Press review · Friday, 23 May 2025
23 May 2025
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businessinsider.com Top stories ·
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun says he received a $100k Trump-branded watch at the president's meme coin dinner
"I really appreciate everything the Trump administration has done to our industry," Sun said in a video.
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msnbc.com Top stories ·
Judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling the Education Department
There’s no evidence the government’s actions are making the department more efficient, a federal judge wrote.
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gov.ca.gov Top stories ·
‘Make America Smoggy Again:’ Governor Newsom responds to illegal Senate vote aiming to undo state’s clean air policies | Governor of California
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bbc.com Top stories ·
Verdict in Kim Kardashian heist trial expected in Paris
Prosecutors are seeking the toughest jail terms of 10 years for the four men accused of carrying out the robbery.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
House passes tax bill that would ban Medicaid from covering transition-related care
The bill would also prohibit marketplace plans available under the Affordable Care Act from covering transgender care as an essential health benefit.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
White House: Dems have 'never been more radical, out of touch' after voting against 'big, beautiful bill'
The White House said Democrats have "never been more radical and out of touch with the needs of the American people" after voting against President Donald Trump's legislation.
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theguardian.com Top stories ·
Fear on campus: Harvard’s international students in ‘mass panic’ over Trump move
Students at the oldest US university are feeling shocked and frightened by an attempt by the Trump administration to ban foreign scholars
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Satellite images show the catastrophic damage to North Korea's new destroyer that's lying on its side
After a bungled launch, the vessel appears to be stuck and lying on its side in the water. North Korea said it was a 5,000-ton destroyer.
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fortune.com Top stories ·
U.S. economy is experiencing 'death by a thousand cuts', says Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says Moody's recent debt downgrade continues a drip of bad fiscal news for the American economic outlook.
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theverge.com Top stories ·
OpenAI and Jony Ive’s AI super-gadget
On The Vergecast: io… and I/O.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Dems call budget bill ‘bureaucratic water torture’ as GOP ‘glad to have the ball in our court’
Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts
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npr.org Top stories ·
Fired Copyright Office head sues Trump administration over removal
Shira Perlmutter's termination came shortly after the Copyright Office published a long-anticipated report on artificial intelligence.
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nbcsandiego.com Top stories ·
Investigators search for answers in rubble of deadly jet crash in San Diego
A federal investigation continued Friday after a private jet smashed into a San Diego neighborhood, damaging several homes and injuring 8 people on the ground while killing multiple people on board.
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cnbc.com Top stories ·
Trump signs orders to overhaul Nuclear Regulatory Commission, speed reactor deployment
The NRC overhaul could result in staff reductions at a time when the agency has a heavy workload.
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pbs.org Top stories ·
Supreme Court 4-4 vote ends Oklahoma's taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school
The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. But it leaves the issue unresolved nationally.
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abc7.com Top stories ·
Witnesses recount seeing fire, debris outside their homes after deadly San Diego plane crash
San Diego residents who were awakened by an incredible explosion and fire everywhere following a deadly plane crash are speaking out.
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Senzo Mchunu: South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims
Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.
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nytimes.com Top stories ·
Under Trump, the Small Business Administration Clamps Down
At the Small Business Administration, deep staffing cuts and stricter loan terms are making it harder for entrepreneurs to get access to capital, contracts and technical assistance.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Trump signs executive orders bolstering nuclear industry, domestic uranium mining
President Donald Trump is set to enforce "gold standard science" in federal research, reform nuclear reactor testing and boost uranium mining to reduce foreign reliance.
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npr.org Top stories ·
9 things to know about the big, private-school voucher plan in Republicans' tax bill
NPR asked researchers, advocates, tax experts, a parent and a public school leader for their thoughts on this first-of-its-kind national voucher plan. Here's what they said.
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techcrunch.com Top stories ·
Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive's OpenAI deal | TechCrunch
Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Investors were happy about the hefty returns they got from the sale of io to OpenAI.
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Twelve injured in knife attack at Hamburg railway station
A suspect has been arrested and a major operation is under way, German police say.
