May 22 WATCH: White House holds briefing after House GOP passes Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' By Associated Press Leavitt also used her press briefing Thursday to attack by name the federal judge who ruled that the White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to South Sudan. Continue reading
May 22 Senate blocks California's rule banning new gas-powered car sales by 2035 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, acting to kill the nation’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump’s administration has doubled… Continue reading
May 22 Judge blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle Education Department By Collin Binkley, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. Continue reading
May 22 Weather experts worry about a dangerous mix of more tornadoes and fewer meteorologists By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The U.S. is on track to see more tornadoes this year than in 2024, which was the second-busiest tornado year on record. Continue reading
May 22 Supreme Court 4-4 vote ends Oklahoma's taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. But… Continue reading
May 22 House Republicans pull an all-nighter to pass Trump's bill of tax breaks and program cuts By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Leah Askarinam, Associated Press With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from President Donald Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to salvage the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that's central to the GOP agenda. Continue reading
May 22 WATCH: Chavez-DeRemer testifies on Labor Department budget in Senate Appropriations hearing By Matt Ott, Associated Press Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is testifying at 10 a.m. EDT. Watch live here. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 7:33 How the DOJ under Trump is targeting his perceived political adversaries By William Brangham, Shrai Popat An emerging strategy from President Trump's Department of Justice is undoing Biden-era policies and pursuing some of the president’s political adversaries. William Brangham discussed more with Carrie Johnson, the justice correspondent at NPR. Continue watching
May 21 Watch 6:29 The background and career of Casey Means, Trump's pick for surgeon general By Ali Rogin, Doug Adams, Taylor Bowie The White House is expected to release a report about potential contributing factors of childhood diseases. It’s leading to renewed questions about the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda championed by President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Another… Continue watching
May 21 WATCH: Trump asked about white Afrikaner persecution, plays video for South African president in Oval Office By Hannah Grabenstein Ramaphosa responded that the clips were of small minority parties, not official government policy, and said South Africa is a "multi-party democracy... that allows people to express themselves."… Continue reading