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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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New book exposes how top Biden comms staffer was 'tip of the spear' covering up Biden's cognitive decline

  • News source: FOX News
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A new book sheds light on former White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates’ role in defending President Joe Biden's mental acuity, which the book alleges was done without the White House staff having the full picture of the president’s actual condition.

"Some of Bates’s colleagues believed that Biden’s inner circle took advantage of his loyalty and told him to deny things they knew were true," Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson wrote in their new book "Original Sin," detailing the inner workings of the Biden White House and attempts to downplay...
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Woman shot after failing to stop at CIA headquarters gate, sources say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A woman was shot by CIA security Thursday morning after she drove up to a gate at the agency's headquarters, and failed to stop, sources said.

The woman was taken to a medical facility with what law enforcement officials believed was a non-fatal gunshot wound to the upper body.

The FBI is investigating. The main gate is closed.

The CIA headquarters is located in Lanley, Va., about nine miles outside Washington, D.C.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Nicole Sganga, Scott MacFarlane and Andres Triay contributed to this report.
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Top Maoist leader killed as India cracks down on rebels

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Twenty-seven rebels are reported to have been killed in a gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh.
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Trump's 2nd-term approval ratings dip despite border security gains

  • News source: FOX News
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Four months into his second tour of duty in the White House, President Donald Trump's approval ratings remain slightly underwater.

The president stands at 46% approval and 54% disapproval in a new national survey by Marquette Law School. And Trump is at 42% approval and 52% disapproval in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Most, but not all, of the latest national surveys place the president's approval rating in negative territory, with a handful indicating Trump is above water.

Trump has aggressively asserted executive authority in his second term...
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UN says 90 lorry loads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The aid, including flour and baby food, was picked up three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade.
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'World's greatest designer' Jony Ive joins OpenAI to 'reimagine' computers

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The man who designed the iPad, iMac and iPhone will try to come up with a new generation of products for the AI era.
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Activist freed in Tanzania after Kenyan government demand

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Kenya had earlier said it had been denied access to Boniface Mwangi and expressed concern over his health.
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Ex-congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening to have opponent killed

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Tampa, Fla. — A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison.

William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, was sentenced in Tampa federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to sending an interstate transmission of a threat to injure.

In 2021, Braddock and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were both candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th...
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House passes sweeping domestic policy package, a big win for Trump and Speaker Johnson

  • News source: Scott Wong, Sahil Kapur, Kyle Stewart and Syedah
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The GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday morning narrowly passed a massive domestic policy package, a major victory for President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after weeks of heated negotiations within the GOP.

The multitrillion-dollar tax-cut and spending measure now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have vowed to change it.

Following hours of overnight debate, the vote on final passage in the House was 215-214, with just two Republicans joining all Democrats in voting no. One Republican voted present.

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Federal judge blocks Trump admin from firing 2 Dem members of privacy oversight board

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration from firing two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on Wednesday.

Trump fired all three Democratic members of the five-person board in February, resulting in two of them filing a lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton found that allowing unilateral firings would prevent the board from carrying out its purpose.

Walton wrote that allowing at-will removals would make the board "beholden to the very authority it is supposed to oversee on behalf of...
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Mike Johnson, Donald Trump get ‘big, 'beautiful’ win as budget passes House

  • News source: FOX News
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Nike to raise prices as firms face tariffs uncertainty

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US sportswear giant says its price increases are part of "seasonal planning".
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Apple iPhone designer Jony Ive joins OpenAI in $6.5bn deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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OpenAI says partnering with the "greatest designer in the world" will allow it to re-imagine what a computer can do.
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North Korea's Kim slams 'serious accident' at warship launch

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The failed launch "severely damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant," says the North Korean leader.
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Cattle washed on to 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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