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The Thursday Flyover Replay : Visa Pushback, Best Burger Chains, and a Dancing Nun.
Presented by Russell Sherrard.
Narrated by Artificial Intelligence, Our Hosts are Christopher and Jenny.
THE FLYOVER REPLAY.
Thursday, May 29, 2025.
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Good Morning! On this day in 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state admitted to the Union after four unsuccessful statehood attempts. Its path to statehood was marked by debates over taxes and governance.
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TAKEOFF.
Trump to Send $9.4B Cut Plan to Congress.
The White House will send a $9.4 billion rescissions package to Congress next week, aiming to formalize spending cuts made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The proposal targets over $8 billion in foreign aid, including USAID and the African Development Foundation, and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS.
A 45-day congressional clock starts once the package is submitted.
U.S. Tightens Visa Rules for Students, Officials.
The Trump administration has paused new student visa appointments as it prepares to expand social media screening for international applicants, citing national security concerns.
At the same time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new visa bans targeting foreign officials, including some from U.S. allies like the U.K. and Germany, accused of censoring Americans abroad.
On Tuesday, Rubio also said the U.S. will begin revoking visas for Chinese students with ties to the Communist Party or those studying in sensitive fields.
President Trump also proposed capping international enrollment at Harvard at 15%, down from 31%, following a freeze on $2.2 billion in federal funding and a block on the university enrolling foreign students.
List: Ranking America’s Best Burger Chains.
Yelp named In-N-Out the top fast-food burger joint in America, based on reviews from customers across more than 400 locations.
Rounding out the top five were Habit Burger, Shake Shack, Culver’s, and Islands Fine Burgers. The list was released in time for National Hamburger Day on Wednesday.
The list celebrates consistency, fan favorites like In-N-Out’s Double-Double—two patties, two slices of cheese, and all the fixings—and regionally beloved items like Culver’s ButterBurger and Shake Shack’s ShackBurger.
Despite In-N-Out’s slow eastward expansion, fans in places like New York are reportedly smuggling the burgers across state lines.
POLITICS.
A federal judge allowed four employees from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access the Treasury’s Fiscal Service system, which handles trillions in federal payments.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has officially shut down its diversity, equity, and inclusion office and barred diversity statements in hiring, citing a renewed focus on merit-based practices.
Two female uniformed Secret Service officers were suspended after they got into a fistfight early May 21 outside former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., home.
A conservative energy group is demanding a federal investigation into several Biden-era climate executive orders, claiming there’s no evidence the former president approved them, and that they were signed with an autopen.
Israel confirmed Wednesday that it had killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’ acting leader and brother of Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, in an airstrike on a bunker beneath Gaza’s European Hospital.
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Now, back to the News.
SPORTS.
Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo hinted that his time in the Saudi Arabian soccer league could be over soon, with many observers predicting he’ll land in the MLS.
Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Alabama’s Ryan Williams were chosen to be the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 26 video game.
Ole Miss golfer Michael La Sasso won the NCAA DI individual men’s golf title this week, while Virginia battled Oklahoma State for the team title.
Former NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp pleaded guilty to an assault charge from 2023, where he shot at a car with two men inside. He faces up to nine months in jail.
FINANCE.
Big Stock Move: Joby Aviation shares soared 29% Wednesday as the electric air taxi maker closed a $250 million investment from Toyota.
Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, as the company reported year-over-year growth above 73%. The stock rose about 4% in extended trading.
Crafts retailer Joann said it would close all its remaining stores by the end of this week as it works through its second bankruptcy filing in the past two years.
McDonald’s announced it was shutting down all five of its stand-alone CosMc’s drink-oriented cafes, launched with much fanfare in 2023.
SCIENCE AND TECH.
SpaceX’s Starship reached space on its ninth test flight Tuesday but broke apart during reentry, the latest test launch in Elon Musk’s push toward Mars.
Blue books are making a comeback on college campuses as professors fight back against AI-fueled cheating with old-school, handwritten exams.
Time to change your password! Millions of streaming passwords, mostly for Netflix, have leaked online due to phishing and spyware, according to a new report.
THE ROTATOR.
THROWBACK THURSDAY.
Dutch filmmaker Jeroen Wolf has released a short film titled 50 Turned 60, pairing footage of his classmates at age 50 with new clips of them at 60 to show how a decade changes a face—but not a personality.
California’s retro motels are back in style, turning roadside stays into design-forward escapes full of neon signs, vintage keys, and desert charm.
From paper ledgers in 1902 to clunky computers in the 1980s, these vintage photos capture how office life changed long before Zoom calls and Slack pings took over.
ET CETERA.
A Washington man was saved by his pet bearded dragon, Spike, who whipped him in the face with its tail to wake him after he slept through two smoke alarms during a house fire.
A Delta flight from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, was delayed Saturday after two pigeons got loose in the cabin, startling passengers and forcing the plane back to the gate—twice.
Sister Marizele of Brazil lit up social media after showcasing her beatboxing skills on a Catholic TV show, where she was soon joined by a dancing nun and priest.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked buzz by wearing turquoise and orange Adidas Gazelles to King Charles III’s Speech from the Throne in Ottawa.
Daily Quote.
“As an out-of-the-closet conservative, I often find myself playing the confidant to my liberal colleagues. They sidle up and say, sotto voce, ‘Please don’t tell anyone I said this,’ then proceed to unload their disgust with the latest activist outrages.”
— James Hankins, an openly conservative Harvard professor, on his liberal colleagues’ private frustrations with campus activism
Inspirational Verse of the Day.
Proverbs Chapter 1 Verse 11. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: KJV
And thats the news for today.
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