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Lao and Proud: Chef inspires others to embrace their heritage and history through food
Food is a tangible and accessible way to understand and connect with different societies. One chef has led the movement to bring traditional food from her home country of Laos to diners across the United States. Laura Barrรณn-Lรณpez reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:
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A Brief But Spectacular take on building a birthright to capital
Darrick Hamilton is an economic scholar and director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy. Growing up in Brooklyn, he witnessed firsthand how economic circumstances shaped communities, inspiring his groundbreaking work on "Baby Bonds," government-funded savings accounts provided to children at birth. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on building a birthright to capital.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Johnson says Budget Committee meeting is on for Friday, but holdouts remain
The House Budget Committee is charging ahead with a key vote on the partyโs package combining President Trumpโs legislative priorities โeven as a cohort of hard-line conservatives are vowing to block it from moving forward. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the panel not only will meet on Friday to compile the various pieces of Trumpโs...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Trump faces chip backlash
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump under fire for AI chip deals on Middle East trip President Trump is facing scrutiny over his support for deals to sell advanced U.S. chip technology to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Greg Nash Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), a top advocate for...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Walmart raising prices as tariffs drive up costs
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Walmart raising prices with tariffs driving up costs The retail giant said it plans to raise prices this month and early this summer, passing along some of the cost as tariff-affected merchandise hits store shelves. ...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:13 Republicans push for changes
{beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story GOP moderates seek flexibility on green subsidies A group of 13 House Republicans is asking for more flexibility for climate-friendly tax credits than whatโs in the partyโs current budget bill, underscoring the difficulty of getting the entire party on the same page....
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:WATCH: ‘What do states do with a newborn?’ Kavanaugh quizzes Trump lawyer on birthright order
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked the Trump administration Thursday to explain the practical details of ending birthright citizenship for people born in the United States to parents who entered the country illegally.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Kagan says ‘there’s no way’ she’d bring birthright citizenship case to Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told the U.S. solicitor general on Thursday that if she were in his shoes, โthereโs no way I'd approach the Supreme Court with this case.โ
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:House Democrat: 'Obvious now' Biden 'was not in a condition' to run for reelection
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said itโs โobvious nowโ that former President Biden โwas not in a conditionโ to run for reelection, following new reporting from CNNโs Jake Tapper and Axiosโs Alex Thompson. Khanna, who was a surrogate for the Biden campaign in 2024, addressed his previous defense of the former president and said the party...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Judge rules Mohsen Mahdawi can attend Columbia graduation
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, can attend his college graduation amid the Trump administration's efforts to deport him. Mahdawi, who was recently released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, will be allowed to go to Columbiaโs commencement on May 21. โMr. Mahdawi is...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court considers limiting nationwide injunctions
Plus: Ukraine-Russia peace talks falter {beacon} THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday considered arguments on ending nationwide injunctions, which lower court judges have used to block some of President Trumpโs policies. The oral arguments at the high court were ostensibly centered on a challenge to Trumpโs executive order ending birthright citizenship, which is aimed...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:House Democrats warn against Trump cuts to scientific agencies
House Democrats with science backgrounds are warning President Trump against major funding cuts to scientific agencies, underscoring the benefits of investing in research and the risks of pulling support amid growing U.S.-China competition. Eleven Democratic lawmakers raised concerns Thursday about proposed cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Trump’s sanctions on ICC’s chief prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work, officials and lawyers say
Staffers and allies of the ICC said the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult for the tribunal to conduct basic tasks, let alone seek justice for victims ofwar crimes or genocide.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Harvard thought its faded Magna Carta was a cheap copy. It’s actually more than 700 years old
The university had purchased the stained faded document for less than $30.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Desperately ill baby healed with personalized gene therapy, doctors say
A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:South Africa’s Ramaphosa and Trump will meet next week after white South Africans as arrived in U.S. for resettlement
