Good Morning, News: Ways to Celebrate May Day, Gretchen Whitmer and Trump Share a Controversial Embrace, and Ron Wyden Isn't Helping Us Beat the Gerontocracy Allegations
Good Morning, News: Ways to Celebrate May Day, Gretchen Whitmer and Trump Share a Controversial Embrace, and Ron Wyden Isn't Helping Us Beat the Gerontocracy Allegations
Inside France: Baguette shortages, mass protests and the Eiffel Tower
May Day protests in France drew significant crowds despite debate over attendance figures, coinciding with a peculiar 'bread famine' affecting millions.
Lefty groups behind 'grassroots' May Day protests in US propped up by billionaires and dark-money network: 'Hypocrisy ... is glaring'
Leftist May Day protests are funded primarily by billionaires, revealing an inconsistency between projected grassroots support and actual financial backers.
Good Morning, News: Oregon Republicans' TERRIBLE Idea, Musk Slinks Away from DOGE, and It's May Day, Hooray!
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What to know about May Day and how it has grown over the years
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May 1st is particularly significant in France not just for its connection to workers' rights, but also as a day when muguet, or lily-of-the-valley, is gifted as a token of good luck.