Why US banks are edging closer to crypto Wall Street giants are cautiously considering entering the cryptocurrency market – but only if regulators give more green lights The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
Most South African farmers are black: why Trump got it so wrong When world leaders engage, the assumption is always that they engage on issues based on verified facts, which their administrative staff are supposed to prepare. Under this assumption, we thought the meeting at the White House on 21 May between South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and US president Donald Trump… The Conversation · May 28, 2025
Will Donald Trump defy the US supreme court? With the court slated to issue a flood of rulings by early July, the justices have an important choice: to bend to Trump or to grow a real backbone The Guardian - US · May 28, 2025
Former Russian president issues World War III warning to Trump after Putin comment IN FULL The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
Todd Chrisley’s daughter Savannah reacts to Trump pardoning her parents of fraud convictions Todd and Julie Chrisley have been appealing their case since being sentenced in November 2022 The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
Voices: The UK should be taking the lead on international aid – not abandoning women and girls around the world COMMENT: With aid budgets slashed and progress on gender equality under threat, the UK needs to continue support for sexual and reproductive rights, writes International Development Committee chair Sarah Champion The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
Marine restrains ‘unruly man’ who tried to open door mid-flight: ‘I just knew he was up to something crazy’ Jody Armentrout, 50, noticed a man acting strangely on Saturday’s All Nippon Airways flight and helped restrain the passenger after he became “unruly.” The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
Trump pardons reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley Couple was found guilty in 2022 of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30m and tax evasion The Guardian - US · May 28, 2025
White House asks supreme court to block challenges to deportations to South Sudan Federal judge had found Trump administration violated order by sending people from other countries to African nation The Guardian - US · May 28, 2025
Trump's War on Law Firms Fails Plus: Punk rock comptroller, dunking on Pete Hegseth, France embraces Canadian health care, and more... Reason · May 28, 2025
Russia and America in 'WW3' row as Putin defies Trump and masses 50,000 troops on border with Ukraine The US president has accused the Russian leader of ‘playing with fire’ after days of heavy air attacks on Ukrainian cities Evening Standard · May 28, 2025
Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem demand ICE agents increase arrests to 3,000 per day: report The figure is approximately triple the number of daily arrests that ICE agents were making at the beginning of the Trump administration The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
Trump's stolen pomp and circumstance The celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Army happens to fall on Trump's 79th birthday Salon · May 28, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control and tears apart Onboard fuel leaks caused the unmanned vessel to spin uncontrollably as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere Evening Standard · May 28, 2025
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025 World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says ‘answers have to come from the economy’ as climate policies trigger populist-fuelled backlash
The Guardian - US · May 28, 2025 Turmoil, resignations and ‘psychological warfare’: how Trump is crippling US national parks As the administration slashes jobs and hobbles research, current and former workers say the mood inside US national parks – described as America’s ‘best idea’ – is bleak
The Independent UK · May 28, 2025 Trump Media plans $2.5 billion bitcoin reserve Trump Media CEO describes crypto as ‘an apex instrument of financial freedom’
The Independent UK · May 28, 2025 The Australian port at the centre of a tug-of-war between Beijing and Canberra Tussle over strategic Darwin port deepens as American company linked to Trump shows interest in taking lease from Chinese firm
The Conversation · May 28, 2025 The hidden power of cultural exchanges in countering propaganda and fostering international goodwill At a time when China is believed to spend about US$8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut by 93% the part of the State Department that does the same thing for the United States.
The Conversation · May 28, 2025 Trump wants to cut funding to sanctuary cities and towns – but they don’t actually violate federal law San Francisco, Chicago and New York are among the major cities – as well as more than 200 small towns and counties and a dozen states – that over the past 40 years have adopted what is often known as sanctuary policies.
The Conversation · May 28, 2025 Anti-trans measures don’t just target transgender men and women – a sociologist explains how ‘male’ or ‘female’ categories miss the mark for nonbinary Americans Since his inauguration in January 2025, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders that seek to limit federal recognition of transgender people. These orders have attempted to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports, require identity documents to label people as biologically male or female, bar federal funding for gender-affirming…
Fortune · May 28, 2025 Markets take a pause as investors stop 'TACO' trade after one day bounce The cycle of depression and joy investors seem to experience each time Trump announces and then removes a tariff threat may be losing its intensity.
The Conversation · May 28, 2025 Trump surrounds himself with sycophants. It’s a terrible way to run a business – and a country Since the start of his second term in office, US president Donald Trump has cultivated a political atmosphere that discourages freedom of thought. He also actively villainises and punishes any dissenting opinion. Worryingly, this atmosphere looks like it is spreading across other democracies.
The Independent UK · May 28, 2025 After a 15-year battle, Harvard agrees in settlement to relinquish early photos of slaves Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people
Reason · May 28, 2025 President Trump Made History Last Week on the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket The Supreme Court very strongly hinted that it will overrule, or greatly narrow, Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935).