TODAY’S NEWS FLASH:
Political Landscape
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll or keep its international students.
Trump's National Security Council trimmed in restructuring, sources say
The White House is trimming and restructuring the National Security Council, sources told CBS News on Friday — weeks after President Trump replaced his national security adviser and gave Secretary of State Marco Rubio the powerful post.
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Global Impact
Russia hits Ukrainian capital Kyiv with heavy missile and drone attack
Ukraine's capital came under a large-scale combined drone and missile attack late Friday, with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city. Many Kyiv residents were taking shelter in underground subway stations.
‘Alarming’ rise in regional internet censorship in China, study finds
China’s authorities appear to have implemented an enhanced version of the country’s internet censorship regime in the central province of Henan, subjecting tens of millions of residents to even stricter controls on access to information than people in the rest of the country.
Economic Pulse
Trump Shocks With US Steel-Nippon Approval But Details Elusive
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a partnership between United States Steel Corp. and Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., shocking markets with an agreement he said would keep the once-iconic American firm in the US but otherwise providing no specifics.
Who attended Trump’s crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues
For weeks, President Donald Trump’s meme coin project pushed a promotion: top holders of the crypto asset would get to attend an exclusive dinner with the president, and an even more select group of people would get to meet the president and receive a VIP tour.
Quick Takes
Tom Cruise recently set the internet ablaze not for his epic stunt skills but because of his affinity for popcorn.
Aaron Rodgers’s 184-minute visit with Joe Rogan revealed no clues about his football destination for 2025. A 32-second clip that surfaced on Friday does.
Eight people have been found guilty after US reality TV star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint of millions of dollars' worth of jewellery in Paris nearly a decade ago.
The Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who is best known for his dramatic black-and-white photographs that highlighted injustice and introduced the Amazon rainforest the world, has died. He was 81.
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