May 10, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – May 9, 2026

May 10, 2026 by George Bounacos

Karen Budd-Falen seated at USDA Headquarters during the 2026 National Association of Farm Broadcasting Annual Washington Watch.

Karen Budd-Falen, Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior, spoke at USDA in the weeks before video surfaced of her admitting she shapes grazing policy that profits her family's ranching business. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)

A Mississippi county prosecutor put up a billboard near the Tennessee line, advertising death by firing squad. It greets drivers leaving Memphis: “Welcome to Mississippi. Where the firing squad is legal. Think twice.” Memphis is 64% Black. The prosecutor paid for the billboard and called it deterrence. He didn’t invent the genre. In 1989, Donald … Read more