Wed, 28 May 2025

Wed, 28 May 2025 Trump blasts 'nasty' chicken gibe about his tariff reversals

The president was not pleased with an acronym, standing for "Trump Always Chickens Out", reportedly coined on Wall Street.

* US President Donald Trump pushed back on his tariffs reversals after a reporter asked him about "Taco", an acronym reportedly used by Wall Street traders to describe his habit of threatening tariffs then backing out.
* Two people were killed and 19 injured when a Mexican Navy training sailboat crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge.
* A manuscript previously considered an unofficial copy of the Magna Carta is now believed to be genuine and one of the world's most valuable documents.
* Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was part of a protest in the US Senate.
* The prosecution questioned Ventura, who will return to the stand on Thursday for cross-examination by Combs' lawyers.
* A singer testified that she was forced to participate in her former partner's "freak-offs".
* Prosecutors alleged the rapper used fame and violence to sexually abuse women, while his attorneys defended his "swinger" lifestyle.
* Judges sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration.
* Pope Leo XIV's brother Louis said nothing would be the same again after his appointment.
* Robert Prevost, a US bishop, was ordained as a priest in 1982 and served as an altar boy in Chicago.
* New York police arrested over 70 pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied the main library at Columbia University.
* The Canadian prime minister reiterated that Canada "is not for sale" during a meeting with Trump.
* Former US president George W. Bush said he has no regrets about his withdrawal from the presidential contest against Donald Trump in 2016.
* A volcano erupted again in Hawaii, one of the world's most active volcanoes.
* Flames destroyed much of Nottoway House, built in 1859, after a fire ripped through it.
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