POLITICSTrump says no escalation expected with Cuba after Castro indictmentPresident Trump said the United States is “freeing up Cuba” and ruled out escalation after the US indicted CastroAl Jazeera·May 21, 2026
POLITICSJustice Dept. Charges Raúl Castro as Trump Escalates Pressure Campaign Against CubaThe indictment was an extraordinary escalation of the Trump administration’s multifaceted pressure campaign against Cuba’s Communist government.NY Times·May 21, 2026
POLITICSTrump’s Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named TrumpNo president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.NY Times·May 20, 2026
POLITICSCongress is best chance to stop Trump 'lawfare' fund, attorneys sayThe Department of Justice has set up a $1.8 billion fund that will purportedly compensate victims of prosecutorial overreach under the Biden administration.CNBC·May 20, 2026
POLITICSUS indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime<p>Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996</p><p>The United States issued a federal criminal indictment against <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/raul-castro">Raúl Castro</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/cuba">Cuba</a>’s fThe Guardian·May 20, 2026
POLITICSTrump Gets His Payback in Primary Elections, but It Comes at a Cost in CongressRepublican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.NY Times·May 20, 2026
POLITICSBezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, talks taxes and praises Trump in CNBC interviewJeff Bezos rejected accusations that Amazon's decision to release a documentary on first lady Melania Trump was an effort to curry favor with the president.CNBC·May 20, 2026
POLITICSBolivian president to reshuffle cabinet amid antigovernment protestsRodrigo Paz is under pressure from weeks of demonstrations and poor economic conditions.Al Jazeera·May 20, 2026
POLITICSWhy has the US indicted Cuba’s Raul Castro now?The indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro over a 1996 plane shootdown revives a decades-old case.Al Jazeera·May 20, 2026
POLITICSSupreme Court voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local levelThe Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.NPR·May 20, 2026
POLITICSBolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’<p>Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week, shaking centre-right president</p><p>Protests blocking roads across Bolivia and turning the centre of the capital, La Paz, into a battleground between demonstrators and police have entered a second week.</p><p>It is the The Guardian·May 20, 2026
POLITICSJan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout FundThe two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.NY Times·May 20, 2026
