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Trump, tariff, Gaza, education, spelling bee, NBA, Elon Musk, COVID: Daily Briefing

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Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert. Board flight, place bag in overhead bin … catch a pigeon? Happy Thursday. Here’s the news: Wall Street jeers as Trump faces tariff setback The Trump administration filed a notice of appeal minutes after a federal court ruled the president can’t use an emergency-powers law to impose tariffs on foreign … Read more

Religious colleges get break in Trump bill as war with Harvard rages

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Trump’s spending bill, headed to the Senate, would exempt religious colleges from a big tax increase on endowments. But some religious institutions may not qualify, raising First Amendment concerns. Harvard community protests Trump’s policies on international students Harvard students, professors, and supporters protested President Donald Trump’s policies regarding the university and its international students. As … Read more

Israel announces new West Bank settlements

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May 29 (Reuters) – Israel’s government has approved 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied-West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Thursday, a move that could deepen divisions with some allies, who have threatened sanctions over further expansion. Far-right Smotrich, an advocate for Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, wrote on X that the … Read more