Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said during a recent interview that President Trump is looking to “exact vengeance” on Harvard University after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blocked the Ivy League institution from enrolling foreign students. Raskin said on Friday night that the administration's move to rescind Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification... ... Read full Story
President Trump delivered the commencement speech for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday morning, declaring at one point that the 2025 class consists of the "first West Point graduates of the Golden Age of America.” “This is the Golden Age. I tell you, promise, we're in a new age,” Trump told the... ... Read full Story
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California Rep. Judy Chu (D) provided an update Friday on recovery efforts in Los Angeles following the deadly wildfires earlier this year, saying officials are doing "everything they can" to revitalize the city. Chu made an appearance on NewsNation's "The Hill" Friday evening to discuss the reopening of an 11-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway... ... Read full Story
The Wall Street Journal slammed President Trump’s administration for delivering a “short-sighted attack” on Harvard University after banning the Ivy League institution from enrolling international students this week. The editorial board wrote that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to rescind Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification on Thursday has thrown all... ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, hosted the president of South Africa at the White House and threatened more stringent tariffs against the European Union this week. ... Read full Story
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a third improperly deported man late Friday, saying his removal likely “lacked any semblance of due process.” The administration removed the Guatemalan man, identified as O.C.G. in court filings, to Mexico despite his fear of persecution after being held for ransom and raped... ... Read full Story
The Trump administration announced Friday that it would ease sanctions against Syria, making good on President Trump's promise from earlier this month to roll back penalties against the country roiled by years of civil war. The Treasury Department confirmed the move in a statement Friday, saying it issued Syria a General License (GL) 25, authorizing... ... Read full Story
House Republicans secured $12 billion in their reconciliation bill for states that incurred costs over the border crisis during the Biden administration. ... Read full Story
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky early Saturday condemned Russia’s overnight strikes on several areas in Ukraine, including Kyiv, as the two sides began the first stages of a prisoner swap this week. Zelensky wrote on social media that the overnight attack targeted the Odesa, Vinnytsia, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kyiv and Dnipro regions, which suffered heavy damages.... ... Read full Story
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Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night outside a Jewish museum in Washington, made his first court appearance this week, where a picture of the criminal case against him so far began to come into focus. The killings of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a young... ... Read full Story
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a Friday letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to drop its prosecution against Boeing, which the Trump administration did later in the day. Initial charges alleged that the aircraft company mislead regulators before two 737 planes crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing 346 people,... ... Read full Story
Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm, said Friday it is planning to cut 2,500 jobs as the Trump administration seeks to reduce government spending levels by discontinuing federal contracts. The federal shift is projected to decrease Booz Allen’s fiscal 2026 revenue by 3 percent, as most of the company’s earnings are rooted in government contracts. ... ... Read full Story
Four top lawyers at Paul Weiss said Friday they would depart from their roles as partners at the law firm to form their own practice. “We were disappointed not to be able to tell each of you personally and individually the news that we have decided to leave Paul, Weiss to start a new law... ... Read full Story
The Trump administration is overhauling the National Security Council after it announced former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz would depart his post overseeing the agency. ... Read full Story
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 24, 2025 is:
limn \LIM\ verb
Limn is a formal verb most often used especially in literary contexts to mean "to describe or portray," as in "a novel that limns the life of 1930s coastal Louisiana." It can also mean "to outline in clear sharp detail," as in "a tree limned by moonlight," and "to draw or paint on a surface," as in "limning a portrait."
// The documentary limns the community's decades-long transformation.
// We admired every detail of the portrait, gracefully limned by the artist's brush.
"... the story of Ronald Reagan's jelly beans is not simply about his love of a cute candy. It speaks to how he weaned himself from tobacco, judged people's character, and deflected scrutiny. It limns the role of the sugar industry and food marketing. And it demonstrates how food can be a powerful communications tool. Reagan's jelly beans sent a message to voters: 'I like the same food you do, so vote for me.'" — Alex Prud’homme, Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House, 2023
Did you know?
Limn is a word with lustrous origins, tracing ultimately to the Latin verb illuminare, meaning "to illuminate." Its use in English dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was used for the action of illuminating (that is, decorating) medieval manuscripts with gold, silver, or brilliant colors. William Shakespeare extended the term to painting in his poem "Venus and Adonis": "Look when a painter would surpass the life / In limning out a well-proportioned steed …" Over time, limn gained a sense synonymous with delineate meaning "to outline in clear sharp detail" before broadening further to mean "to describe or portray." Such limning is often accomplished by words, but not always: actors are often said to limn their characters through their portrayals, while musicians (or their instruments) may limn emotions with the sounds they make.