Mahmoud Khalil finally allowed to hold one-month-old son for the first time Detained Palestinian activist granted contact by judge who blocked Trump administration’s efforts to separate family The Guardian - US · May 23, 2025
Klarna Posts Big Gains—But Mounting Consumer Debt and a Paused IPO Raise Red Flags Klarna also stated that customer credit losses have skyrocketed to $136 million (£101.27 million), equivalent to a 17% year-on-year increase. International Business Times UK · May 23, 2025
Did George Floyd Protesters Miss Their Moment For Change? Outrage over George Floyd's killing by police catapulted Black Lives Matter into one of the largest protest movements in US history, with angry crowds chanting the slogan at rallies from Los Angeles to Washington. International Business Times · May 23, 2025
How should central banks respond to US tariffs? The RBA provides some clues With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the United States has signalled a return to aggressive tariff policies, upending economic forecasts around the world. The Conversation · May 23, 2025
Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2025
Trump news at a glance: administration escalates Harvard feud; supreme court blocks religious school Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem accuses Harvard of ‘fostering violence’ on its campus. Key US politics stories from Thursday 22 May 2025 The Guardian - US · May 23, 2025
Amazon tribe sues New York Times over ‘porn addicts’ claim Indigenous Brazilian Amazon tribe sues NYT over newspaper's reporting on community's introduction to internet The Independent UK · May 23, 2025
Trump's Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the Ivy League school ineligible for international student visas The Independent UK · May 23, 2025
Why Donald Trump has put Asia on the precipice of a nuclear arms race For the past 75 years, America’s nuclear umbrella has been the keystone that has kept East Asia’s great‑power rivalries from turning atomic. The Conversation · May 23, 2025
Trump administration seeks to end basic rights and protections for child immigrants in its custody Flores Settlement Agreement limits how long children can be detained and requires they be provided with food, water and clean clothes The Guardian - US · May 23, 2025
Trump Touts ‘No Tax on Overtime.’ But He Just Made It Harder for Millions to Earn Overtime. Department of Labor “walked away from” rule that expanded overtime to 4 million workers, says former agency head. Capital & Main · May 23, 2025
Deaf President Now! traces the powerful uprising that led to Deaf rights in the US – now again under threat In March 1988, students of the world’s only Deaf university started a revolution that made national news. Now, the first film to document this historic uprising is screening on Apple TV+. The Conversation · May 23, 2025
At least 107 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza as aid continues to trickle in Palestinians say one of the two remaining hospitals in northern Gaza was struck on Thursday, causing extensive damage. Meanwhile, the UN says 90 aid trucks have been distributed, but says much more aid is needed to satisfy the needs of Gazans. Euronews · May 23, 2025
‘I’m one of the great Googlers on the East Coast’: New head of Social Security had to look up his job when offered ‘I’m, like, what the heck's the commissioner of Social Security?’ said the new commissioner of Social Security. He had to turn to Goggle to find out, said Frank Bisignano The Independent UK · May 23, 2025
The Conversation · May 22, 2025 Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed nationwide missile defense system President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space.
Evening Standard · May 22, 2025 Consumer confidence improves in May GfK’s survey was taken before Wednesday’s figures showed Consumer Prices Index inflation has jumped to its highest level since January 2024.
Latin Times · May 22, 2025 Trump Boosts Autism Conspiracies After Insisting Rise of Disorder Must Be 'Artificially Induced': 'Has to Be Something on the Outside' Trump stated that a rise in autism rates "has to be" caused by artificial or external factors while speaking to the White House MAHA commission on Thursday.
Fortune · May 22, 2025 Supreme Court gives Trump unprecedented power to fire regulators—except Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell President Trump has won a legal fight over his power to dismiss the heads of certain regulatory heads, but the Federal Reserve Board remains off limits for now.
Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025 Suspect charged with murder in shooting of two Israeli embassy workers Elias Rodriguez faces charges of first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials and causing death with a firearm.
We Got This Covered · May 22, 2025 She needs ‘voting rights removed’: MAGA thinks woman charged with spitting in former Trump official’s face should no longer be able to vote MAGA needs a "safe space" over the spitting incident.
The Independent UK · May 22, 2025 Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail A Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said he was terrified during his time in immigration jail
International Business Times · May 22, 2025 Alleged US Killer Of Israel Embassy Staff Charged With Murder The suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington was charged Thursday with murder, as international tensions over anti-Semitism erupted over the attack.
Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025 Timeline: Trump’s escalating standoff with Harvard University Move to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students latest action against university in months-long pressure campaign.
The Guardian - US · May 22, 2025 FDA advisers recommend Covid vaccine updates to target new strains Committee says newest vaccines should be updated and formalizes rules that limit vaccine access for Americans
The Independent UK · May 22, 2025 Anthony Scaramucci claims Elon Musk thinks ‘Trump is an idiot’ Anthony Scaramucci, who spent 11 days as Trump’s White House communications director in 2017 before he was fired, made the claims at the U.K.’s Hay Festival