Press review · Wednesday, 21 May 2025
21 May 2025
11,804 articles: 08 May 2025 – 26 October 2026
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nytimes.com
Senate Republicans Say Changes Are Coming for Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill
Senate Republicans say changes are coming for the sprawling domestic policy bill carrying President Trump’s agenda. Their colleagues who took political risks to push it through the House might not like them.
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foxnews.com
White House shuts down reporter's 'ridiculous' challenge of White South African farmer deaths
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the video President Donald Trump aired Wednesday allegedly depicting burial sites of White South African farmers.
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rollingstone.com
Trump Gloats Over Passage of Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid, Food Aid
The House of Representatives passed Trump's "One Big Beautiful" reconciliation budget that will likely kick millions off programs like Medicaid.
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nbcnews.com
Deported immigrants, mostly Asian and Latino, will be in Djibouti for 2 weeks, White House says
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed a deportation flight linked to South Sudan on a judge who ruled that the administration had violated a court order.
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usatoday.com
'Harvard refugee': Chinese students seek legal advice after Trump blocks enrollment
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Arresting International Students or Revoking Visas
Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California provided temporary relief to some international students while a legal battle continues.
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foxnews.com
Federal judge blocks Trump admin moves to dismantle Dept of Education
Judge Myong Joun halted President Donald Trump's mass firing at the Department of Education on Thursday, ordering the reinstatement of all employees.
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foxnews.com
Supreme Court upholds Trump's removal of Biden appointees from federal boards
The Supreme Court ruled for Trump’s removal of two Democratic appointees from federal boards, upholding/discarding limits on the president’s power to fire agency officials.
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A Revealing Joke in the Oval Office About Getting in Trump’s Good Graces
The president of South Africa’s wisecrack about a free plane spoke volumes.
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Columbia Violated Jewish Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Administration Finds
The university has previously been the target of more $400 million in federal funding cuts.
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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Education Department
The order issued by a federal judge in Boston also directs officials to reinstate thousands of fired employees.
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Trump Administration Wrongly Impounded Infrastructure Aid, Watchdog Finds
The findings appeared to inch the government closer to a constitutional showdown, as President Trump increasingly claims expansive powers over the nation’s purse strings.
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Bill Would Give Newborns $1,000 in ‘Trump Accounts’
The money would be invested on children’s behalf in the financial markets for them to use once they had grown up.
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Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of U.S. Children as ‘Sickest Generation’
A highly anticipated White House report blames a crisis of chronic illness on ultraprocessed foods, chemical exposures, lifestyle factors and excessive use of prescription drugs, including antidepressants.
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Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school.
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Winners of an ‘Exclusive Invitation’ to Dine With Trump Will Gather Tonight
The sale of access to the president to investors in his memecoin has been assailed by Democrats and even some Republicans as unethical.
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Trump's crypto dinner: Black ties, a Chinese billionaire and ethics questions
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nbcnews.com
Supreme Court sidesteps major ruling on religious public charter schools
The court split 4-4, meaning that an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling barring the state from approving a Catholic charter school remains in place.
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foxnews.com
Mike Johnson, Donald Trump get ‘big, 'beautiful’ win as budget passes House
The House of Representatives passed a massive piece of legislation advancing President Donald Trump's agenda early on Thursday morning.
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theatlantic.com
Trump Hands Putin Another Victory
The U.S. president promised peace on day one. Now he’s enabling Russia’s advances.
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nbcnews.com
What Trump's pledge to cut taxes on tips and overtime means in practice as it moves closer to law
Some workers will see a significant increase in after-tax income if the policy becomes law, but the wider impact on the economy would be relatively limited, economists said.
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House passes Trump's deficit-swelling tax bill, with big Medicaid changes
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vox.com
The most divisive part of the GOP’s big bill, explained
Why the GOP put SALT on the table.
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abcnews.go.com
Army prepares tanks for DC military parade that could cost $45 million
Twenty-eight M1A1 Abrams tanks will be sent to participate in the parade, officials said, though the first trains with the tanks won't depart until later this month.
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After Biden and Connolly, Some Democrats Wonder: Should Age and Term Limits Exist?
After Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly’s death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier “escape hatch from politics.”
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local10.com
Criminal probe underway into Hope Florida Foundation
A criminal investigation is now underway into the Hope Florida Foundation. The nonprofit foundation is connected to a program created by First Lady Casey DeSantis.
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foxnews.com
Dem Rep. McIver makes first court appearance after Newark incident
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., appeared in court Wednesday after she was charged with assaulting two federal agents at an immigrant detention facility.
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Trump Claimed a Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn’t.
During a meeting with South Africa’s president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution. A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.
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Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot and Killed Outside Event in Washington, Officials Say
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that the shooting occurred near an event held at the Capital Jewish Museum.
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foxbusiness.com
Disney places Venezuelan employees on unpaid leave amid Supreme Court's protected-status ruling
Disney's Florida-based Venezuelan employees facing unpaid leave as Temporary Protected Status is lifted after a Supreme Court ruling favored the Trump administration's stance.
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Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People
President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.
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foxnews.com
Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' heads to House-wide vote after key committee victory
The House Rules Committee pushes Trump's bill forward, facing Democratic resistance. Key issues include SALT deduction caps and Medicaid work requirements.
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nbcnews.com
House GOP leaders release changes to Trump agenda bill in bid to sway holdouts
The amendment to the massive package includes speeding up new Medicaid work requirements and expanding the state and local tax deduction.
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Will Republicans Say No to Trump?
The GOP has mounted little resistance to the president. But his “big, beautiful bill” is his toughest test yet.
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foxnews.com
House Republicans divided as Trump's comprehensive bill faces critical vote
GOP factions clash over Medicaid, SALT, and green energy tax credits as Speaker Mike Johnson seeks unity on major legislative bill.
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RFK Jr.’s War on Pesticides Riles Farmers and a Republican Senator
A health report commissioned by President Trump has been causing angst within the agriculture industry who fear the chemicals will be identified as a driver of childhood disease.
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foxnews.com
Adam Schiff tells EPA's Lee Zeldin he'll cause cancer after shoutfest: 'Could give a rat's a--'
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin tells Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., 'you don't care about wasting money' while defending his zero tolerance policy for waste.
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pbs.org
Fact-checking Trump's claims of white farmer 'genocide' in South Africa
White farmers have been murdered in South Africa, but those murders account for such a small percentage of the country's total and do not amount to genocide, experts say.
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calmatters.org
A California senator was arrested for DUI; police say it was for the influence of drugs
Footage seen by CalMatters appears to show that Sen. Sabrina Cervantes was not at fault when an SUV smashed into her vehicle.
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nbcnews.com
Senate Republicans trigger a clash over the filibuster, eyeing vote to nix electric vehicle rule
GOP leaders insist they aren't trying to end the 60-vote rule. Democrats warn that by ignoring the parliamentarian in this case, they are effectively "going nuclear" on the filibuster.
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Trump lashes out at Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie: 'He should be voted out of office'
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Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office, pushes false claims of white genocide
Trump hosted South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans.
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Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon
The event was held in the Pentagon’s auditorium during working hours and featured Mr. Hegseth’s pastor.
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oregonlive.com
Oregon’s attorney general argues in U.S. Trade Court to strike down Trump tariffs
A three-justice panel in New York City on Wednesday heard the first oral arguments in a 12-state effort to overturn the new tariffs.
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foxnews.com
House Freedom Caucus heading to White House after delay play on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
House Freedom Caucus member are working to resolve differences with House GOP leaders ahead of a vote on President Donald Trump's reconciliation bill.
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Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan
A judge ruled that the Trump administration's deportations of eight men convicted of violent crimes to South Sudan was "unquestionably violative of this Court's order."
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Trump Posts Video of Himself Hitting Bruce Springsteen With a Golf Ball
President Donald Trump posted a video of himself hitting Bruce Springsteen with a golf ball amid his ongoing feud with the singer.
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foxnews.com
Trump confronts South African president with video on treatment of White farmers
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting Trump at the White House
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Gerry Connolly, Democratic Congressman of Virginia, Dies at 75
He had announced late last year that he was being treated for cancer of the esophagus. He told his constituents in April that he would not seek re-election.