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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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GOP leaders tee up House vote for Trump agenda bill after swaying holdouts

  • News source: Sahil Kapur, Scott Wong, Melanie Zanona and
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After a marathon hearing, the GOP-led House Rules Committee advanced a sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda Wednesday night, teeing it up for a vote in the full chamber.

Members of the the committee met starting at 1 a.m. ET Wednesday and adjourned around 10:40 p.m. ET before voting along party lines 8-4 in favor of the legislation.

The vote came shortly after Republicans released a set of revisions to their massive bill, a product of last-minute negotiations to placate various factions of the party, including conservative...
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Cattle washed onto beaches in widespread Australia floods

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A natural disaster has been declared in New South Wales, as widespread flooding prompts nearly 50,000 people to evacuate.
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UK exposes Russian cyber campaign targeting support for Ukraine

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A joint investigation by the UK and allies found Russian hackers in the systems of logistics organisations.
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Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' heads to House-wide vote after key committee victory

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" could be headed for a House-wide vote as soon as Wednesday night after its approval by a key committee.

The House Rules Committee, the gatekeeper for most legislation before it gets to the full chamber, first met at 1 a.m. Wednesday to advance the massive bill in time for Speaker Mike Johnson’s Memorial Day deadline for sending it to the Senate.

Proceedings crept on for hours as Democrats on the committee repeatedly accursed Republicans of trying to move the bill "in the dead of night" and of trying to...
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House Republicans nearing vote on Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republicans believe they are close to passing Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill.

After the meeting at the White House, with the president and members of the Freedom Caucus, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) suggested that the House could vote in the overnight on the Big, Beautiful Bill.

But it quickly became apparent that was a physical – and parliamentary – impossibility.

GOP REBEL MUTINY THREATENS TO DERAIL TRUMP’S ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ BEFORE KEY COMMITTEE HURDLE

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) later introduced a "manager’s...
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Trump Gold Card visa program to launch online within weeks, commerce secretary says

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday that the Trump Gold Card, which makes it possible for any foreigner to buy a visa for $5 million, will be available online within weeks.

Lutnick was a guest at Axios’ streamed event, Building the Future, Wednesday, where he was interviewed by company co-founder Mike Allen about several topics, including President Donald Trump’s offering of a Gold Card.

In March, Trump said the Gold Card would go on sale "very, very soon," explaining it would be like a green card, "but better and more...
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Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over 'white genocide'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.
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Trump's crypto dinner cost over $1 million per seat on average

  • News source: Kevin Collier | NBC News
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More than 200 wealthy, mostly anonymous crypto buyers are coming to Washington on Thursday to have dinner with President Donald Trump. The price of admission: $55,000 to $37.7 million.

That’s how much the 220 winners of a contest to meet Trump spent on his volatile cryptocurrency token, $TRUMP, according to an analysis by the blockchain analytics company Nansen.

The top $TRUMP coin holders at a specific time — determined by the dinner’s organizers — secured a seat.

In total, the winners spent $394 million on Trump’s official cryptocurrency, Nansen...
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Army reveals 2-phase plan to remove service members with gender dysphoria

  • News source: FOX News
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The Army on Wednesday said it is approaching its second phase of separation with service members experiencing gender dysphoria, an initiative that follows the Trump administration's directive of prioritizing military excellence and readiness.

A new memo issued by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and obtained by Fox News Digital outlines two phases in the separation process, the first of which will be completed at the beginning of June.

The first phase, which ends June 6, allows service members who have been diagnosed with or have a history of gender...
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Fox News' Peter Doocy reveals history of questioning Biden's mental fitness

  • News source: FOX News
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Fox News' Peter Doocy has some unique insight on former President Joe Biden as questions continue to persist about whether there was a coverup to hide his declining mental state while serving as commander-in-chief.

Doocy, a senior White House correspondent, posted multiple videos to X on Wednesday showing him questioning Biden and the White House about the then-president's cognitive decline.

"I have some unique insight on President Biden, having dedicated six years of my life to covering him," he wrote. "If you are wondering why nobody asked...
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House Republicans divided as Trump's comprehensive bill faces critical vote

  • News source: FOX News
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has been hard at work this week meeting with as many factions within the House GOP as possible to quell concerns ahead of a chamber-wide vote on President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill."

Managing a razor-thin House majority isn’t easy in the best of times, but negotiating the vast tax-immigration-energy-defense-debt limit bill has revealed both old and new fractures within the Republican Conference.

Fox News Digital took a look at what the key factions have been looking for.

HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS HEADING TO WHITE...
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Senate GOP set to revoke California's car emissions standards

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Senate is set to vote this week on revoking three vehicle emissions waivers in California, in a controversial move that the chamber's parliamentarian says Republican lawmakers may not have the right to do.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the planned vote "the nuclear option."

The three waivers the Senate is looking to revoke set stricter vehicle emissions standards than federal regulations. Two waivers relate to reducing tailpipe emissions from medium and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as limiting smog pollution from trucks.

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Florida food banks feel the sting of DOGE cuts

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Miami — Before sunrise on a recent May day, workers at the Miami-area food bank Feeding South Florida move, load and stack pallets of food and household goods onto trucks.

With the help of volunteers, this flurry of activity has allowed the organization to distribute food to 1.2 million people throughout four Florida counties.

The food goes to people like Rosalyn Budgett, who lives on a fixed income and comes to Feeding South Florida every two months. "I'm able to get a balanced meal on a daily basis," Budgett told CBS News.

She says that...
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Why Republican hardliners aren't backing Trump's budget bill

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The House Rules Committee is holding a marathon hearing to try and pass President Trump's massive budget plan to the floor for a vote. A small but influential group of hardline Republicans are refusing to fully back the bill.
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Bruce Springsteen releases EP featuring anti-Trump rants from UK concert

  • News source: FOX News
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Singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen continued his criticism of President Donald Trump Wednesday by releasing a six-track digital extended play (EP) that included his political rants while performing in Manchester, United Kingdom, last week.

"The Boss" included four songs on the 31-minute EP, "Land of Hope & Dreams." The songs included "Land of Hope and Dreams," "Long Walk Home," "My City of Ruins" and "Chimes of Freedom."

All four songs were recorded live May 14, 2025, when Springsteen publicly lambasted Trump.

During his intro to "Land of Hope...
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