Cardinal born in Chicago elected first Pope ever from U.S.; Pres. Trump & UK Prime Minister Starmer announce trade deal
May 08, 2025•53 min
Episode description
U.S.-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected Pope at the Conclave at The Vatican, the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, taking name Pope Leo XIV; President Donald Trump and British PM Keir Starmer announce a trade deal; House passes bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”, to write into law the President's executive order; Senate votes not to advance a cryptocurrency bill aimed at regulating stablecoins after some Democrats who had supported the bill in committee switch to 'no'. We will talk about it with Julia Shapero, Business & Technology Reporter with The Hill; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outlining
plans to overhaul and upgrade the air traffic control system; After the arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia Univ, State Dept answers questions about Secretary of State Marco Rubio's post that the Dept is reviewing the protesters' visa status; FBI Director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testify before separate Senate
Appropriations Subcommittees about deportations and due process; former President Joe Biden on ABC's 'The View' denies that he had a mental decline in his last year in office.
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