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Trump defends move to block international students from attending Harvard – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump is defending his executive order preventing Harvard from enrolling international students. The order is currently on hold after being temporarily blocked by a judge. Willie James Inman has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

A former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder escaped from the prison where he was serving a 30-year sentence on Sunday, correction officials said.Grant Hardin had been at North Central Unit, a prison located in Calico Rock, Arkansas, since 2017. He escaped around 3:40 p.m., the Arkansas Department of Corrections said in a social media post.”Anyone with information about inmate Hardin’s whereabouts should contact local law enforcement immediately,” the post read.According to CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, the Stone County Sheriff’s Office said Hardin was seen leaving the prison in an Arkansas Department of Corrections uniform. Photos of Grant…

President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, who had told Mr. Trump that she “wants to get down to serious negotiations,” according to the president’s retelling.”I told anybody that, they have to do that,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Sunday in Morristown, New Jersey, as he prepared to return to Washington. Von der Leyen, Mr.…

May 22, 2025 Why are 16 Democrats abetting this great sting? Ad Policy The $Trump memecoing with Bitcoin and other crypto coins.(Sipa / AP Images) Thursday night, as part of his brazen violation of the Constitution and laws that he swore to defend, President Donald Trump is hosting an “intimate dinner” for the 220 largest purchasers of $TRUMP, the memecoin he launched days before taking office. In addition to lining Trump’s pockets, attendees will have much to celebrate. Earlier this week, the Senate—aided and abetted by 16 Democrats—passed the GENIUS Act, a cryptocurrency regulatory act, designed and essentially paid for…

Face the Nation: Cindy McCain, Jack McCain, For Country Caucus – CBS News Watch CBS News Missed the second half of the show? World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain, Navy veteran Jack McCain and House For Country Caucus members Reps. Seth Moulton, Zach Nunn and Don Davis join. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who shepherded President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” through Congress, said Sunday that the Medicaid work requirements — which could affect his home state of Louisiana — have a “moral component” to them because people on Medicaid who “refuse” to work are “defrauding the system.” “If you are able to work and you refuse to do so, you are defrauding the system,” Johnson said Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “You’re cheating the system. And no one in the country believes that that’s right. So there’s a moral component to what we’re doing. And when…

Charlie Kushner, the newly confirmed US ambassador to France, is a vindictive, felonious, and score-settling real estate mogul, not unlike a certain US president. Ad Policy Charles Kushner looks on at a White House meeting of US ambasadors(Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images) The first time I met Charlie Kushner was at the Kushner Company offices at 666 Fifth Avenue, the New York City skyscraper the company bought in 2007 for $1.8 billion, making it the largest commercial real estate deal in history. I had just been hired by Charlie’s son Jared to be the editor in chief of…

5/25: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as Americans prepare for Memorial Day, Margaret Brennan speaks to some veterans serving in Congress about the value of public service and honoring those who’ve protected us. Plus, House Speaker Mike Johnson talks about the House’s passage of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The new Syrian government has agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, the U.S. special envoy to Syria said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties between the two countries.Thomas Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey who was also appointed as special envoy for Syria, described in a post on X that it was a “power step forward” between the two nations.”The families of Austin Tice, Majd Kamalmaz, and Kayla Mueller must have closure,” he added, referring to American citizens who had gone missing or been killed in…

Politics / StudentNation / May 23, 2025 The administration’s funding cuts would force unaccompanied migrant children, from infants to toddlers to teenagers, to navigate complex and punishing legal procedures entirely alone. Ad Policy Alexa Sendukas, managing attorney at GHIRP, preparing a 7-year-old client for his asylum interview.(GHIRP) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more Student Nation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and you…