{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftodays-news.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftodays-news-may-23-24-2025-GdgfXQNg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Today's News, May 23-24, 2025","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01f7d4b2-716c-43f9-8a03-c96056c76782/b6e802bd-0699-434d-95d3-b2a9126a668a/wwop-todays-20news-20cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"President Trump blocked Harvard from admitting foreign students over its “anti-American” stance and threatened the EU with 50% tariffs. The GOP Senate halted California’s EV mandate, and SCOTUS issued mixed rulings—supporting Trump’s power to fire labor board members while blocking state funding for religious schools in Oklahoma. Trump declared a national emergency to supercharge nuclear energy for AI, scrapped EPA limits, and signed major trade deals, including one with Nippon Steel creating 70K jobs. His team raised $600M for midterms, and 12.3M deceased were removed from Social Security rolls. FBI busted a Muslim-led immigration fraud ring, while deportation deals progress. On the economic front, tariffs loom for Apple, Nike returns to Amazon, and May customs duties hit $22.3B. Internationally, Chinese factory workers protest closures. Meanwhile, Billy Joel retires due to dementia symptoms, Zachary Levi plans a Texas studio, Lizzo loses weight, and a Florida man used a drone to rescue a drowning girl."}