The U.S. welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of their race. South Africa denies the allegations and says whites in the majority Black country are not being singled out for persecution.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Cassie forced to read aloud explicit messages in cross-examination for ‘Diddy’ sex trafficking trial
Lawyers for Sean Combs are seeking to show the jury that his former girlfriend was a willing participant in his lifestyle.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Gov. DeSantis signs bill making Florida 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it thesecond state in the countryafter Utah toimplement a statewide ban on the mineral.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Vance describes Trump as ‘murder weapon’ that killed the ‘defund the police’ movement
Vice President JD Vance paid tribute to fallen police officers at a memorial service Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, and used his speech to criticize local officials and โfar left prosecutorsโ who were not tough enough on crime and the โdefund the policeโ movement.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Older Americans at risk as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loan debt
As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of Georgia’s abortion ban, hospital tells family
A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli strikes kill at least 54 in southern Gaza, hospital says
An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the cityโs Nasser Hospital.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:U.S. Supreme Court grapples with nationwide injunctions stopping presidential directives in citizenship case
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments Thursday in Donald Trump's attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would affect thousands of babies born each year.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Tourists watch as a massive chunk of ice breaks off Argentinian glacier
The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 metrestall โ the size of a 20-storey building โ collapses from the face of the Perito Moreno glacier into the aquamarine water below.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Diddy's lawyers focus on Cassie's texts, try to portray her as willing participant in 'freak-offs'
R&B singer Cassie was forced under cross-examination Thursday to read aloud explicit messages with her former boyfriend Sean (Diddy)Combs, some of which expressed enthusiasm for sex with other men at Combs's behest that she previously testified she "hated doing."
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Ukraine, Russia appear set to engage in Istanbul-hosted talks without Zelenskyy, Putin
Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while the Ukrainian president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv's team.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:2nd night of heavy Israeli bombing kills dozens in Gaza
Israeli military strikes killed at least 60 people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian medics said, as the United States and Arab mediators pushed for a ceasefire deal and U.S. President Donald Trump visited the Middle East.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:On the run for 21 years, U.S. fugitive 'psychic' arrested in Toronto
A U.S. fugitive on the run for more than two decades has been arrested in Toronto after living in the city โ out in the open โ for years, CBC News has learned.Patrick Lutts Jr., a self-styled psychic, faces manslaughter charges in Florida, stemming from a drunk-driving crash that killed two teens.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Mapping forever chemicals in Canada: Is there a hotspot near you?
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Ye's song praising Hitler was pulled from most online platforms. Are they doing enough?
When Kanye West'snew song praising AdolfHitler was posted on a number ofsocial media platforms, mosttechcompanies removed the antisemitic track from their sites. But some experts say these companies are not doing enough topreventthe posting of online hate content.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Putin, Trump won't be in Turkey for proposed direct talks between Russia-Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will not attend what could be the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in three years on Thursday.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Trump’s new surgeon general nominee praises unproven psychedelic therapy
Dr. Casey Meansโ recommendation to consider guided psilocybin-assisted therapy is notable because psilocybin is illegal under federal law.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:How Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new leader is a turning point for the war-torn nation
Day two of President Trump's tour of the Mideast brought with it the prospect of a new future for Syria. The president announced plans to lift sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Assad regime. Trump also met with Syria's interim president, a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million U.S. bounty. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Mouaz Mustafa of the Syrian Emergency Task Force.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Top Biden aides iced out Cabinet from president, book claims
Former President Biden iced out key members of his Cabinet during the second half of his term in the White House, according to a preview of a new book from CNNโs Jake Tapper and Axiosโs Alex Thompson. In Wednesdayโs broadcast of CNNโs โThe Lead,โ Tapper revealed new details of his book, including from conversations with...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Duffy blames aviation problems on previous administration and years of neglect
In our news wrap Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed ongoing aviation problems on the previous administration and years of neglect, Tulsi Gabbard fired the top two officials leading the National Intelligence Council and California Gov. Newsom proposed freezing health care benefits for undocumented immigrants to help offset a $12 billion budget deficit.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: