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Trump announces he’s selected final ‘Golden Dome’ space missile defenses that would cost billions

By TARA COPP
May 20, 2025 11:10 am - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program— a multilayered $175 billion system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space.
Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD
May 20, 2025 11:08 am - Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
Trump on Capitol Hill implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts bill

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
May 20, 2025 10:49 am - President Donald Trump has implored House Republicans on Capitol Hill to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill. He spoke privately for at least an hour trying to unite House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week. Trump was upbeat afterward, saying there was "unity."
Elon Musk says he’s committed to still be Tesla's CEO in 5 years’ time

By JON GAMBRELL
May 20, 2025 10:46 am - Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he’s committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years’ time as the automaker faced intense consumer and stock-price pressure over his work with U.S. President Donald Trump's government.
Slow progress and no major breakthroughs dampen hopes for Russia-Ukraine peace deal

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and YEHOR KONOVALOV
May 20, 2025 7:29 am - U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than three-year war, though frustration at the slow pace of negotiations and the absence of any significant breakthrough kept hopes low.
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow

May 19, 2025 11:52 am - The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.
Trump’s massive import taxes haven't done much economic damage — yet

By PAUL WISEMAN, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
May 19, 2025 11:24 am - For months, American consumers and businesses have been hearing that President Donald Trump’s massive import taxes — tariffs — would drive up prices and hurt the U.S. economy. But the latest economic reports don’t match the doom and gloom: Inflation actually eased last month, and hiring was solid in April.
Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will begin immediately following call with Putin

By JOSH BOAK
May 19, 2025 8:51 am - President Donald Trump is hoping separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.
Thousands line Ogden Avenue to protest Trump administration

By Cathy Janek
May 19, 2025 8:10 am - Thousands of people stood along stretches of Ogden Avenue on Sunday to protest the Trump administration as part of the Hands Across Chicagoland demonstration.
Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions

By Perry Stein
May 17, 2025 7:44 pm - Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, ...

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