Press review · Wednesday, 21 May 2025
21 May 2025
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usatoday.com Top stories ·
The winners (and losers) in Trump's 'big beautiful' tax bill
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androidcentral.com Tech ·
Chrome meets Gemini as Google highlights huge AI browsing updates
Google details its Gemini, Chrome integration on deck to debut tomorrow.
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engadget.com Tech ·
Google co-founder Sergey Brin admits to 'mistakes' over Google Glass
At an I/O session yesterday with Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis, Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted that he made "mistakes" with Google Glass in several areas.
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9to5google.com Tech ·
Android 16 QPR1 volume slider redesign adds mini waveform, media player tweaks
With Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, Google has redesigned the volume slider and panel, while the media player sees small tweaks.
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morganlewis.com Top stories ·
State Attorneys General Challenge US President’s Tariff Authority Under IEEPA
The US president has imposed and modified tariffs on key trading partners such as China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union over the last three months. These tariffs rely on the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, which has never previously been used to justify the imposition of tariffs. On May 7, 2025, several state attorneys general filed two lawsuits challenging the president’s authority under the act. The suits represent challenges by blue states to the US administration’s exercise of authority that, in the view of the state attorneys general, harms citizens in their states.
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abcnews.go.com Top stories ·
Iran vows to keep enriching uranium despite US demand for halt in new deal talks
Iran’s top diplomat is insisting that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, further underlining the Islamic Republic’s red line in negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Judge orders Trump admin to ‘maintain custody’ of migrants deported to war-torn South Sudan
Lawyers for the immigrants, who aren’t from South Sudan, contend the deportations violate a court order after a previous attempt to send some people to Libya.
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bbc.com Top stories ·
UK inflation rate rises to highest in more than a year
Prices have risen faster than expected - raising questions about how many interest rate cuts there will be this year
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npr.org Top stories ·
Bond market nightmares : The Indicator from Planet Money
In early April, the bond market gave people a scare. Investors began selling off their historically secure U.S. Treasuries in large quantities. It reportedly encouraged President Trump to pause his flurry of liberation day tariffs. These jitters offered a glimpse into what could go wrong for U.S. Treasuries if economic uncertainty gets worse. On today's show, we take a peek at some nightmare scenarios for the bond market.Related episodes:Who's advising Trump on trade (Apple / Spotify)IRS information sharing, bonds bust, and a chorebot future (Apple / Spotify)Bond vigilantes. Who they are, what they want, and how you'll know they're coming (Apple / Spotify)Is the reign of the dollar over? (Apple / Spotify)For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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espn.com Top stories ·
Fever fail to handle Dream's 'physicality' in loss
The Dream got 21 points from Brittney Griner to hold off the Fever 91-90 on Tuesday night.
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nytimes.com Top stories ·
McCormick Place in Chicago Is Helping to Reduce Bird Deaths
Chicago is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States for migrating birds, and a glassy lakefront conference center was especially lethal.
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EU Approves New Sanctions on Russia in Push for Ukraine Cease-fire
The European Union has now targeted Moscow’s fleet of covert oil tankers and plans more restrictions, as the Trump administration’s approach to the war shifts.
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npr.org Top stories ·
12,000 chicks found abandoned in postal truck raise concerns about animal shipping
A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for 8,000 surviving chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days. Another 4,000 of the animals died.
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Everest: British soldiers make history with new method
The former special forces troops used xenon gas to acclimatise to climbing at high altitudes more quickly.
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cbsnews.com Top stories ·
Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75
Rep. Gerry Connolly announced last month that his cancer had returned.
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ign.com Tech ·
The Newest Apple iPad Drops Back to Its Lowest Price Ever Ahead of Memorial Day - IGN
The tablet deals have returned.
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China says Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense plan increases risk of "space becoming a battlefield"
Trump's plans to build a "Golden Dome" U.S. missile defense system undermine "global strategic balance and stability," and should be abandoned, China says.
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theguardian.com Top stories ·
Former Ukrainian politician shot dead outside Madrid school
Andriy Portnov, ex-aide to pro-Russian former president, was dropping off children when he was targeted by gunmen
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House G.O.P. Races to Revamp Major Policy Bill, Grasping for Votes to Pass It
A key committee met after midnight on Wednesday and worked through dawn as Republican leaders finalized changes aimed at winning over holdouts in hopes of bringing the bill to the floor in short order.
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engadget.com Tech ·
Google is bringing Gemini to Chrome so it can answer questions about your open tabs
Google's Chrome browser is the latest major product from the company to get its own built-in Gemini features.
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cbssports.com Top stories ·
Five college players with a shot to make historic first US flag football team at 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
Flag football is set to make its debut at the 2028 Olympics, and pros will take part
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U.S.D.A. Approves Soda Ban for Food Stamps in Nebraska
The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, starting next year.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Trump to meet leader of ‘out of control’ South Africa at White House
Trump set to meet South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as U.S.-South Africa ties face scrutiny over foreign policy, economic stagnation and controversial land expropriation issues.
