May 29 Trump meets with Jerome Powell, the Fed chairman he has repeatedly scorned By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press President Trump met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the two discussed the economy but not Powell’s outlook for interest rates, the Fed said. Continue reading
May 29 Court blocks Trump from imposing tariffs under emergency powers law By Lindsay Whitehurst, Josh Boak, Associated Press A federal court is blocking President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. Continue reading
May 29 CEO pay jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as profits and stock prices soared By Mae Anderson, Paul Harloff, Associated Press The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 9:34 Why the U.S. is pausing all student visa interviews By Amna Nawaz, Sonia Kopelev, Ryan Connelly Holmes The U.S. is pausing new student and exchange visitor visa interviews while it looks to expand screening of applicants' social media posts, according to a State Department cable obtained by the News Hour. It's part of a crackdown on immigration… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 7:20 Why public health groups are concerned about changes to COVID vaccine recommendations By Ali Rogin, Azhar Merchant Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the CDC would drop the COVID vaccines from its list of recommended shots for pregnant women and children. That decision and other recent changes under Kennedy are leading… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 8:57 Site of America’s worst nuclear accident gets new chance to become energy hub By William Brangham, Sam Weber After World War II, nuclear power was heralded as the future of energy. Then the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979 marked a turning point and solidified opposition. In two decades, a dozen U.S. reactors have closed and… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 6:08 Exploring the potential impact of Medicaid cuts in Trump’s big budget bill By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas As Republicans work to advance a massive bill containing much of President Trump’s domestic agenda, one of the central flashpoints is its potential cuts to Medicaid. Geoff Bennett discussed the impact on healthcare access for millions of lower-income Americans, the… Continue watching
May 28 Judge immediately rejects defense request for mistrial in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs case By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Combs has pleaded not guilty to leading a racketeering conspiracy that relied on fear and violence to get what he wanted. Continue reading
May 28 Harvard ends legal battle over early photos of enslaved people, agrees to relinquish images By Leah Willingham, Associated Press A lawyer says the images will be transferred to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history with a woman who says she is one of the subjects' descendants. Continue reading
May 28 Men face prison for human smuggling after Indian family of 4 died while attempting to cross U.S.-Canada border By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Two men face sentencing on human smuggling charges after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard. Continue reading