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Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation
Arrest warrants issued for ringleaders after investigation by police in Europe and North America
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npr.org Top stories ·
Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion
Ukraine and Russia have begun the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, the largest such swap since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Trump Live Updates: Apple and EU Tariffs, Harvard Lawsuit and More
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wired.com Top stories ·
A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner
On Thursday evening, US president Donald Trump attended a private banquet with two hundred of the largest investors in his personal crypto coin. Here's what happened.
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Republican Lawmakers and Agriculture Groups Question MAHA Report
The G.O.P. chairmen of the House and Senate agriculture committees said they were “troubled” by the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s findings and urged it to use sounder science.
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House Republicans narrowly passed Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill. Here's what's in it
Republicans are trying to make permanent the individual income and estate tax cuts passed in Trump's first term plus enact promises he made in the 2024 campaign to not tax tips, overtime and interest on some auto loans.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
US and Iran clash over uranium enrichment as nuclear talks resume in Rome
U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks in Rome amid publicized demands. Khamenei criticizes U.S. stance on uranium enrichment, complicating potential deal.
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With death of Jim Irsay, Colts lost a lifer and Indianapolis lost an icon
From late-night phone calls to his sometimes stunning honesty in front of cameras and microphones, the Irsay Experience was an adventure.
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Why Making an iPhone in the U.S. Would Be So Difficult
Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.
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govexec.com Top stories ·
Most major agencies are now indefinitely barred from issuing mass layoffs
The Trump administration's plans to reorganize agencies are "likely unconstitutional," judge says.
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npr.org Top stories ·
Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood
Six people, including music talent agent Dave Shapiro, were on board a private jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Trump admin alleges Columbia violated civil rights law with 'deliberate indifference' to campus protests
Columbia University violated federal civil rights law through its "deliberate indifference" toward the anti-Israel protests that have taken place on campus since Oct. 7, 2023.
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Taylor Swift summons withdrawn from Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively case
The pop star's team complained that the legal order was an "unwarranted fishing expedition".
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Georgia O'Connor, U.K. boxer, dies at 25 after saying doctors 'gaslit' her on cancer concerns for months
O'Connor announced her cancer diagnosis in January, saying, "Not one doctor took me seriously."
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Iran-US nuclear talks end with no agreement but ‘possibility of progress’
There were fears latest meeting could collapse but both sides appear willing for more talks on uranium enrichment
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
By Dawn's Early Light: Battles Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' will face in the Senate
As President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' passes in the House, it is sent to the Senate where Senate Republicans and Democrats each try to rally their own sides to either support or reject the bill.
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Billy Joel Announces Brain Disorder and Cancels All Concerts
Joel said he had normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led to “problems with hearing, vision and balance.”
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gao.gov Top stories ·
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration—Application of the Impoundment Control Act to Memorandum Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program is a formula grant program authorized by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and...
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Judge bars Education Department from carrying out mass layoffs
Education is unable to carry out its statutory responsibilities and the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before dismantling the department, judge rules.
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3 Unsettled Questions in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial
The major outlines of the prosecution of the music mogul Sean Combs have taken shape in a Manhattan courtroom. But several issues at the core of the case remain unanswered.
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bostonglobe.com Top stories ·
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring international student enrollment at Harvard. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
The temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Alex Soros blasted for condemning shooting of Israelis while funding anti-Israel groups
Alex Soros is being slammed online for his statement condemning the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers despite funding anti-Israel groups through his Open Society Foundation (OSF).
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cnbc.com Top stories ·
CNBC Daily Open: U.S. Treasury yields might continue rising if Trump's tax bill becomes law
Further into the future, the bill will likely saddle America with a higher fiscal deficit, as tax cuts are coupled with increased spending on defense.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Kim Jong Un watches as North Korea's newest warship falls off dry dock
In a rare public admission of failure, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described the accident involving the 5,000-ton destroyer as a “criminal act.”
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harvard.edu Top stories ·
Supporting Our International Students and Scholars
We have just filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars. We have just filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars.
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usatoday.com Top stories ·
Walmart responds to Trump's directive to 'eat the tariffs'
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It's not just US bonds. Governments around the world are facing spiraling debt costs.
Bond investors aren't just worried about the US. Bond yields are climbing in the UK, Germany, and Japan on concerns over fiscal outlooks.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Harvard sues the Trump administration over move to block foreign student enrollment
On Thursday, the federal government said it would block Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students.