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Trump threatens steep tariffs on trade with the European Union — and on iPhones

President Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office on May 23, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump on Friday said he had run out of patience with trade negotiators from the European Union and has decided to set the tariff on imports at 50% starting on

Kim Kardashian robbery trial: verdict expected in Paris

Kim Kardashian leaves the justice palace after testifying, regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption toggle caption Aurelien Morissard/AP PARIS — The veteran gangster who held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint and left her fearing for her

Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Elias Rodriguez, who is suspected of killing two Israeli Embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been charged with

Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 4 dead and 1 missing

In this photo provided by the New South Wales Police, emergency workers wade through floodwaters as they prepare inflatable boats to effect rescues near Taree, Australia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. AP/NSW Police hide caption toggle caption AP/NSW Police MELBOURNE, Australia — Record floodwaters on Australia's east coast have left four people dead and one missing

Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school’s sports teams

Members of Yale crew, left, and Harvard crew, right, greet one another after the 4-mile course along the Thames River for the 146th Harvard-Yale Regatta, in New London, Conn., on May 28, 2011. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessica Hill/AP CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Some of Harvard's sports teams would be virtually wiped out by

Voice of America’s prospects appear grim after appeals court order

A sign outside of the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC, US, in March, shortly after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government, including the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. Bloomberg/Getty

Former U.S. ambassador to Israel says D.C. shooting is part of an ‘explosion’ of antisemitism

People hold signs and Israeli national flags in a sign of support outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images Details are continuing to emerge in the wake of

Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism

Enlarge this image Handwritten notes are left at the site of the recent shooting outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were gunned down Wednesday evening after an event at the museum by a man