- The US network ABC has cancelled Jimmy Kimmel Live in response to pressure from the Trump-controlled Federal Communications Commission. This follows Kimmel's comments regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Trump is also demanding that NBC cancel Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.
- Israel's government has threatened to withhold funding for the Ophir Awards, the country's national film awards, after the top award went to a movie about a Palestinian boy. Culture minister Miki Zohar said that the award "spits in the faces of our heroic soldiers".
- Trump's Justice Department is taking Maine and Oregon to court over access to those states' voter registration lists. The states, quite understandably, don't trust the feds to keep voter information secure, but the feds claim it is necessary to limit voter fraud.
- The Winnipeg Police Service has announced that police officers, both uniformed and plainclothes, will be patrolling bus stop areas and riding on buses to deal with a rise in violent behaviour on Winnipeg Transit.
- Doug Ford is calling on the federal government to keep the 100% tariff on Chinese EVs in place, saying that he fears the impact on the auto sector as well as on trade negotiations with the US if the tariff is removed.
- A cheating scandal has rocked the World Stone Skimming Championships, held on the Scottish island of Easdale, after it was discovered that stones used in the competition appeared to have been altered to make them skip more effectively.
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