Today’s edition of quick hits.
* So much for Trump resolving the conflict in 24 hours: “The United States may be ready to ‘move on’ from its efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine if there is no clear progress in the coming days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday.”
* In El Salvador: “Sen. Chris Van Hollen confirmed Thursday night that he has met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man whom the Trump administration said it mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March.”
* In related news: “Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration, reported having been traumatized during nearly three weeks inside a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador before being transferred to another detention facility where he remains in isolation.”
* The latest developments in the FSU shooting: “The suspect in the Florida State University shooting on Thursday is the stepson of a local sheriff’s deputy, according to law enforcement officials, and some of his classmates said he had espoused white supremacist and far-right views.”
* The campaign to privatize public education continues apace: “With a big win for school vouchers in Texas in the early hours of Thursday morning, the private-school choice movement conquered the last major Republican-led state. Next up, the rest of the country.”
* A fascinating story out of Wisconsin: “A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld an unusual partial veto Gov. Tony Evers deployed in 2023 to lock in school funding increases for four centuries. In a 4-3 ruling April 18, the liberal majority of the state’s highest court agreed Evers did not overstep his authority as governor when he used his partial veto authority in July 2023 to ensure school districts’ state-imposed limits on how much revenue they are allowed to raise will be increased by $325 per student each year until 2425.”
* The Trump administration revoking temporary protected status for Afghans who evacuated to the U.S. after their country fell to the Taliban in 2021 belongs on the list of cruel outrages.
* This is a weird story: “Nearly three months into the administration, [Homeland Security Secretary Kristi] Noem’s chief of staff role remains vacant, and [Corey Lewandowski, President Trump’s early campaign manager] has established himself as a constant presence by the secretary’s side.”
* Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, as the White House acts on Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts said planning is already already underway for Project 2029.
Have a safe weekend.