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🗓️ 28 May 2025
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Wednesday, May 28. The seven stories you need to know today.
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0:00.0 | President Trump lashed out at Vladimir Putin. |
0:05.8 | Elon Musk lost another rocket. |
0:08.7 | And Turkey is cracking down on an annoying type of air passenger. |
0:14.0 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
0:17.9 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
0:19.0 | It's Wednesday, May 28th. Let's get you caught up with |
0:22.6 | today's seven stories. Number one. President Donald Trump has in the past taken a friendly |
0:32.7 | tone toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that's changed in recent days. |
0:39.2 | Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Trump said this about the Russian leader following fresh |
0:44.6 | attacks on Ukraine. |
0:46.2 | I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people. And I don't know what |
0:50.8 | the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time. Always gotten along with |
0:55.1 | him. But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people. And I don't like it at all. |
1:01.2 | And yesterday, Trump posted an angry message on truth social. It said, what Vladimir Putin doesn't |
1:08.7 | realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would |
1:12.6 | have already happened to Russia. And I mean really bad. He's playing with fire. These were some of |
1:19.4 | the harshest words yet that Trump has had for Putin. And it comes as Trump is considering increased |
1:25.3 | sanctions against Russia over its unwillingness to negotiate |
1:28.8 | a ceasefire with Ukraine. On the campaign trail, Trump had said he would resolve the war within 24 |
1:35.3 | hours. He's since said that he was being, quote, a little bit sarcastic. But his frustration with Putin is |
1:43.0 | boiling over nonetheless. |
1:46.7 | The Trump administration halted visa appointments for foreign students. That's number two. |
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