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GOP and Dems agree: "Big, beautiful bill" key to 2026 midterms

This is Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson
May 23, 2025 - Business

Trump backs Nippon Steel "partnership" with U.S. Steel

An aging factory with a smokestack
Updated May 23, 2025 - Business

Trump expands Apple tariff threat to include Samsung, other phone makers

Donald Trump and Tim Cook on a 2019 factory visit.

Ivy League squeeze: How the Trump administration has hammered Harvard

A red Harvard flag with a gold "H" blows in the wind on the university's campus.
Updated May 23, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Harvard wins temporary relief from Trump's bid to ban foreign students

A Harvard building and tree
May 23, 2025 - World

U.S.-Iran nuclear talks show "some progress," no breakthrough in 5th round

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May 23, 2025 - Economy

Trump trade threats bring volatility back to markets

President Trump holds a list of reciprocal tariffs to be imposed on other nations.

Trump threatens "straight 50%" tariff on European Union

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May 23, 2025 - Business

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac surge on Trump post

May 23, 2025 - Economy

Child tax benefit increase leaves out millions of kids, analysis says

Illustration of kids sitting on a the scales of justice like swings.

"Like a pendulum": How America's racial reckoning unraveled

Photo illustration of George Floyd and President Donald Trump reflected on a swinging clock pendulum.

How Trump saved his big bill by killing a Venezuela oil deal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and President Trump are shown separated by someone in the foreground.

Google's new AI video tool floods internet with real-looking clips

An AI-generated sailor on a boat with a pipe on a giant screen that says "Generated with Veo 3."
May 23, 2025 - Technology

Anthropic's new AI model shows ability to deceive and blackmail

Illustration of the Claude AI logo reflected on a pair of safety goggles.

Trump admin finds Columbia violated Jewish students' civil rights

Low Memorial Library and Quad, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA.

DNC to vote on whether to redo election of David Hogg as vice chair

Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL, Thursday, August 22, 2024.
May 22, 2025 - World

Kim Jong-un calls failed North Korean warship launch a "criminal act"

People watch a 24-hour Yonhap News TV broadcast on a large screen at Seoul Railway Station, showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a joint striking drill involving long-range artillery and missile systems of the Korean People's Army eastern front division, at an undisclosed location in
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