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Votes to elect board members of major corporations are typically pro forma affairs. Companies make their recommendations, and shareholders certify it, usually with near unanimity. That wasn’t the case this week at BP’s closely watched annual meeting. On Thursday, nearly

Opinion | Donald Trump’s Crypto Presidency  The New York Times

Trump administration live updates: U.S. could move on from Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Trump says  NBC News

White House changes COVID.gov web page to page supporting lab leak theory  ABC News

Two victims killed in Florida State campus shooting identified  WCTV Guns, Extreme Views and Chaotic Childhood Shaped Suspect in Florida State Shooting  The New York Times What we know about the Florida State University shooting suspect  CNN Florida State University Shooting Victims Identified:

‘I love chess’: Trump allies, Democrats clash over Van Hollen’s El Salvador visit  Politico Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia described being ‘traumatized’ at CECOT, has been moved to different detention center  CNN Kilmar Abrego Garcia moved from brutal El Salvador

Live updates: Van Hollen says Trump administration paid El Salvador $15 million to detain prisoners  The Washington Post

President Trump advanced his plans to make it easier to fire tens of thousands of federal workers. He said he would move forward with a rule, previously known as Schedule F, allowing agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions.

In our news wrap Friday, the international effort to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine appears to have stalled, Houthi rebels say U.S. airstrikes killed at least 74 people and injured more than 170 others and power has

A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in Louisiana must be returned to New England by May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained by immigration officials for co-writing an op-ed piece in the student newspaper, a federal