May Is Motorcycle Awareness Month This week, the leadership of the House Motorcycle Caucus introduced H. Res 367, expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Rep. Tim Walberg (MI), the longtime chairman of the House Motorcycle Caucus was the lead sponsor for this bill. Across the nation, cities and states are also introducing motorcycle awareness resolutions and decrees. H. Res 367 lists several reasons why May is important for motorcycling awareness.  Perhaps the best section of the resolution is the line, “Motorcyclists have a right to the road and that all motorists should safely share the roadways.” Those in the motorcyclists’ rights movement understand that the future of motorcycling is threatened. We thank the lawmakers who took the time to clearly point out that bikers have a right to use our nation’s roadways! Happy May, Ride Safe and Ride Free Click Here To Read Resolution Text 2025 Awareness Resolution www.MRF.org ARIZONA UPDATE—Victory for Arizona Riders SB1107 — the Motorcycle Safety Fund Continuation Bill — has officially PASSED and is now headed to the Governor’s desk. This bill protects YOUR $1 motorcycle registration fee from being swept, as has happened in previous years. Your money should go where it was intended: motorcycle safety training, awareness campaigns, and saving lives. Thank you Senator Shawnna LM Bolick for continuing to champion motorcycle safety and awareness!!! You’re a superstar! Let’s keep the pressure on — contact the Governor today and urge her to sign SB1107 into law. This is a win for every Arizona motorcyclist. Abate of Arizona is fighting for you! Regards, –Rogue, Senior Editor, Bikernet.com Our logo for 2016 The post LEGISLATIVE UPDATES– appeared first on Bikernet.com - Online Biker Magazine.

Two young adults in Oregon passed away this month after suffering apparent cardiac arrest shortly after completing half marathons. One incident involved a 23-year-old participating in the Eugene Half Marathon on the University of Oregon campus. The other incident involved a 19-year-old Oregon State University sophomore running in the Corvallis Half Marathon. Two young runners have tragically died from cardiac arrest after completing half-marathon races in Oregon. Both young adults collapsed and died shortly after crossing the finish lines. According to officials, the runners both died suddenly from unexplained cardiac arrest. On… pic.twitter.com/Q5kUmYX0c2 — Luther ‘Ćyrus’ (@Censored4sure) May 1, 2025 From The Register-Guard: A Eugene Half-Marathon runner who collapsed just a few feet past the finish line at Hayward Field in Eugene on April 27 has died. The runner was identified as Mateo Cruz, a 23-year-old resident of Eugene. After a team of medics administered chest compressions to Cruz on scene, he was taken to a local hospital, according to the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department. “He was one of the most amazing souls and he was so proud of his running accomplishments,” Christina Cruz, Mateo’s aunt, told The Register-Guard. “He loved running and was proud he was going to be doing another half-marathon. He was going to train for the marathon next.” According to Christina, Mateo moved to Oregon a couple of years ago and worked at the Wildlife Safari with his grandmother. He also worked at a restaurant and at the local Fred Meyer. Two young runners have tragically died from cardiac arrest after completing half-marathon races in Oregon.Both young adults collapsed and died shortly after crossing the finish lines.According to officials, the runners both died suddenly from unexplained cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/O9x1M3Eg2s — TheTexasOne (@TexasRepublic71) May 1, 2025 Two young adults collapsed and died shortly after crossing the finish lines of half marathons in Oregon this month — apparently from unexplained cardiac arrest. Sunday morning, steps after completing the Eugene Half Marathon, 23-year-old Mateo Cruz collapsed on the track of… pic.twitter.com/c6O6kid1qI — “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) April 30, 2025 Per OregonLive: On April 5, another runner — Camryn Morris, a 19-year-old Oregon State University sophomore — died of cardiac arrest after completing the Corvallis Half Marathon. Moments after crossing the finish line, she “collapsed into the arms of her friends,” according to her obituary. She was rushed to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis and then Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, but doctors couldn’t save her, said her father, Jeff Morris. He said his daughter had no known history of heart problems and doctors haven’t been able to explain why her heart suddenly stopped. “We asked ‘How could this happen? What happened?’” Jeff Morris said. “They couldn’t really give us any information.” Camryn Morris grew up in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She was captain of the Southridge High School varsity tennis team for two years and a valedictorian for the class of 2023. She was studying environmental engineering and adored the outdoors and hiking. She’d also trained hard for the Corvallis Half Marathon with multiple runs of more than 10 miles, said her father. Her friends also reported that she seemed fine throughout the race. WATCH:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he sent a proposal to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow Florida National Guard members to serve as immigration judges. “We’re ready, willing and able to take it to the next level. We have submitted plans to DHS to say if this is approved, we will go off to the races. And we will be able to do really from soup to nuts, from apprehension to detention, even putting some of our people in the National Guard in line to serve as immigration Judges to process this. We can do it,” DeSantis said. WATCH: BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just said he has submitted plans to President Trump's DHS that would allow Florida National Guard members to become immigration judges. This would help swiften the process of deportations. "From apprehension to detention, even putting… pic.twitter.com/FLxralMQWf — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 1, 2025 Per Florida’s Voice: A state official told Florida’s Voice that JAG officers could take on the role – and only need authoritative approval from the federal government to serve as immigration judges. The process is administrative. “I want to thank the federal agencies that have really led the way. It’s been a welcome change here in the state of Florida, and also thank all of our state and local partners who worked really, really hard for this operation, but have been doing this now for for many months,” he said. “We’re proud to have been the first state out of the gate, but we view this as just the beginning. We think that the best is still yet to come.” TODAY: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis submits plans to President Trump to allow Florida National Guard members to become immigration judges. Great idea. pic.twitter.com/61QTVJ41QZ — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) May 1, 2025 'Off to the races': @GovRonDeSantis wants National Guard members to serve as immigration Judges Reporting by @AGGancarskihttps://t.co/ZYdjnsyDLJ#FlaPol pic.twitter.com/31tLPskl4H — Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) May 1, 2025 Newsweek reports: At a Thursday press conference, DeSantis appeared alongside Department of Homeland Security officials to promote Operation Tidal Wave. The Florida-led initiative partnered with federal, state, and local law enforcement to apprehend immigrants without legal status in the state. Florida has experienced broad collaboration between federal immigration authorities and local state agencies, as the administration mobilizes all available resources to carry out mass deportations—a key pledge of President Trump’s return to the White House. DeSantis is seeking to expand the state’s role beyond making arrests to include adjudication, proposing the use of National Guard members as immigration judges—pending approval from the Trump administration. “These are not Article 3 judges. They are executive branch employees, basically. We can absolutely deputize judge advocates from our National Guard units to serve as immigration judges,” he added. The Governor brushed aside concerns about due process, claiming there are “tens of thousands of illegal aliens in Florida at a minimum that have already been issued final orders of removal, and there’s hundreds of thousands of them throughout the United States of America.”

President Donald Trump unveiled his budget request for fiscal year 2026, proposing drastic cuts amounting to $163 billion in foreign aid, energy and environmental protection, and education -- while raising defense spending to over $1 trillion.

Prince Harry has lost his ongoing legal battle in a United Kingdom court, and the British government has now stripped him of his publicly-funded security presence following his decision to leave his royal post alongside his wife, Meghan Markle, the "Duchess of Sussex."