Good morning. It’s Saturday, May 24.

1. US-EU Trade War

2. ‘America First’: Trump Delivers Commencement Speech at West Point

3. Cannes Film Festival Hit by Power Outage — Arson Attack Probed

4. Trump Signs Executive Orders on Nuclear Energy

5. DC Killer’s Father Was Dems’ Honored Guest at Trump Address

6. Tim Cook Called TX Gov to Stop Online Child-Safety Legislation

7. Satellite Images: North Korea Warship Launch Fails

8. MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty in Killing of Maryland Teen

1. US-EU Trade War

The European Union has said it will defend its interests after United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50-percent tariff on all goods from the 27-member bloc.

The EU’s top trade official, Maros Sefcovic, said in a post on X that he spoke on Friday with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the issue.

“The EU is fully engaged, committed to securing a deal that works for both,” he said, adding that the EU Commission remains ready to work in good faith towards an agreement.

2. ‘America First’: Trump Delivers Commencement Speech at West Point

Sporting a “Make America Great Again” hat, President Donald Trump emphasized the need for the country to put its priorities above all else during his commencement addresses at West Point on Saturday.

“Gone are the days where defending every nation but our own was the primary thought,” he aid. “We are putting America first. We have to rebuild and defend our nation.”

This was Trump’s second address to cadets at the upstate New York academy, where the nation’s next generation of army leaders are educated. The last time he spoke there was at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, which saw a more subdued ceremony of cadets sitting several feet apart.

3. Cannes Film Festival Hit by Power Outage — Arson Attack Probed

A power cut in southern France caused by suspected sabotage has disrupted screenings on the final day of the Cannes Film Festival.

About 160,000 homes in the city of Cannes and surrounding areas lost power early on Saturday, before supply was restored in the afternoon.

Officials said an electricity substation had been set on fire and a pylon at another location damaged.

4. Trump Signs Executive Orders on Nuclear Energy

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and speed the deployment of new nuclear power reactors in the U.S.

The NRC is a 50-year-old independent agency that regulates the nation’s fleet of nuclear reactors. Trump’s orders call for a “total and complete reform” of the agency, a senior White House official told reporters in a briefing. Under the new rules, the commission will be required to decide on nuclear reactor licenses within 18 months.

Trump said Friday the orders focus on small, advanced reactors that are viewed by many in the industry as the future. But the president also said his administration supports building large plants.

5. DC Killer’s Father Was Dems’ Honored Guest at Trump Address

The father of the suspected gunman in the murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday, was the honored guest of a far-left lawmaker at President Trump’s joint address to Congress back in March, the New York Post reported.

Eric Rodriguez is an anti-Trump SEIU member who also spoke at a Democrat press conference ahead of Trump’s address.

His son, accused killer Elias Rodriguez, 30, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly gunning down Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, who were about to become engaged.

6. Tim Cook Called TX Gov to Stop Online Child-Safety Legislation

Apple stepped up efforts in recent weeks to fight Texas legislation that would require the iPhone-maker to verify ages of device users, even drafting Chief Executive Tim Cook into the fight.

The CEO called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week to ask for changes to the legislation or, failing that, for a veto, according to people familiar with the call. These people said that the conversation was cordial and that it made clear the extent of Apple’s interest in stopping the bill.

Abbott has yet to say whether he will sign it, though it passed the Texas legislature with veto-proof majorities.

7. Satellite Images: North Korea Warship Launch Fails

Satellite imagery captured what remained of a mangled 5,000-ton North Korean naval destroyer damaged during its launch ceremony this week, leaving the country’s dictator distraught.

A photo captured by Maxar Technologies of the northeastern port of Chongjin, shows the ship apparently twisted and lying on its side, partly lodged on a launch slip and partly submerged in water.

The secretive communist nation covered the would-be warship with a blue tarp.

8. MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty in Killing of Maryland Teen

A member of the MS-13 gang and illegal immigrant who was accused of taking part in the killing of a Frederick High School student in February 2023 will face up to life in prison when he’s sentenced in November, after pleading guilty to a racketeering charge in the case Thursday.

Ismael Ivan Rivera Canales, 22, pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore on Thursday to one count of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, related to the death of Limber Lopez Funez.

U.S. District Court Judge Brendan Abell Hurson scheduled sentencing in the case for Nov. 14.