May 11, 2026: Hantavirus Update Now That Americans Are Home, the Redistricting Fights in Virginia and Tennessee, Newly Released UFO Files, and More.

Episode Format:

1. State Department To Start Revoking Passports From Those Who Owe Child Support (0:11)

2. Redistricting Fights in Tennessee and Virginia Explained (4:17)

3. Trump Administration Releases Never-Before-Seen UFO Files (~18:24)

4. Hantavirus Update Now That Everyone Is Off The Ship and Americans Are Back Home (~25:11)

5. Quick Hitters (~28:44)

6. Critical Thinking Segment (~31:34)

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State Department To Start Revoking Passports From Those Who Owe Child Support

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/passport-revocations-due-to-significant-child-support-debt/ 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/652

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/legal-matters/child-support.html

https://apnews.com/article/passports-unpaid-child-support-penalty-state-department-42d90cfa8a06ee349bb9145f668919b6

Redistricting Fights in Tennessee and Virginia Explained

https://redistricting.lls.edu/state/tennessee/

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-redistricting-memphis-black-voters-south-b35a4b19c2c4818a660d3689cb8b1f82

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-democrats-appeal-ruling-redistricting-us-supreme-court/4102136/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-democrats-70m-redistricting-gamble-backfires-court-defeat-ignites-blame-game

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-democrats-70m-redistricting-gamble-backfires-court-defeat-ignites-blame-game 

https://www.vpap.org/redistricting/2026/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/virginias-supreme-court-tosses-voter-approved-redistricting-plan-in-blow-to-democrats

https://www.democracydocket.com/purcell/

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF13082/IF13082.2.pdf

Trump Administration Releases Never-Before-Seen UFO Files

https://www.war.gov/ufo/

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/pentagon-ufo-files-released-00911352

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-releases-highly-anticipatedfiles-documents-ufos-extraterrestrial-life

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ufos-uap-aliens-pentagon-records-investigation-3e658d2cf3742465127c0049c872240a

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/ufos-and-anomalous-phenomena/ufo-uap-files-pentagon-release-trump-rcna344204

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-files.html

https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/nasa-uap-d2-apollo-17-transcript-1972.pdf

https://www.war.gov/UFO/#DOW-UAP-PR38-Unresolved-UAP-Report-Middle-East-2013

Hantavirus Update Now That Everyone Is Off The Ship and Americans Are Back Home

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/live/hantavirus-latest-updates-us-citizen-tests-positive-as-17-american-passengers-airlifted-back-195033922.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hantavirus-cruise-passengers-arrive-us-trumps-frustration-cuba-morning-rcna344396

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817578/hantavirus-cruise-ship-nebraska-us-passengers

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/us/live-news/hantavirus-cruise-outbreak

Quick Hitters

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/live-updates-iran-us-deadlocked-ceasefire-strains/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/us/union-pacific-train-texas-deaths 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-admin-federal-gas-tax-pause/

https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/us-news/trump-responds-with-warning-after-iran-refuses-to-discuss-nuclear-program-in-latest-peace-offer/

https://www.kktv.com/2026/05/09/person-killed-after-being-hit-by-frontier-plane-runway-during-takeoff-dia/ 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/cole-allen-arraignment/