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Chapter 1: What significant event is Stephen Colbert marking in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Comic Stephen Colbert took the stage as host of CBS's The Late Show one last time Thursday night.
Tonight is our final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater, where... No, no, we were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years, all right? That was... Can't take this for granted.
Colbert took over the show from David Letterman in 2015. Last year, CBS announced its cancellation, citing financial reasons. Many suspect political pressure from the Trump administration playing a role. Judges in Tennessee will soon decide whether the state's new congressional map will stay in effect for the midterm elections.
The court heard arguments Thursday in the first of four legal challenges to the new map. Mariana Bacchial, Member Station WPLN reports.
Tennessee became the first state to redistrict after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers don't need to consider race when drawing new maps. But it's still top of mind for NAACP attorney Anthony Ashton after the new map divided Memphis.
And that was done, as far as we can tell, solely for purposes of making sure that the people of Memphis no longer can elect candidates of their choice.
The NAACP is asking the court to block the maps, arguing that it's too close to the election. But the state argues it's too late to change them back, with all counties except Nashville's on track to implement the new map. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Vacayao in Nashville.
Senate Republicans have left Washington for the Memorial Day holiday recess amid a backlash to President Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund that could grant money to January 6th rioters and his desire for $1 billion in taxpayer money for his ballroom project. Voting abruptly called off Thursday on a measure to fund immigration enforcement agencies for three years.
Venezuelan officials have released a few dozen political prisoners far short of the hundreds ahead of the country's National Assembly announced would be freed by week's end. Among those released, though, have been three of the longest held political prisoners in Venezuela. Here's NPR's Kerry Kahn.
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Chapter 2: How are judges in Tennessee addressing the new congressional map?
The need for speed is a Bush family trademark. Kyle Bush's older brother is Hall of Fame racer Kurt Busch. His father was a mechanic who did some local racing in Las Vegas. Cobbler started out racing go-karts in parking lots and cul-de-sacs. By 16, he signed with his first NASCAR team. But NASCAR pulled the rug out from under him by raising the minimum age for national competitions to 18.
He may have gotten a later start, but that didn't stop him from winning two Cup Series titles over the course of his more than 20-year career. Ayanna Archie, NPR News.
IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi still planning to start Sunday's Indianapolis 500. During a Media Day interview on Thursday, Rossi told reporters that a medical team has cleared him to drive. Three days after having surgery on his right ankle and the middle finger of his left hand, he was injured in a crash during a practice run Monday. This is NPR.
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