🗞️Trump speaks with Putin...again

May 19th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• President Trump spoke with Russia’s Putin today in a call that lasted about two hours, President Trump said on social media that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin negotiations for a ceasefire and an end to the war

• On Sunday it was announced that former President, Joe Biden, has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, Biden’s representatives did say in a statement that it "appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management"

• The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s request to cancel Biden-era temporary protections for nearly 350,000 Venezuelans in the U.S., allowing them to face deportation

• VP Vance reportedly considered traveling to Israel on Tuesday but decided against it because he did not want the trip to suggest the Trump administration supported Israel’s military operations in Gaza

• President Trump officially signed the Take It Down Act into law, which makes it a federal crime to post real and fake sexually explicit imagery online of people without their consent

• Pope Leo XIV and VP Vance met at the Vatican today, VP Vance during that meeting extended an invitation for Pope Leo XIV to visit the U.S. and gave him a letter from President Trump…for more on the meeting click here

• Federal judge, Beryl Howell, ruled the Trump administration’s DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace unlawful and ordered the reinstatement of the original leadership

• Wendy McMahon has resigned as president and CEO of CBS News, Stations, and CBS Media Ventures, citing disagreements with company leadership over the network’s future direction

• Bath & Body Works has named Daniel Heaf, a former Nike executive, as its new CEO

• Spain has ordered Airbnb to remove more than 65,000 rental listings nationwide that violated regulations, primarily for lacking required license numbers or clear ownership details…this crackdown is aimed at curbing illegal rentals and attempting to ease the country’s housing crisis

• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy the bankrupt 23andMe for $256 million and has promised ethical use of customers' DNA data

• The average 30-year mortgage rate is now above 7% for the first time since April 11th

• DOW up .32% / S&P up .09%

Plus: A look at where same sex marriage is legal around the world

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