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US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused

By MATTHEW LEE, REBECCA SANTANA and MICHELLE GUMEDE
Updated 5:22 PM CDT, May 9, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week, an unusual move because it has suspended most refugee resettlement operations, officials and documents said Friday.

The first Afrikaner refugees are arriving Monday at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. They are expected to be greeted by a government delegation, including the deputy secretary of state and officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, whose refugee office has organized their resettlement.

The flight will be the first of several in a “much larger-scale relocation effort,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters.

The Trump administration has taken a number of steps against South Africa, accusing the Black-led government of pursuing anti-white policies at home and an anti-American foreign policy. The South African government denies the allegations and says the U.S. criticism is full of misinformation.

While State Department refugee programs have been suspended — halting arrivals from Afghanistan, Iraq, most of sub-Saharan Africa and other countries in a move being challenged in court — President Donald Trump issued an executive order in February prioritizing the processing of white South Africans claiming racial discrimination. ...

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DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility

  • News source: Alexandra Marquez | NBC News
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A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security on Saturday suggested the Trump administration could pursue arrests of the New Jersey House Democrats involved in an incident at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on Friday and accused them of assaulting ICE officers.

“I think that we should let viewers know there will likely be more coming," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN on Saturday morning.

“We actually have body camera footage of some of these members of Congress assaulting our ICE enforcement officers...
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ICE facility Democrats 'stormed' holds child rapists, murderers: officials

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic lawmakers and protesters on Friday stormed the gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a secure immigration facility in Newark, New Jersey, to advocate for detainees Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin categorized as "murderers, terrorists, child rapists and MS-13 gang members."

A group of protesters, including members of Congress, chased after a bus of detainees entering the security gate, before storming the gate and breaking into the facility, according to a news release from the Department of Homeland Security...
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U.S.-China talks end for the night and will continue Sunday: source

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Sensitive talks between U.S. and Chinese delegations over tariffs that threaten to upend the global economy ended after a day of prolonged negotiations and will resume Sunday, a source briefed on the meetings confirmed to CBS News.

There was no immediate indication whether any progress was made Saturday during the more than 10-hour meeting between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Switzerland. The talks, which could help stabilize world markets roiled by the U.S.-China standoff, have been shrouded in secrecy and...
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India and Pakistan accuse each other of 'violations' after ceasefire deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Delhi and Islamabad accused each other of breaching a ceasefire brokered after four days of cross-border attacks.
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Inside the White House's effort to pull India, Pakistan back from the brink of war

  • News source: FOX News
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As officials in the White House became increasingly concerned about the escalation in the conflict between Pakistan and India, it was decided Friday morning that Vice President JD Vance would call Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Twenty-four hours before President Donald Trump announced on social media Saturday morning that a ceasefire had been reached, the scramble in the White House began.

Senior officials began to fear that the situation could spiral out of control with neither side seriously considering options for de-escalation after...
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Sculpture depicting iconic Trump assassination attempt photo displayed in Oval Office

  • News source: FOX News
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A bronze sculpture depicting the attempted assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, PA, last year was seen displayed in the Oval Office on Friday.

The commanding piece of symbolic art, which appeared to be at least 12 inches tall, was seen next to Trump’s Resolute Desk as he signed a series of executive orders in front of the press.

It depicts the now-iconic image of then-candidate Trump being hauled off stage by three Secret Service members – including the current director of the agency, Sean Curran – after would-be assassin...
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Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.
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Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects

  • News source: Tyler Kingkade | NBC News
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For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research...
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India and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire in US-mediated talks

  • News source: Riazat Butt | The Associated Press, Aijaz Hussain
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India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.

The deal follows weeks of clashes, missile and drone strikes across their borders that were triggered by a gun massacre of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan, which denies the charge. Dozens of civilians have been killed on both sides.

The first word of the truce came from U.S. President Donald Trump, who posted on his Truth Social platform that India and Pakistan...
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Trump inks trade deal with UK, previews China trade negotiations during 16th week in office

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump and his administration inked a major trade deal with the U.K. Thursday, and closed the week gearing up for trade talks with China over the weekend.

Details of the specific trade plan with the U.K. are sparse, but the deal keeps the existing 10% tariffs in place against U.K. goods while removing some import taxes on items like steel and cars.

"With this deal, the U.K. joins the United States in affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international trade," Trump said Thursday. "The deal...
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House Republicans release tax plan for Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republicans released a portion of President Donald Trump’s tax agenda late on Friday evening, bringing them one step closer to completing the commander-in-chief’s "big, beautiful bill."

The legislation includes an increased child tax credit (CTC), a higher threshold for estate tax liability – what Republicans have referred to as the "death tax" – and several other measures.

It also lays the groundwork for making Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent. Republican leaders had warned that failing to do so would lead to a tax...
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European leaders call Trump to discuss 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

  • News source: BBC News - World
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France, Britain, Germany and Poland met President Vlodomyr Zelensky to discuss an unconditional ceasfire.
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Ted Cruz mocks ‘crazy town’ Dems, as Maryland senator gets defensive about advocacy for alleged MS-13 member

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, mocked "crazy town" Democrats for defending illegal immigrants like alleged MS-13 gang member and Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia over U.S. citizens, saying that many seem to have an incurable case of Trump derangement syndrome.

Cruz's comments came after several Democratic lawmakers, including Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, traveled to El Salvador to advocate for Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. after he was deported to his home country. The remarks also came just before Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka was...
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Catholic bishops vow to resist blue state law intruding on 'sacred' trust: 'Obey God rather than men'

  • News source: FOX News
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The Catholic bishops of Washington state are resisting a new law signed by Democratic Governor Bob Ferguson that they say would violate the seal of confession, which would result in excommunication for any priest who complies.

Spokane, Washington, Bishop Thomas Daly released a statement in response to the law in which he said that he and his priests "are committed to keeping the seal of confession – even to the point of going to jail."

The new law, signed last week by Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson, who is Catholic, added "members of the clergy" to a...
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Florida state lawmaker who recently ditched Democratic label announces gubernatorial bid

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo, who announced last month that he was switching from Democrat to no party affiliation, has revealed that he plans a
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