Friday, May 1, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover symbolically dedicated New York City’s Empire State Building by pressing a button from the White House to turn on its lights, though someone else flipped the switches in New York.

One year ago, we hit “record” on something new, and it’s grown into something incredible. Today, The Flyover Podcast reaches more than 1.4 million listeners each month, delivering clear, direct, and unbiased coverage of the stories that matter most. What started as a simple idea is now part of daily routines across the country, and we couldn’t have done it without you.

As we head into year two, we’re excited to bring you new content, new formats, and new ways to stay informed. We’re just getting started. Tune in to today’s Podcast Extra stories, featuring a new form of “genetic cholesterol” that could become the next big breakthrough in preventing heart attacks. Listen here.

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Trump Signs Bill, Ends DHS Shutdown

President Trump on Thursday signed legislation ending the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history at 75 days, hours after the House agreed by voice vote to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security.

The bill reopens DHS components, including the TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA, and Secret Service, through Sept. 30. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin had warned funding would dry up by Friday, putting paychecks at risk for tens of thousands of workers.

Funding for ICE and the Border Patrol was left out after Democrats objected and will be handled separately through budget reconciliation, a process Republicans can pass without votes from Democrats.

Oil, Gas Prices Hit Four-Year Highs

Brent crude topped $126 a barrel Thursday, a four-year high, as the Iran war enters its third month, with the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping lane effectively closed.

U.S. gas prices climbed to $4.30 a gallon on average, the highest since July 2022, with drivers paying $1.32 more per gallon than before the war began Feb. 28, according to AAA data.

California leads the nation at $6.01 a gallon, while Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington also averaged above $5. See your state's price here.

California's High-Speed Train Costs Soar

The cost of California's high-speed rail project has surged to $231 billion, up from an original $33 billion estimate, prompting one state lawmaker to call it the “most wasteful government project in probably world history."

The project, first funded in 2008, was supposed to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2020. Its scope has since been scaled back to a 171-mile Central Valley corridor between Merced and Bakersfield.

Expected ticket prices have nearly doubled from early estimates. Ridership projections have also fallen sharply, from roughly 95 million annual passengers by 2030, cited in early planning documents, to long‑term Authority estimates of about 36 million by 2060.

GOP state Sen. Tony Strickland and Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley are among those calling for the project to be scrapped entirely, predicting the next governor will abandon it given California's ongoing budget deficits.

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➤ Three pharma giants are racing to lower the genetic cholesterol risk that one in five people carry. (Podcast Available)

➤ A Louisiana sheriff has been indicted after 10 inmates broke out of her New Orleans jail. (Hear Episode)

➤ Metal detectorists in Norway have unearthed more than 3,150 Viking Age coins. (Hear Details)

➤ Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign on Thursday, citing a lack of funds and clearing the Democrats' path for controversial military veteran Graham Platner to challenge GOP Sen. Susan Collins. (More)

➤ Top military commanders briefed President Trump on new Iran options Thursday, including the possibility of a wave of strikes on infrastructure and a plan to seize part of the Strait of Hormuz. (More)

➤ President Trump pulled Casey Means' nomination to be surgeon general, blaming Sen. Bill Cassidy for stalling her confirmation, and named former Fox News contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier as his new pick. (More)

➤ The House voted 280-142 to strip pro-pesticide liability protections from the farm bill, a major win for MAHA-aligned Republicans who said the provisions shielded chemical companies like Bayer from lawsuits. (More)

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➤ The Big 12 signed a five-year deal with investment firm RedBird Capital, which will allow each of the league's 16 schools to borrow up to $30 million for sports. It’s the first private capital partnership for a major college conference. (More)

➤ Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will stop funding LIV Golf after the 2026 season. They were reportedly spending an estimated $100 million a month on the league. (More)

➤ Iran’s soccer president was denied entry to Canada over his ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, blocking him from attending FIFA’s congress in Vancouver. (More)

➤ Cadillac's F1 team unveiled a special stars-and-stripes design for this weekend's Miami Grand Prix, their first race on American soil since joining the grid this season. (See Video)

Daily Market Report 04/30/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	24,892.31	0.89%
▲	SPX S&P 500	7,209.01	1.02%
▲	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	49,652.14	1.62%
▲	BTC Bitcoin	$76,343.00	0.75%
▲	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,629.70	1.86%
▲	SILVER Per Ounce	$74.19	3.66%
▼	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$105.04	-1.72%
▼	OPCH Option Care Health	$20.28	-24.51%

Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Option Care Health stock dropped nearly 25% on Thursday after the health care provider missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in the first quarter. (More)

➤ The U.S. economy grew at a 2% annual rate in Q1 on surging AI investment, while the Fed's preferred inflation gauge is up 3.5% from the previous year, mainly due to spiking energy costs. (More)

➤ FedEx and UPS pledged to return any tariff refunds they receive to customers after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated Trump-era IEEPA import duties, with roughly $166 billion in collections potentially subject to reimbursement. (More)

➤ President Trump said Thursday he would lift all tariffs and restrictions on whisky imports in honor of King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit, a boost for Scotch distillers and Kentucky bourbon makers. (More)

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➤ British divers found the wreck of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, sunk by a German U-boat in 1918 with 131 crew aboard, off Cornwall after a three-year search. (See Wreck)

➤ A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is predicted to crash into the moon's Einstein crater on Aug. 5, hitting at roughly 5,400 mph after drifting in space for over a year. (See Prediction)

➤ NASA on Thursday released a striking satellite image looking back at winter's final day in Alaska, showing a rare convergence of cloud streets, counter-rotating vortex chains off Unimak Island, and a polar low cyclone over the Gulf of Alaska. (See Image)

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➤ Outlaw country legend David Allan Coe, who wrote hits including Take This Job and Shove It, died Wednesday at 86. He released more than three dozen studio albums over nearly six decades. (More)

➤ Donald Trump Jr. is in talks to host a reboot of The Apprentice, as Amazon weighs reviving the hit franchise once hosted by President Trump. (More)

➤ Actress Lisa Kudrow said she and her Friends co-stars still earn about $20 million annually in residuals, more than 20 years after the hit sitcom ended its 10-season run in 2004. (More)

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➤ The first direct commercial flight between the U.S. and Venezuela in seven years landed in Caracas Thursday, months after U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January. (More)

➤ This weekend’s Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix is facing customer backlash for offering a wagyu hot dog topped with caviar, crème fraîche, and 24-karat gold flakes for $100. (More)

➤ A former employee at a Texas Chick-fil-A was arrested for allegedly stealing $80,000 by ringing up fake mac and cheese orders and refunding them to his personal credit card. (See Scheme)

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