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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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What's in Trump's House-passed "one big, beautiful bill"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — House Republicans made a number of last-minute changes to the legislation containing President Trump's second-term agenda in order to win over opposing factions in the GOP. And, after an all-night session, the measure, entitled the "one big, beautiful bill," squeaked through by a single vote.

It'll now go to the Senate, which will leave its own mark on the bill. But here's what's in the legislation that was passed by the House Thursday.

At the center of the legislation — and accounting for its biggest expense — are the provisions...
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Things to know about ‘no tax on tips,' Trump's tax pledge that's in the GOP budget bill

  • News source: Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Jonathan J. Cooper |
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President Donald Trump's “no tax on tips” pledge became a catchphrase for his 2024 campaign. Now it's inching closer to reality.

The idea is firmly planted in the sprawling tax cuts package House Republicans passed early Thursday. And in a surprise move, the Senate voted this week to unanimously approve the idea.

The proposal has widespread support from the public, lawmakers in both parties and employers who believe such a law will bring relief to the working class. But many critics say that it would come with an enormous cost to the government...
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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

  • News source: Asher Klein, Mike Pescaro and Alysha Palumbo
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The Trump administration has followed through on its threat to pull Harvard University's ability to enroll and host foreign students unless it gives the federal government information about students in the country on visas.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday that she's ordered her agency to terminate the school's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. The move means Harvard's existing foreign students have to transfer or they'll lose their legal status in the U.S., and the school can't enroll more foreign...
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Antisemitic shooting of Israeli diplomats adds to alarming rise in domestic terrorism

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Two young Israeli Embassy staffers were shot and killed in an antisemitic attack in Washington D.C. Wednesday night.

It was the latest incident being investigated by federal authorities as domestic terrorism.

The U.S. has seen an increase in antisemitic attacks and violent pro-Palestine protests amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

But the incidents of domestic terrorism aren’t limited to antisemitism. Extremists who hold anti-American sentiment have attempted attacks on vehicles, military bases and more.

Here is a breakdown of the domestic...
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from terminating international students' legal status

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A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending amid a crackdown on illegal behavior on college campuses.

California U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White barred the government from arresting or incarcerating the plaintiffs and similar students and from transferring any of them outside the jurisdiction of their residence.

His order also prohibits the administration from imposing any adverse legal effect on students...
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EPA Administrator Zeldin 'heartbroken' after shooting of Israel embassy staffer he met just two weeks ago

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin had just met with one of the slain Israeli Embassy staffers earlier in May, posting to social media Thursday he was "heartbroken" over her shooting by a "Jew-hating radical."

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, two staffers of the Embassy of Israel to the United States who were engaged to be married, were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

Zeldin posted to X Thursday afternoon that he had met Milgrim, who was an...
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Trump holding migrants in Djibouti after judge blocks trip to South Sudan

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A group of eight migrants are being held in the small African country of Djibouti after a judge said the Trump administration's attempt to fly them to South Sudan "unquestionably" violated a court order, President Trump confirmed Thursday.

Mr. Trump lashed out at U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, who ordered the government to "maintain custody and control" of the migrants Tuesday. Attorneys say the migrants were put on a flight to violence-plagued South Sudan, allegedly violating an earlier order by Murphy requiring migrants to be given certain due...
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Here's who could benefit from the proposed $40,000 SALT deduction cap

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Some U.S. homeowners may soon get a sizable tax break thanks to the massive budget package that was passed by the House early Thursday.

The legislation — dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — includes a provision that would lift the tax deduction cap for state and local taxes, or SALT, to $40,000 from its current $10,000 limit. That could provide tax savings for homeowners with high property taxes or who earn enough to have significant state income tax liabilities.

The SALT deduction cap was introduced by Mr. Trump in his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...
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Experts raise conflict of interest concerns ahead of Trump crypto dinner

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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When President Trump's new tariffs started throttling freight traffic, the leader of trucking logistics firm Freight Technologies used an unorthodox method to try and get the president's attention.

The California-based firm purchased $2 million worth of Trump Coin, the signature cryptocurrency backed by Mr. Trump. The president and his family launched Trump Coin days before he took office in January. Anyone can buy the cryptocurrency. An analytics firm says Mr. Trump's family and other backers have collected more than $300 million in transaction...
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Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
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UK signs £101m-a-year deal to hand over Chagos Islands

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Under the deal, the UK will lease back the Diego Garcia military base from Mauritius.
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What we know about the Israeli embassy staff shooting

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police say the victims, a young couple, were shot by a man who shouted "free, free Palestine".
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Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe

  • News source: BBC News - World
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From 2040, Danish people born after 31 December 1970 will be eligible to retire at 70 years old.
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Judge halts dismantling of Education Department, orders fired workers to be reinstated

  • News source: Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian | NBC News
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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education and ordering that fired employees be reinstated.

“The record abundantly reveals that Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute,” U.S. District Judge Myong Joun wrote, noting "the Department cannot be shut down without Congress’s approval."

The judge said an injunction was necessary because “The supporting declarations of former Department...
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Trump has not directed admin to declassify Biden docs on health 'cover-up'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump has not directed his administration to declassify documents related to former President Joe Biden's health and an alleged "cover-up" of the 46th president's slipping mental acuity while commander-in-chief, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

"The president can declassify anything that he wants. Has he looked to see if there are any records here that would contradict what we've been told about Joe Biden's decline?" Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Leavitt during the Thursday press briefing.

"He has not...
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