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prospect.org Top stories ·
House Republicans Unite Around Sweeping Medicaid Cuts
The health care section of the GOP mega-bill has advanced to the House floor, bringing millions of Americans one step closer to losing their health insurance.
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What's in Trump's 'big' tax and immigration bill House Republicans are struggling to pass
Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling for support ahead of a Wednesday vote.
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wtop.com Top stories ·
House GOP grinding ahead with Trump’s big tax cuts bill, but new report says it will add to deficit - WTOP News
House Republicans are pushing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package as soon as Wednesday, grinding out last-minute deal-making to shore up wavering GOP support and deliver on President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority.
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techcrunch.com Tech ·
Apple will hold WWDC from June 9 to June 13 | TechCrunch
Apple sent invites for its developer-focused event, Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which will be held from June 9 to June 13 with an "On the
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Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood
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ithacavoice.org Top stories ·
Congress finally released its plan to slash Medicaid and food aid. What’s next for New York? - The Ithaca Voice
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. ALBANY, N.Y. — For months, Congressional Republicans have dodged […]
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bostonglobe.com Top stories ·
Congress’s budget aims to target Medicaid fraud. In Massachusetts, the reality is more complicated. - The Boston Globe
While health care experts in Massachusetts say Medicaid fraud does exist, they add that doing more to identify such waste is unlikely to achieve big savings.
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zdnet.com Tech ·
Everything Google unveiled at I/O 2025: Gemini, AI Search, smart glasses, more
Here's the rundown of every major announcement at the annual developer conference yesterday.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Venezuelan man, 24, posed as a teen and attended Ohio high school for more than year, officials say
He was arrested on felony forgery charges. School officials in Perrysburg said the circumstances surrounding the case were "highly unusual and deceptive."
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Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis
What we know about the former president’s illness.
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Chip Roy, Demanding More Spending Cuts, Reprises Role as Ringleader of G.O.P. Rebels
The Texas Republican is leading the conservative revolt against what his party calls its “big, beautiful bill.” Whether he will dig in or relent could determine the measure’s fate.
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Doctor details Gaza famine: 'We're not asking for miracles. We're asking for food'
A senior Palestinian pediatric doctor described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as "unbelievable," witnessing children dying from hunger and preventable injuries.
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Former Ukrainian presidential aide reportedly shot dead in Madrid – Europe live
Former politician Andriy Portnov advised the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych and had fled Ukraine in 2014
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'True evil exists': Tennessee man killed estranged wife, her 2 teenage sons
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Trump Squeezes His Party on Domestic Policy Bill as G.O.P. Hunts for Votes
The president visited the weekly meeting of House Republicans to make the case for the legislation and pressure members of his party to fall into line. Later, negotiations with key holdouts appeared to be bearing fruit.
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theatlantic.com Top stories ·
Trump’s Plan to Cap Drug Prices Doesn’t Exist
Instead, he seems content blaming foreign countries and hoping for the best.
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npr.org Top stories ·
These 7 executive actions show how Trump wants to reshape American history
President Trump wants to reframe how the country's stories are told. But historians are pushing back, saying the administration's actions amount to an attack on core institutions — and on history itself.
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breakingdefense.com Top stories ·
Trump: Golden Dome to cost $175 billion, will be led by Space Force's Guetlein - Breaking Defense
President Donald Trump said the project to develop a missile defense shield should be "fully operational" before the end of his term, and claimed Canada has asked to join the project.
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Elon Musk plans to cut back political spending
Asked if he had any regrets about his political activities, Musk said: "I did what needed to be done."
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msnbc.com Top stories ·
Opinion | Project 47 blurb
When the public is focused on Trump's extreme agenda, it disapproves of his presidency.
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espn.com Top stories ·
Man charged with buying beer for fan in PNC fall
Ethan Kirkwood, 21, was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of furnishing alcohol to Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who was critically injured in a fall at a Pirates game last month.
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Trump Unveils Plans for ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense System
The project has been a priority for President Trump since he took office, having promised during the campaign to build a defense system against foreign threats similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.
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gizmodo.com Top stories ·
Billionaire Man-Child Elon Musk Gives His Most Petulant Interview to Date
Is it good when a defense contractor talks about the "cleansing function" of war?
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‘A rabbit hole of paranoia’: what an IVF clinic bombing tells us about young men and online extremism
After an attack in Palm Springs, experts say the internet is only helping lone wolves find dangerous fringe theories
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ndtv.com Top stories ·
Nancy Mace Shares Nude Image At House Hearing, Accuses Ex-Fiance Of Sexual Abuse
The incident unfolded during a House Oversight Committee session where Mace was advocating for stronger laws against video voyeurism.
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Google Flow is a new AI video generator meant for filmmakers - how to try it today
Built upon Veo, Imagen, and Gemini, Flow allows Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers to easily generate and edit videos.
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Nvidia’s Chief Says U.S. Chip Controls on China Have Backfired
Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s top executive, said the attempt to cut off the flow of advanced A.I. chips spurred Chinese companies to “accelerate their development.”