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Top 5 at Five

Top 5 at Five

Written by: Top5 Media
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Daily top news stories, always waiting for you M-Th at 5pm ET. Short enough to learn something, long enough to walk your dog. Dodge the news and catch up with Jonni.© 2025 Top5 Media Politics & Government
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  • Wed. 08/27: Minneapolis Tragedy; Trump Tariffs India; Taylor & Travis Put a Ring On It
    Aug 27 2025
    A school shooting shakes Minneapolis to its core; Trump slaps India with a 50% tariff like it’s Black Friday gone wrong; DC’s Union Station turns into Fort Trump; Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce break the internet with their engagement; and Trump tries to DJ the Federal Reserve like it’s his personal money machine. Kids in church, tariffs at Walmart, stormtroopers at the train station, pop’s reigning couple, and one big Fed fight—welcome to Wednesday in America.
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    7 mins
  • Mon. 05/19: Biden’s Cancer Gets Real; Grok Starts Preaching; Sesame Street Secures the Bag, & More News!
    May 19 2025
    While New York was busy sweeping Boston and clowning the Mets, the rest of the country got hit with some serious headlines: Biden’s facing down aggressive prostate cancer, Trump told Walmart to “eat the tariffs” like he forgot how inflation works, Elon’s chatbot went full extremist before xAI could pull the plug, a New Orleans jail pulled off the dumbest escape since Mario Bros., and Sesame Street found a new home on Netflix without ditching PBS. It’s chaos, it’s capitalism, it’s comfort TV—just another Monday.
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    9 mins
  • Mon. 05/12: Trade war gets a smoke break; Afrikaners get the VIP lane; YouTube gets duped by fake Shrek, & More News!
    May 12 2025
    The U.S. and China sign a trade truce with an expiration date. Trump suddenly loves pharma price caps—as long as he gets credit. Bill Gates hits the gas on giving it all away. White South Africans get the refugee fast lane while TPS holders get ghosted. And YouTube? Just figured out Shrek 5 was fake. Classic.
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    9 mins
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