4/30

• Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called for congressional action to help agents along the southern border with the expected surge in migration after Title 42 ends on May 11 (see 12/27). 

5/1

• A district board appointed by Florida Gov. DeSantis countersued Disney (see 4/26).
• Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr filed a lawsuit against the state’s Republican-led House of Representatives challenging her censure (see 4/24).

5/2

• Late-night shows headlined by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers, along with The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live, shut down as thousands of writers began to strike after failed negotiations.
• A Utah judge blocked the state’s latest anti-abortion law from going into effect.
• A judge rejected the motion from Montana state Rep. Zephyr to return to the House floor (see 5/1).

5/3

• The man accused of fatally shooting 5 of his neighbors was arrested after a dayslong manhunt (see 4/29).
• Russia accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Russian President Putin in a drone attack on the Kremlin citadel in Moscow, an allegation that was denied by Ukrainian officials.
• 1 person was killed and 4 were wounded following a mass shooting at a hospital in Atlanta.
• The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25%, the 10th increase in 14 months (see 3/22).

5/4

• The Florida Senate passed a measure that would expand the “Parental Rights in Education,” or as critics refer to it, “Don’t Say Gay,” which restricts the way teachers and students can use their preferred pronouns in school.
• Jordan Neely, a Black man, was killed after a 24-year-old former U.S. marine put him in a chokehold for nearly 3 minutes.
• Ed Sheeran was found innocent in a copyright lawsuit trial.

5/5

• Rochelle Walensky will be stepping down from her role as Director of the CDC.

5/6

• 8 people were killed and 7 were wounded following a mass shooting at an outlet mall in Texas.
• King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey.