Today's Sponsor: Blinkisthttps://thisistheconversationproject.com/blinkist Today's Rundown:America Gets Its First Pope As Cardinal Robert Prevost Becomes Pope Leo XIVhttps://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25 Trump Strikes New Trade Deal With U.K. Amid Market Concerns Over Tariffshttps://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389973/trump-trade-deal-uk-tariffs Trump Administration Invokes State Secrets In Controversial Immigration Casehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-invokes-state-secrets-privilege-kilmar-abrego-garcia-case/ Lawyers Say Man Executed By Firing Squad Lived For A Minute After Shots Missedhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/firing-squad-execution-bullets-missed-target-lawyers-south-carolina/ Kari Lake Announces Media Alliance Between OAN And Voice Of Americahttps://www.yahoo.com/news/voice-america-planning-partnership-oan-133513490.html House approves Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill renaming Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-renaming-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america-house-vote/ Biden Says He Takes Blame For Trump’s Win And Denies Cognitive Issues On 'The View'https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-jill-biden-join-view-1st-joint/story?id=121555828 Mother's Day Spending Drops 14 Percent As Tariffs Force Families To Cut Backhttps://www.lendingtree.com/debt-consolidation/mothers-day-tariffs-survey/    Website: http://thisistheconversationproject.com    Facebook: http://facebook.com/thisistheconversationproject   Twitter: http://twitter.com/th_conversation   TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@theconversationproject   YouTube: http://thisistheconversationproject.com/youtube   Podcast: http://thisistheconversationproject.com/podcasts