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OPINION: "Every president since Bill Clinton has entered office with a trifecta, but Trump’s seat advantage in the House on Day 1 of his second term was the smallest of all of them," Charlie Hunt writes.

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New to this year’s Five Star City Fest is a children’s entrepreneur market, in which 17 local children will set up booths of their own to sell handmade crafts. The goal of the market, Sowell said, is to teach children important business skills such as marketing & customer service. buff.ly/92CS5lo

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Despite taking an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, President Trump says he’s not sure he has to protect due process rights for everyone. buff.ly/TIgLEXG

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The latest conflict between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, follows three wars since they gained independence from British India in 1947.

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Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

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“The idea of a zero-tolerance policy became supported by many students, led by the Sexual Assault Prevention Ambassadors. Administrators and students clashed during this time, and the protest became heavily documented in the news,” Selma Newbill writes. buff.ly/QtqPNEx

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The Mississippi Free Press is seeking 2025 YMP student journalists this summer to cover health disparities. Applications close on May 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. See mfp.ms/gigs for details.

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A group of fishermen are suing the State of Mississippi over its move to lease historically public oyster reefs to private companies. buff.ly/P6ptuUm

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Tougaloo College received threats as President Donald Trump attacked U.S. House Rep. Jasmine Crockett during an NBC interview on Sunday—the same day she gave the keynote address to graduates at the historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi.

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"I’m not going to let agencies that are incredibly important to the future of Mississippi not spend money on July 1 just because there’s political infighting at the Legislature," Gov. Tate Reeves said as the Republican-led House and Senate struggle to agree on a state budget. buff.ly/84w3jom

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Jackson State University President Dr. Marcus Thompson resigned on the same day the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning held a two-hour executive session, citing “the job performance of a person holding a specific position at JSU and related potential litigation.”

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OPINION: "I’ve been researching small-town Jewish history & found a pattern: communities of other faiths showing up to help build Jewish schools, donate to synagogues & share sacred space. Jackson’s story fits that pattern—beautifully, & perhaps unexpectedly," Albanese writes. buff.ly/qwFnJFp

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MFP reporters would like to talk to federal workers in Mississippi who have lost jobs as a result of DOGE. If you or someone you know has lost a job or know of a program that has been cut and would be willing to speak to our reporters, please email us at [email protected]

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The Mississippi Free Press is looking for new Voices writers. Submit opinion columns to the MFP at [email protected].

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“I’ve read hundreds of bills and proposals that use phrases like ‘evidence-based alternatives to incarceration,’ ‘population reduction,’ or ‘improved oversight mechanisms.’ But let me tell you what a woman with an untreated prolapsed uterus cares about: Clean pads,” Martin writes.

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Asked whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens both deserve due process as laid out in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, Trump was noncommittal. “I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know,” said Trump, who swore in January to uphold the Constitution. Read more: buff.ly/TIgLEXG

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OPINION: "Republicans managed to pass a hurried, stopgap spending bill on March 14, 2025 only by the skin of their teeth. Failing to do so would have driven the federal government into shutdown mode," Charlie Hunt writes.

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Trump has appointed former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security called “a bipartisan group tasked with reforming and streamlining" FEMA. Trump has already fired hundreds of FEMA employees as part of the federal workforce purge. Read more: buff.ly/n0jx6vu

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“This festival has brought so much life and vibrancy to our town and over the years and has spurred on so much growth and economic activity,” Senatobia Five Star City Fest organizer Jamie Sowell said.

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Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, received threats after the school hosted U.S. House Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat and fierce critic of President Donald Trump, as the keynote speaker for the historically Black college’s graduation ceremonies on Sunday.

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Selma Newbill, founder of the University of Southern Mississippi Sexual Assault Prevention Ambassadors, writes about USM’s history of sexual assault on campus.

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OPINION: "In 2020, there were about 4,800 Jews in India, but almost 85,000 Jews with Indian roots live in Israel," Samira Mehta writes.

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Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United Inc. accused the state Legislature of "an unconstitutional private leasing scheme" that "would unjustly exclude our current oyster fishing families from their direct access to harvest from reefs that they rely upon for their livelihoods.”

