🗞️U.S. plan to take in some refugees

May 9th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The Trump administration is planning to soon receive the first group of white South African refugees…the administration has said they deserve to come to the U.S. because of the alleged racial discrimination in post-Apartheid South Africa

• The FDA has approved three new natural color additives as part of a national initiative to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the U.S. food supply and promote safer and more natural alternatives

• A federal judge has ordered Tufts graduate student, Rumeysa Ozturk, to be released from immigration custody on bail as she pursues a challenge to her detention after the Trump administration revoked her student visa

• Newark Mayor, Ras Baraka, has been arrested and taken into federal custody for trespassing inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Newark, NJ

• The Trump administration reportedly will revive the National Space Council

• President Trump has fired Librarian Of Congress, Carla Hayden, she had been in charge since President Obama appointed her in 2016

• Retired Supreme Court Justice, David Souter, has died at age 85

• Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence startup xAI is in talks to raise new financing that could value the company at as much as $120 billion

• Ferrero, the spreads, chocolate, and candy company, has announced new products which include Nutella Peanut (a Nutella peanut butter mixture), Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares, and Dr. Pepper-flavored Tic Tacs

• 64% of U.S. adults fear financial collapse and running out of money more than dying

• DOW down .29% / S&P down .07%

• Today Russia celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, President Putin watched over a massive parade of tanks, missiles, and troops through the Red Square…Putin had Chinese President Xi sitting next to him at the parade and over 20 other world leaders attend the event

Bonus: A cool look at what every state imports the most

Please follow The Simple American on X @TSimpleAmerican x.com/Tsimpleamerican

Quote of the day: "Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths." – Drew Barrymore

Have a great weekend!

P.S. We love connecting with our readers so…

Please email us at [email protected] for more info on any news points in the letter, feel free to give us any feedback you have, or let us know what you want more of!