US Court of Appeals for DC en banc effectively orders USAGM to continue providing funds previously granted by Congress to RFE/RL and RFA during the appeals process. https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2025/05/25-5144LDEN2.pdf

Secretary of State Rubio announces cooperation with DHS “to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.” https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/05/new-visa-policies-put-america-first-not-china/

US Court of International Trade rules Trump tariffs illegal. https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/25-66.pdf

WSJ - Paramount offers President Trump $15 million to settle his lawsuit against CBS News over Harris 60 Minutes interview. https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-has-offered-15-million-to-settle-cbs-lawsuit-trump-wants-more-861d857e

Sky News - Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have been charged with rape and other offences in the UK. https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-tate-and-his-brother-tristan-charged-with-rape-in-the-uk-13376089

Harvard Crimson- A federal judge ordered the release of Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher who has been fighting deportation proceedings for nearly three months, from ICE custody. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/29/judge-petrova-ice-release/

Harvard is “totally antisemitic,” President Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office, reiterating that $5 billion the university receives in federal grants should be redirected to trade schools.

The @savevoa campaign stands in solidarity with our NPR colleagues as they launch their lawsuit, which raises identical issues as ours: The administration is acting on viewpoint-based discrimination and usurping Congress' power to direct how federal money is spent.
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VOA plaintiffs, in the two cases against Kari Lake/USAGM, filed this morning a motion with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to expedite, before the end of July, the appeals process amid expected imminent firings of nearly all of our workforce.

Axios - Top Trump aide Stephen Miller and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have demanded that immigration agents seek to arrest 3,000 people daily. https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/immigration-ice-deportations-stephen-miller

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirms that Israel had killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar earlier this month. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skamotnzxe

(Reuters) - Global makers of surveillance gear have clashed with Indian regulators in recent weeks over contentious new security rules that require manufacturers of CCTV cameras to submit hardware, software and source code for assessment in government labs. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/indias-alarm-over-chinese-spying-rocks-surveillance-industry-2025-05-28/

Khmer Times - A Cambodian soldier has been killed following a border clash with Thai troops. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501691344/cambodian-soldier-killed-in-border-clash-with-thai-troops-ministry-of-defense-confirms/

YNet News - IDF again bombs Yemen's Sanaa airport used by Houthis. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkv8o4vzlg#autoplay

(Bloomberg) - SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket suffered a leak, tumbled out of control in space and exploded during a test flight, in a third straight major setback for the Elon Musk-led company. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27/elon-musk-to-address-spacex-workers-ahead-of-key-starship-launch

WCBS TV - Numerous people wounded in a shooting inside the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury, Connecticut. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brass-mill-center-mall-shooting-waterbury-connecticut/

Variety - Musician Rick Derringer has died. He produced many popular theme songs for wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan’s “Real American,” which has the curious legacy of being used as a theme song by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. https://variety.com/2025/music/news/rick-derringer-hang-on-sloopy-real-american-writer-dead-1236411000/

CTV - Canada’s protection under the Golden Dome will cost it US$61 billion, but Canadians can get the benefits of the missile defence shield for free if they agree to have their country become the 51st American state, announces President Trump. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/golden-dome-would-cost-canada-us61-billion-trump-says/

WTOP - DC mayor unveils her budget proposals, which avoid tax increases and government layoffs but eliminate or alter some programs involving social services. https://wtop.com/gallery/dc/watch-live-bowser-unveils-2026-dc-budget-supplemental-2025-budget/

Pinoy rock icon Freddie Aguilar, who sang about social injustice, has died. https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/05/28/news/national/freddie-aguilar-passes-away-at-72/2121273