Joe Biden makes first major speech since leaving office
Joe Biden makes first major speech since leaving office
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Can Harvard afford to defy Trump?
The Ivy League school’s vast reserves won’t entirely prevent belt-tightening. But its wealth could help the university lead the charge against Trump’s pressure campaign on higher education. Trump freezes Harvard funding after university rejects demands President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze federal funding for multiple elite universities if they do not adhere to his … Read more
Hegseth aide put on leave from Pentagon amid leak probe
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says ‘nobody’s texting war plans’ Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said “nobody’s texting war plans” and pushed back against the characterization of the leaked information. An aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave on April 15 as part of an investigation into … Read more
Judge admonishes U.S. for failing to return deported Maryland man
El Salvador’s president Bukele says he won’t return Maryland man In a meeting at the White House, Nayib Bukele told President Trump he would not return the mistakenly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia. GREENBELT, MD – A federal judge declined Tuesday to hold the Trump administration in contempt for failing to return a Maryland … Read more
University of Wisconsin student wins temporary visa protection
A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India. Panic on college campuses as Trump cancels international student visas The Trump administration has cited reasons like roommate disputes and traffic tickets for canceling hundreds of international student visas. The temporary order prevents the Department of … Read more
DOGE may have caused ‘significant cyber breach’ at NLRB
Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens | Reuters How did Elon Musk become so powerful in Washington? As leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk has made major changes, but who is Elon Musk and how did he rise in Washington? WASHINGTON – A whistleblower complaint says that Elon Musk’s team of technologists may have … Read more
US judge scraps Biden-era rule capping credit card late fees at $8
Jonathan Stempel | Reuters Biden administration announces $8 cap on credit card late fees The Biden administration’s new rule will cap credit card late fees at $8. It’s the latest White House effort to crack down on what it calls “junk fees.” Scripps News April 15 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday threw out … Read more
Trump blames Ukraine’s Zelenskyy of starting war with Russia
‘You don’t have the cards’: Trump, Zelenskyy clash over war President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy got into a heated exchange during their meeting in the Oval Office. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of inviting Russia’s assault again, arguing that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shouldn’t have started the war with Moscow without … Read more
CDC advisers begin vaccine guidelines review after months-long delay
Mariam Sunny and Sneha S K | Reuters Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posts endorsement of measles MMR vaccine on X Health and Human Services secretary, and vaccine skeptic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports measles vaccine after visiting West Texas. April 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outside expert panel began … Read more
Trump threatens to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status
Similar to many other nonprofit colleges, Harvard is exempt from federal and state income taxes. The president doesn’t have unilateral authority to revoke an organization’s tax-exempt status. Trump administration to review billions in funding for Harvard Trump has announced plans to review $9 billion in federal contracts and grants at Harvard University over claims of … Read more