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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.
82 are killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as desperately needed aid fails to reach Palestinians

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN
May 21, 2025 8:48 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Israeli strikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip Wednesday, despite a surge in international anger at Israel's widening offensive. The attacks kill...
‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn’t follow court order on deportations

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
May 21, 2025 8:28 am - The White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday, hours after the Trump administration said it had expelled eight immigrants convicted of violent crimesbut refused to reveal where they would end up.
The Senate passed Trump’s No Tax on Tips Act. Here’s what it could mean.

Annabelle Timsit
May 21, 2025 8:24 am - The Senate unexpectedly passed the No Tax on Tips Act in a unanimous vote Tuesday, giving weight to the prospect of eliminating federal income tax for cash tips, which pi...
Trump’s Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him ‘remove people from this country’

By MEG KINNARD
May 20, 2025 8:11 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the...
Rubio defends Trump foreign policy as Democratic senators ask pointed questions

By MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
May 20, 2025 2:14 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators sparred Tuesday over the Trump administration’s foreign policies, ranging from Ukraine and Russia to the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget and refugee admissions.
Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG
May 20, 2025 1:27 pm - Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid.
Prosecutors charge McIver with pushing and grabbing agents while trying to stop mayor's arrest

By MIKE CATALINI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
May 20, 2025 11:12 am - Federal prosecutors alleged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility, according to charges in court papers unsealed on Tuesday.

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