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MFP reporters would like to talk to federal workers in Mississippi who have lost jobs as a result of DOGE. If you or someone you know has lost a job or know of a program that has been cut and would be willing to speak to our reporters, please email us at [email protected]

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Inside the Justice Department, officials appointed by President Donald Trump have expressed desire to withdraw from other desegregation orders they see as an unnecessary burden on schools, according to a person familiar with the issue but not authorized to speak publicly. buff.ly/J3Aumyd

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The Mississippi Free Press is seeking 2025 YMP student journalists this summer to cover health disparities. Applications close on May 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. See mfp.ms/gigs for details.

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“I met with the legislative leadership about three weeks ago, and I strongly encouraged them to have an agreement on the operating budget by the end of April. That didn’t happen, and that’s disappointing to me,” Gov Tate Reeves said. Read more: buff.ly/cAZy2v9

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Balloon Quest is a museum in the Grenada School District that teaches Mississippi science standards through interactive escape rooms. Educators outside of Grenada County can bring classes to Balloon Quest by appointment.

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When Trump took the Oath of Office for the second time on Jan. 20, he swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." But now, he says he's "not a lawyer" and doesn't know whether he has to uphold the constitutional right to due process for everyone. buff.ly/TIgLEXG

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EDITOR'S NOTE: "You won’t be surprised that most communities, no matter how divided they may seem on the surface, share common concerns," Kimberly Griffin writes.

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Since 2017, dozens of “mega trucks” from across the country have descended upon the small town of Leakesville in southern Mississippi each year on the first Saturday in April, converging on a 900-foot dirt track just outside the city limits at Wild Country Off Road. buff.ly/zY8hWpo

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The Mississippi Free Press is seeking 2025 YMP student journalists this summer to cover health disparities. Applications close on May 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. See mfp.ms/gigs for details.

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Mississippi’s state government could shut down in less than two months unless House and Senate leaders reach a budget deal. Lawmakers hit an impasse in April amid disagreements over funding for local infrastructure projects. buff.ly/84w3jom

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Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed on June 25, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Richard Gerald Jordan, 78, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a woman.

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A group of fishermen are suing the State of Mississippi over its move to lease historically public oyster reefs. The lawsuit comes in response to a 2024 bill that allows private leasing of up to 80% of Mississippi's natural oyster reefs. buff.ly/P6ptuUm

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OPINION: Indian Jewish communities have distinct cultures that come from living in a majority Hindu and Muslim society," Samira Mehta writes.

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"The absence of that support is why I founded the USM Sexual Assault Prevention Ambassadors—because I, like other people who have experienced this crime, felt alone and unsupported," Selma Newbill writes. buff.ly/QtqPNEx

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The Trump Justice Department could be planning to unravel decades-old federal desegregation orders in school districts across the South, potentially including 30 Mississippi school districts, like the Columbia School District. Read more:

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“Sometimes they weren’t getting it right and would say, ‘OK, let’s go back. Let’s read this again.’ It was neat to see them go through those steps and really work together,” Lafayette Middle School sixth-grade PE teacher Melinda Scuggs said of the Balloon Quest museum in Grenada. buff.ly/HI7Ppu4

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Trump’s attacks on Canada’s economy and threats to make it the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, who are canceling trips to the U.S. in big numbers. There has been a big drop in foreigners visiting the U.S. since Trump took office, and Canadians are no exception.

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Rural Mississippi is seeing significant growth in broadband internet infrastructure, and communities in Pearl River County are among those set to benefit. The expansion aims to improve internet access for homes, schools and businesses.

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MFP reporters would like to talk to federal workers in Mississippi who have lost jobs as a result of DOGE. If you or someone you know has lost a job or know of a program that has been cut and would be willing to speak to our reporters, please email us at [email protected]

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OPINION: "Some Asian American Jews come from long-standing Jewish communities in Asia. The two most famous of these are the Kaifeng Jews of the Henan Province in China and the Jewish communities of India," Samira Mehta writes.

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OPINION: "As social psychologists, we were curious who claims of anti-Christian bias appeal to, and how those claims are perceived," Rosemary Marah Al-Kire, Clara L. Wilkins and Michael Pasek write.

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The Mississippi Free Press is looking for new Voices writers. Submit opinion columns to the MFP at [email protected].

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