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US Lawmakers Urge Trump to Press Xi on Jailed Hong Kong Publisher
A bipartisan group of 107 US lawmakers urged President Trump to press President Xi for the humanitarian release of jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai during their upcoming summit. Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years under the National Security Law.
Trade court strikes down Trump 10 per cent tariff on most imports
A federal trade court has voided President Trump's 10 per cent blanket tariff on most imports, the second major legal defeat for the administration's trade agenda this year. The 2-1 ruling found the White House had overstepped its authority by reimposing duties under a different statute after the Supreme Court struck them down.
Eleventh Circuit rejects Trump no-bond ICE policy as circuit split deepens
Atlanta-based appeals court rules 2-1 that 8 U.S.C. 1226(a) entitles immigrants present in the US to bond hearings; second appellate loss for the no-bond policy in two weeks.
Republicans seek $1bn for Trump ballroom security in ICE funding bill
Senate Republicans wrote $1 billion for Secret Service security upgrades to Donald Trump's White House ballroom into a $72 billion ICE funding package released Monday. Trump on Wednesday defended a project whose cost has doubled to nearly $400 million.
King Charles tells Congress US and UK 'stand united' as Trump-Starmer rift deepens
King Charles III became only the second British monarch to address a joint meeting of Congress, lobbying for the Atlantic alliance and NATO as President Donald Trump's public feud with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the Iran war casts a shadow over US-UK ties.
Vance presses Trump on Iran war intel as US missile stockpile fears mount
Vice President J D Vance has privately pressed President Donald Trump on whether the Pentagon is giving the White House an accurate read of the Iran war, including the scale of US missile-stockpile depletion. The report opens a rare crack in the administration's national-security discipline.
Federal court order halts White House ballroom as Republicans push $1bn taxpayer top-up
A federal court order barring above-ground construction of Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom remains in force, with the DC Circuit set to hear the administration's appeal in mid-June. Senate Republicans have moved separately to inject $1 billion of taxpayer money into the project's security perimeter.
Stanford's Fingar calls Trump tariff policy a complete failure ahead of Xi summit
Former US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Fingar told the Shanghai Forum that the Trump tariff regime has missed every stated goal. Refunds of $166bn loom as the Supreme Court ruling bites.
Tennessee Republicans set Thursday vote on map that splits Memphis into three districts
Tennessee Republicans were due to vote Thursday on a congressional map that would split Memphis into three districts and end the state's only Democratic House seat, days after the Supreme Court's Callais ruling.
Trump motorcade arrives in Beijing as Xi summit goes ahead through Iran war
Armoured Secret Service vehicles spotted on Beijing highways and four C-17s already on the ground signal that the May 14 Trump-Xi summit is on track, even as US forces remain engaged against Iran.
Tennessee Republicans pass map splitting Memphis as Cohen vows lawsuit
House votes 64-25 to split majority-Black 9th District. Cohen says he will sue in state court on First Amendment timing grounds.
FBI raids Virginia state senator Louise Lucas's office and cannabis store in corruption probe
FBI agents executed a search warrant on Wednesday at the Portsmouth office and a marijuana retailer co-owned by Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, weeks after she helped lead a successful Democratic redistricting effort.
Republican-led states race to redraw maps after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act
Republican legislators in Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee moved this week to redraw their congressional maps after a Supreme Court decision hollowed a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The moves could yield Republicans an additional dozen House seats before November.
Lutnick faces House panel on Epstein ties as Trump cabinet record falls under scrutiny
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick became the first sitting Trump cabinet official to sit for a transcribed interview with House Oversight investigators looking into Jeffrey Epstein. Chairman James Comer said Lutnick was not fully truthful about the extent of his contact.
Indiana primaries become first big test of Trump's grip on the GOP
Voters in Indiana cast ballots on Tuesday in a state Senate primary that has become the first concrete test of Donald Trump's ability to discipline Republicans who defy him, after seven sitting state senators became targets of presidential endorsements over a redistricting fight they had blocked in December.
Powell hands divided Fed to Warsh as 'integrity' speech caps tumultuous chairmanship
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in what was almost certainly his last press conference at the helm, said 'integrity is priceless' and warned the Trump administration's 'illegal attacks' on the Fed risked compromising monetary policy. He will stay on the Board of Governors after his May 15 term ends.
