Historic Shutdown Ends, Third Surgeon General Pick & Last-Place Runners - Friday, May 1, 2026
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
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The news to know for Friday, May 1, 2026!
What to know about the bill that has finally ended the longest-ever shutdown of the Homeland Security department.
And the rare statement from Iran's new Supreme Leader.
Also, why President Trump pulled his controversial Surgeon General pick, and who he decided to nominate instead.
Plus, another wave of protests promised in all 50 states today, an urgent warning about popular food and drink containers, and get ready for what's known as the most exciting two minutes in sports — happening this weekend.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, May 1st, what to know about the bill that has finally ended the longest |
| 0:04.5 | ever shutdown of the Homeland Security Department and the rare statement from Iran's new |
| 0:08.7 | Supreme Leader. Also, white President Trump pulled his controversial Surgeon General pick and |
| 0:13.6 | who he decided to nominate instead. Plus, another wave of protests promised in all 50 states |
| 0:18.7 | today, an urgent warning about popular food and drink |
| 0:21.4 | containers, and get ready for what's known as the most exciting two minutes in sports |
| 0:25.4 | happening this weekend. Those stories and more news coming up. Welcome to the Newsworthy, |
| 0:32.3 | all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. |
| 0:41.1 | Nearly 80 days into a record-breaking government shutdown and the Homeland Security Department has |
| 0:46.1 | finally reopened. Yesterday, the U.S. House passed the same bill as Senate did back in March, |
| 0:51.9 | and President Trump quickly signed it into law. This means agencies like |
| 0:55.5 | FEMA, the Coast Guard, the TSA, and the Secret Service are now fully funded through the end of September. |
| 1:01.7 | This bill does not cover immigration and customs enforcement or border patrol, since lawmakers |
| 1:06.1 | still cannot agree on how immigration laws should be enforced. But those agencies have had money anyway |
| 1:11.8 | because they got enough extra funding from last year's so-called Big Beautiful Bill Act. |
| 1:16.6 | And Republicans plan to try in the coming weeks to keep them funded for the rest of Trump's |
| 1:20.7 | term under budget reconciliation rules. This way, they won't have to involve Democrats or |
| 1:25.6 | make any policy changes. |
| 1:30.8 | Dems, though, say their demands were not that extreme, and they're upset. |
| 1:34.0 | They haven't been able to enact real change to ICE or Border Patrol. |
| 1:44.1 | But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're happy to at least get everyone back to work, get everyone paid, restart disaster response and recovery work, process backlogs, and more to be continued. |
| 1:48.2 | Many lawmakers and analysts say today is the deadline for President Trump to either end the war in Iran |
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