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Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity, Loyola University Chicago, Veteran journalist and newsroom leader, Author "Work Happy; What Great Bosses Know," and coach to leaders worldwide.
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Judge says Trump imprisonment of student is “not our proudest moment” as he frees him www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

"once we create a database of ruin, none of us are safe from having our information — no matter how innocuous — used against us." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

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"Forecasters widely expected the import surge ahead of the tariffs – a strategy known as frontloading – to dim the first broad snapshot of the economy in Trump’s second term. But its extent surprised many analysts." www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

"Farmers in the United States are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association."

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‘It’s going to work out’: Trump criticises polls at 100 day rally The Times commissioned polling from YouGov which put Trump’s approval at 42%, with 34% of respondents saying they were Republican voters, 30% Democrats, 26% Independent and 11% not sure or other

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from cutting off funds for "direct legal representation services to unaccompanied children." Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a Biden appointee, issues the injunction, addressing congressionally-funded Office of Refugee Resettlement programs.

Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute. We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5

"Legal experts have called the suit baseless and an easy victory for CBS. But Paramount is entering the talks prepared to make a deal."

BREAKING: In a broad challenge to what AAUP & others call the Trump administration's "ideological-deportation policy," Judge William Young, a senior status Reagan appointee, allows the case to go forward — dismissing count 3, but denying DOJ's request to dismiss the other claims.

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"...1,439 adults, conducted from Apr 21-23, finds Trump's political standing in decline since he was sworn in for a second term. It's driven by views of how he's handling the economy & tariffs, but a slim majority now also disapproves of how he's handling immigration..." www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

Elon Musk used his Twitter platform to bombard Canadians with absurd propaganda in support of his candidate, Pierre Poilievre. It didn't work, but heightened suspicions among Canadians about Twitter and Musk's abuse of it. www.ft.com/content/743c...

"The investigation found “no evidence” the Federal Emergency Management Agency ordered employees to skip homes displaying support for Trump as they were going door-to-door in October to help victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

WSJ: The S&P 500 just ended the day with its biggest loss in the first 100 days of a new presidential term since Nixon's in 1973.

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"To the extent that Canada's election will make news in the U.S., it will be presented as a story about Donald Trump – as a personal repudiation on the eve of his 100th day in office." www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

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President Trump fired three Democratic appointees to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting yesterday, and now they're suing to invalidate the terminations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights: * Abercrombie jeans: up 33% * Amazon Echo: up 38.5% * Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%

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Poll:"Most Americans take President Donald Trump at his word when he talks about sending American citizens to foreign prisons, serving a third term as president & trying to take control of Greenland & Canada, even as sweeping majorities oppose-these potential actions." abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...

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Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”

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"Thirty-five percent of Americans said they approve of his job performance for the Trump administration, while 57% said they disapprove, roughly on par with ratings for the president himself." abcnews.go.com/Politics/elo...

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NIH DOGE'd..... Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations 60 Minutes @cbsnews.com w/transcript www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

CBS NEWS POLL: President Trump’s first 100 days are seen as bringing big changes but most still see too much focus on tariffs. https://cbsn.ws/3YLjPPO

“Your Home Without China” 🇨🇳 An incredible interactive graphic examining which household categories rely on Chinese production: @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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"The poll found that about two-thirds of adults believe Musk has held too much influence over the federal government during the past few months — although that influence may be coming to an end." apnews.com/article/musk...

And all this time I imagined Oscar judging required genuine study and standards. Having judged many journalism contests, I can tell you that’s how it’s done in news media.

Happy 92nd birthday to the one and only Carol Burnett!

"'I've been in the private sector. I've gone through layoffs,' says Waterfield. 'I've never before experienced this, and never for the life of me thought the federal government would treat people like that.'" www.npr.org/2025/04/25/n...

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"Although Packers fans made up a large contingent of the crowd, the fans of other teams who made the trip to Green Bay offered rave reviews."

New AP-Norc poll is first major poll with Trump's job approval in the 30s, 39%-59% (-20). apnorc.org/projects/100...

This line is going to stick with me for a very long time. “One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

"That poll comes as Trump’s popularity is historically low for a leader this early in a term. More than half of voters disapprove of Trump’s performance as president, and majorities oppose his tariff policies and slashing of the federal workforce." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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