POLITICSUS Senate pushes back against Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fundThe Senate delayed a vote on immigration enforcement funds in a rare show of dissent ahead of its Memorial Day recess.Al Jazeera·May 22, 2026
POLITICSIran war live: Signs of progress amid efforts to reach US-Iran peace dealA new opinion poll in the US suggests that 60 percent of Americans now oppose President Donald Trump's war on Iran.Al Jazeera·May 22, 2026
POLITICSCuban Pilot in Florida Is a Defendant in Raúl Castro IndictmentThe pilot, Luis González-Pardo, was one of the defendants in the indictment that included former Cuban President Raúl Castro.NY Times·May 21, 2026
POLITICSGOP Pulls Measure on Trump’s War Powers in Iran, Lacking Votes to Defeat ItHouse Republican leaders abruptly scrapped a planned vote on a measure to direct President Trump to end the conflict or win authorization for it, amid party defections and absences.NY Times·May 21, 2026
POLITICSPolice to score train firms on tackling sexual harassmentThe government will not be financial or legal penalties for train operators who fail to meet the targets.BBC News·May 21, 2026
POLITICSRepublicans Delay Budget Votes as They Balk at Trump’s FundThe G.O.P. abandoned its plan to quickly pass a $72 billion immigration crackdown bill as senators revolted over his plan to pay people who claim government persecution.NY Times·May 21, 2026
POLITICSInside the Senate G.O.P. Meltdown Over Trump’s FundTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, went to Capitol Hill to allay Republicans’ concerns over a fund to pay people who claim government mistreatment. It did not go well.NY Times·May 21, 2026
POLITICSTrump's towering arch clears another federal hurdle, despite public pushbackThe Commission of Fine Arts gave the arch design its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components. The president said Thursday that he doesn't need approval from Congress.NPR·May 21, 2026
POLITICSRepublican congressman explains his objections to $1.8B Anti-Weaponization FundNPR's Juana Summers talks with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., about his concerns with the so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund.NPR·May 21, 2026
POLITICSAmerican passenger feels 'betrayed' by federal order to stay in hantavirus quarantineTwo passengers from the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak were blocked by the federal government from leaving the quarantine unit. One says she is being detained against her will.NPR·May 21, 2026
POLITICSSenate Republicans rebel against Trump's $1.8 trillion fundIn a rare rebuke, Senate Republicans postponed a vote to fund immigration enforcement amid alarm over the novel fund<br>NPR·May 21, 2026
POLITICSTrump delays AI security executive order, saying language ‘could have been a blocker’President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's language.TechCrunch·May 21, 2026
