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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Education Department

By COLLIN BINKLEY
May 22, 2025 10:30 am - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.
North Korea’s second naval destroyer is damaged in a failed launch attended by Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
May 22, 2025 7:49 am - North Korea's second naval destroyer was damaged in a failed launch this week, state media reported Thursday, sparking fury from leader Kim Jong Un, who wants bigger warships to deal with what he calls escalating U.S.-led threats against his country.
House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH ASKARINAM
May 22, 2025 6:12 am - House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval Thursday.
Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over Musk’s cost-cutting team

By GARY FIELDS
May 21, 2025 9:53 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters Wednesday, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon M...
DOGE asks U.S. Supreme Court to block access to its records

By Zoe Tillman
May 21, 2025 7:14 pm - The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order that would force it to answer questions from a watchdog group and turn over documents about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in a fight over public access to the office’s records.
Justice Dept. abandons police reform deals with Minneapolis, Louisville

By Mark Berman and Perry Stein
May 21, 2025 4:32 pm - The Justice Department moved Wednesday to drop police-accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville, abandoning the Biden administration’s attempt to reshape ...
Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

By GERALD IMRAY and AAMER MADHANI
May 21, 2025 2:12 pm - President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump's baseless claim of the systematic killing of white farmers.
Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
May 21, 2025 1:04 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
After meeting at the White House Speaker Johnson vows to push ahead on Trump’s tax bill

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
May 21, 2025 9:37 am - Defying opposition within his ranks, House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted late Wednesday that Republicans would march ahead on their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package after a lengthy White House meeting with GOP holdouts refusing to back the bill.
Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say

By SARAH EL DEEB
May 21, 2025 8:51 am - Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities, hospital staff and aid groups said this week, as Israel pursued its renewed offensive into the devastated Palestinian territory.

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