Thursday, May 21, 2026

U.S. Indicts Cuba’s Castro, Bipartisan Housing Bill & The Last ‘Late Show’ 

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U.S. Charges Raúl Castro: DOJ, WaPo, Reuters, NY Times, NPR, BBC, Axios

‘Final Stages’ of U.S.-Iran Talks: Axios, NewsNation, AP, ABC News, NY Post

Barney Frank Dies: NBC News, Fox News, WaPo, NY Times

House Passes Housing Bill: NPR, Fox News, Bloomberg, The Hill

Memorial Day Weekend Travel Begins: AAA, Yahoo! News, ABC News, The Hill, NY Post

Harvard Caps A’s: Bloomberg, NY Times, WaPo, WSJ

RFK Jr Fires USPSTF Leaders: Stat, Axios, NY Times, Reuters

SpaceX Files for Stock Listing: ABC News, AP, NBC News, WSJ

OpenAI IPO Coming Soon: CNBC, WSJ, Reuters, NY Times

James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media: NY Times, WSJ, WaPo, Reuters

‘The Late Show’ Ends: EW, AP, People, Cincinnati Enquirer

Thing to Know Thursday: Midsize Cities Outpace Large City Growth: Census, WSJ, AP, USA Today, NY Times