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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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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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White House: Dems have 'never been more radical, out of touch' after voting against 'big, beautiful bill'

  • News source: FOX News
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared Thursday that the Democratic Party "has never been more radical and out of touch with the needs of the American people" after voting against President Donald Trump’s "one big, beautiful bill."

Trump's sweeping tax and spending cuts package was passed by the House of Representatives by a razor-thin 215-214 vote early this morning.

"Every single Democrat in the House of Representatives voted against all of these common-sense and massively popular policies. The Democrat Party has never been more...
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White House decries 'evil of antisemitism,' vows justice after fatal shooting of Israeli embassy staffers

  • News source: FOX News
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Those responsible for the fatal attack against two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., Wednesday will be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law," according to the White House.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were departing an event at the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday evening when a gunman opened fire and killed them. The two were slated to get engaged next week in Jerusalem, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a White House press briefing.

A pro-Palestinian man authorities identified as 30-year-old Elias...
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Trump administration terminates Harvard's student visa program

  • News source: FOX News
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is eliminating the student visa program at Harvard University due to "pro-terrorist conduct" at campus protests, Fox News Digital has learned.

It's a severe consequence for what DHS claims is Harvard's refusal to comply with its requests for behavioral records of student visa holders.

"This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," said Secretary Kristi Noem. "It is a privilege, not a right, for...
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Mace sounds off on stock trading in Congress, Pelosi remains silent: ‘Something doesn’t add up’

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., says she supports banning stock trading for sitting members of Congress "100%," saying, "we shouldn’t be voting on things we can benefit from financially."

Though supportive of efforts to curb the practice of trading by members of Congress, Mace, a staunch conservative, told Fox News Digital that she is not surprised the effort has been unsuccessful so far.

"It's Washington. Washington is doing what it always does," she said, adding, "The establishment rules and … when you see the kind of returns members of Congress on both...
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'Multiple fatalities' after small plane crash in San Diego neighbourhood

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Several homes were destroyed and cars caught fire after the private aircraft crashed, forcing the evacuation of 100 people.
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US Supreme Court blocks public funding for religious charter school

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A split Supreme Court ruling upholds a lower court decision that prohibited Oklahoma from establishing the nation's first Christian charter school.
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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.

ICE...
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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’

  • News source: FOX News
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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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