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Trump, South African president have tense exchange in White House meeting

By Kathryn Watson
May 21, 2025 / 8:19 PM EDT / CBS News

Differences between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to a head Wednesday afternoon in a tense exchange in the Oval Office, as Mr. Trump confronted him over whether White genocide is taking place in South Africa.

Mr. Trump and Ramaphosa met for a critical conversation — with South African-born billionaire Elon Musk in the room — amid tensions between the U.S. and South Africa, after the U.S. accepted 59 White Afrikaners last week and granted them status as refugees.

At one point in the meeting, Ramaphosa took a question intended for Mr. Trump about what it would take to persuade him that White genocide is not occurring in South Africa.

"It will take President Trump listening to the voices of South Africans, some of whom are his good friends, like those who are here," responded Ramaphosa, who brought South African golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen and billionaire businessman Johann Rupert with him to the White House. "When we have talks between us at a quiet table, it will take President Trump to listen to them. I will not be repeating what I've been saying." ...

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ICE begins new, nationwide effort to arrest illegal aliens at immigration hearings

  • News source: FOX News
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have launched a nationwide initiative to begin arresting illegal immigrants at their immigration and asylum hearings, Fox News has learned.

The effort targets illegal immigrants who have been in the U.S. fewer than two years. The DHS strategy is to drop their immigration case, arrest the migrant, then place them into expedited deportation proceedings.

The initiative requires the DHS to drop the cases because migrants cannot be put forward for expedited removal if they have a pending case.

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New book reveals Biden's inner circle worried about his age years before botched debate performance

  • News source: FOX News
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A new book about President Joe Biden's cognitive decline and his administration's alleged cover-up has forced a reckoning in the Democratic Party.

Biden's aides worried about his age long before his consequential 2024 presidential debate against then-former President Donald Trump, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios political correspondent Alex Thompson reveal in their book, "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which was released on Tuesday.

"During an eight-day, grueling bus tour in Iowa in...
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Ilhan Omar refuses to answer reporter questions on fatal shooting of Israeli Embassy workers

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., avoided answering questions from reporters regarding the shooting in Washington, D.C. that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers departing the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday evening.

"I’m going to go for now," Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, told reporters Thursday when asked if she would react to the shooting.

A spokesperson for Omar did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Later, Omar said she was "appalled" by the shooting and said that violence is not welcome...
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Winners, losers and grab-bags from House GOP’s narrow passage of ‘big, beautiful bill’

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With the narrow 215-214 passage of House Republicans’ "Big, Beautiful Bill," (BBB) there were noted winners and losers, and some entities who felt mixed results from the midnight-oil-burning negotiations and vote.

The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) within the GOP conference appeared to be a key player in BBB talks, as Chairman Andy Harris of Maryland voted "present" while two other HFC members – Reps. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky voted "nay."

The HFC was initially very concerned about the bill’s spending levels and how quickly...
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Investigating Israel's strike on Gaza's European Hospital

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals came under Israeli attack.
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Fact-checking Trump's Oval Office confrontation with Ramaphosa

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
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Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The warning comes as cuts to American research raise fears over the ability to track and prepare for them.
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RFK JR's highly anticipated MAHA report paints dismal state of child health, national security concerns

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission released its anticipated report assessing chronic diseases that have gripped U.S. youths in recent years, pinning blame for a spike in childhood issues to a host of variables stretching from ingesting foods with added chemicals to an increase in prescribing pharmaceuticals to young kids.

"After a century of costly and ineffective approaches, the federal government will lead a coordinated transformation of our food, health, and scientific systems," the report, released Thursday and...
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House GOP leadership takes victory lap after passing Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republicans took a victory lap Thursday morning after passing President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill."

"It's finally morning in America again," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed 215 to 214. All Democrats and two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, voted against the bill. House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., voted "present."

"Today, the House has passed generational, truly nation-shaping legislation to reduce spending and...
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Republicans look to stop China's 'backdoor' tariff dodging scheme

  • News source: FOX News
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Republicans are targeting China’s efforts to sidestep U.S. tariffs through foreign production, with new legislation introduced Thursday by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas.

The Axing Nonmarket Tariff Evasion (ANTE) Act aims to stop subsidized and state-owned entities from setting up production in other countries to avoid tariffs.

"For far too long, adversaries like China have engaged in unfair trade practices, cheated the American economy, and cost the U.S. millions of jobs," Arrington said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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Federal judge blocks Trump admin moves to dismantle Dept of Education

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A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump from dismantling the Department of Education on Thursday, ruling that it cannot be done without congressional approval.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun's order blocks the Trump administration from carrying out the mass-firing at the DOE announced in March and orders that any employees who were already fired be reinstated.

Joun's order noted Trump's repeated calls to shut down the department while on the campaign trail, and argued the reduction in force was his means of doing so.

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Judge blocks Trump's executive order dismantling Education Department

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's attempted dismantling of the Department of Education.

Judge Myong Joun, a Biden appointee, blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its reduction-in-force, or RIF, at the Education Department, which was announced on March 11. Joun also blocked transferring the management of federal student loans and special education functions out of the Education Department.

All fired federal employees from the department must be reinstated as well.

Two lawsuits were brought...
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White crosses shown by Trump not graves, says South African who erected them

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US president had said the crosses were evidence of attacks on white farmers in South Africa.
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US House passes Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax and spending bill

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The bill's passage is a victory for the White House, which warned that failure would be a 'betrayal'.
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Treasury Department set to phase out the penny

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Treasury Department said it plans to stop manufacturing the penny, calling time one one of the first coins minted by the U.S. government.

The federal agency placed its final order for penny blanks this month, with the United States Mint slated to end manufacturing of the penny when that runs out, a Treasury official told CBS MoneyWatch. The blanks — flat, metal discs that the Mint turns into coins — will run out in early 2026, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news.

The penny, which dates from the early days of the...
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