U.S. and China Agree to Temporarily Slash Tariffs in Bid to Defuse Trade War  —  The 145 percent U.S. tariff on Chinese goods will come down to 30 percent for 90 days, while the two sides continue talks aimed at resolving their differences.  —  The United States and China said Monday …

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care  —  House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government  —  (RNS) — In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) …

Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage as gesture to Trump  —  Hamas said Sunday it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held for over 550 days, as part of an effort to reach a ceasefire deal and resume humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.

Trump naming his former defense attorney as acting Librarian of Congress  —  President Trump will name deputy attorney general Todd Blanche to be the acting Librarian of Congress, a Justice Department official confirmed to Axios.  —  Why it matters: Blanche, who represented Trump in his hush money trial …

Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity … The sale of face-to-face access to President Trump using the Trump family's own cryptocurrency has done more than benefit him financially, though it has certainly done that.  —  Mr. Trump announced last month that leading buyers …

Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown  —  “There are no more excuses,” the California governor said in pushing for municipalities to address one of the most visible byproducts of homelessness.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated California's push …

The Federalist Society is surprisingly ambivalent about Trump  —  Few organizations have profited as handsomely off of President Donald Trump's rise to power as the Federalist Society, a kind of bar association for right-wing lawyers.  —  “We're going to have great judges, conservative …

Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York  —  Fewer cars.  Faster travel.  Less honking.  And some questions we still can't answer.  —  The reporters sought information from everyone they could think of, including the M.T.A., the Fire Department …

Trump promises to slash drug costs, tying U.S. prices to those paid abroad  —  The push will likely draw lawsuits from the pharmaceutical industry.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday revived a plan to tie prescription drug prices in the U.S. to what other nations pay for medicines.

‘A flashing red light’: how Donald Trump Jr. is cashing in on his dad's presidency  —  Last November, only six days after his father was elected president, Donald Trump Jr. made a career move that, on the surface at least, seemed a bit odd.  He became a partner in a small investment startup …

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Race to lead D.C. lawyers' association grows heated amid attacks on law firms  —  Election season is under way in Washington and the candidates are not holding anything back.  —  The race to lead the nonprofit D.C. Bar Association is taking place at a precarious moment in national politics …

Tech companies have a big remote worker problem: North Korean operatives  —  Cybersecurity firms say that the intricate scam to amass funding for North Korea's weapons program is happening “on a scale we haven't seen before.”  —  A growing number of the nation's top tech firms …

Radio Free Asia's Uyghur service in danger following Trump's decisions: “Without RFA, China will truly become a black hole for information”  —  Organisation:  — RSF_en  — RSF_Inter  —  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the announcement that the Uyghur service of Radio Free Asia …

Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva  —  The Government of the United States of America (the “United States") and the Government of the People's Republic of China ("China"),  —  Recognizing the importance of their bilateral economic and trade relationship to both countries and the global economy;

NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet.  Then fired her.  —  “It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little.”  —  “People see me now, and they just assume, ‘oh, she had it easy,’” she says, but Rose Ferreira has had it anything but easy.