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What’s in Trump and Republicans’ giant tax and immigration bill?

By Jacob Bogage
May 23, 2025 10:05 pm - New tax cuts. Massive spending on border security. Cuts to social safety net programs. Pullbacks on investments to fight climate change. New limits on student loans. If i...
Chief Justice agrees to pause court orders requiring DOGE to turn over records about its operation

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
May 23, 2025 9:46 pm - WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Friday to temporarily pause orders that would require Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency to publicly disclose...
White House slashing staff in major overhaul of National Security Council, officials say

By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM
May 23, 2025 9:44 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is ordering a major overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size, lead to the ouster of some political appointe...
FEMA faces backlog of emergency aid requests as hurricane season nears

By Daniel Wu
May 23, 2025 8:10 pm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency faces a backlog of unprocessed emergency aid requests as hurricane season approaches — a sign of how the White House’s insistence ...
Trump administration says Columbia violated civil rights of Jewish students

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
May 23, 2025 8:08 pm - NEW YORK — The Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward what ...
Here’s what’s inside Trump’s big tax bill

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
May 23, 2025 10:52 am - House Republicans early Thursday took a major step forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda, approving a legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding and other priorities.
Trump’s latest tariff threats knock Wall Street, European stocks and Apple lower

STAN CHOE
May 23, 2025 8:28 am - U.S. stocks fell after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the European Union that could begin in a little more than a week. The S&P 500 lost 0.7% Friday and had its worst week in the last seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1%.
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in first phase of a major exchange

By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA
May 23, 2025 8:17 am - Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the 3-year-old war.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration decision to bar foreign student enrollment at Harvard

By COLLIN BINKLEY
May 23, 2025 8:13 am - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands.
Iran and US hold a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issue

By JON GAMBRELL and GIADA ZAMPANO
May 23, 2025 7:08 am - Iran and the United States began a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program Friday in Rome, with enrichment emerging as the key issue.

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