Satin
Trilogy feat. Scott Hamilton – The Slow road
‘Going to increase prices on everybody’: US energy department workers sound alarm over cuts
Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries
Brooks and Capehart on Elon Musk’s impact on the U.S. government and agencies
PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case
What’s next for Trump’s tariffs amid legal back and forth