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Harvard Has $2.2B in Funds Frozen After Refusing to Comply

Trump administration acted quickly after university refused to make changes it demanded

(Newser) - Within hours of Harvard's announcement that it would not comply with the Trump administration's policy demands, federal officials said $2.2 billion in multiyear grants to the university would be frozen, along with a $60 million contract, the New York Times reports. "Harvard's statement today reinforces...

Carville: Dems Need to Exploit Trump's 'Economic Chaos'
Carville:
Trump Gives
Democrats
an Opening
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Apr 14, 2025 3:28 PM CDT

Carville: Trump Gives Democrats an Opening

Political consultant says Trump is badly mishandling the economy

(Newser) - Calling President Trump's aggressive moves on tariffs "one of the most ignorant acts of political leadership in American history," James Carville writes at the New York Times that he doesn't think the commander in chief will be able to gloss it over. The Democratic political consultant...

Xi on Trump's Tariffs: 'No Winners in a Trade War'

Chinese leader is on tour of Southeast Asia to shore up alliances amid tariffs conflict with US

(Newser) - China's leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, presenting China as a force for stability in contrast with President Trump's latest moves on tariffs. Although Trump has paused some tariffs, he has...

Lutnick: Don't Count on Tech Exemptions From Tariffs

The products will be included in a future round, he says

(Newser) - That exemption from President Trump's tariffs for certain electronics and the computer chips that power them is nice while it lasts, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested Sunday. "They're exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, but they're included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a...

Harvard Professors Sue Over Trump Administration Threat

Filing responds to list of demands much like other universities have received

(Newser) - The Trump administration's suggestion that it's reconsidering about $9 billion in federal funding for Harvard University has been answered with a pair of lawsuits from professors. The filing Friday in federal District Court in Massachusetts asks for a temporary restraining order to block any suspension of funding, the...

Administration Looks for Ways to Hit a Deportation Milestone

Unofficial aspiration is 1M removals in Trump's first year

(Newser) - The figure hasn't been announced, remaining a topic of private conversations and planning among administration officials. But the Washington Post reports their goal has come into focus for the first year of President Trump's term: 1 million deportations. The highest yearly total so far has been closer to...

Judge: US Can Deport Columbia Protester

Mahmoud Khalil tells court that due process wasn't served

(Newser) - Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be kicked out of the US as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana found Friday during a hearing over the legality of deporting the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The government's contention that Khalil's presence in the...

State Department Staff Must Report 'Anti-Christian Bias'

Accusations will go to Trump administration task force

(Newser) - State Department employees have been told to report their colleagues for any instances of "anti-Christian bias" they witness, according to a memo that was sent to embassies around the world under Secretary Marco Rubio's name. The accusations can be made anonymously, Politico reports. "Reports should be as...

Trump Pick Investigates New Jersey's Governor

Alina Habba says top state officials aren't helping immigration enforcement

(Newser) - Alina Habba, a former lawyer for President Trump and the acting US attorney for New Jersey, has announced that she's put the state's governor and attorney general under investigation. Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin, both Democrats, have not helped federal immigration enforcement in New Jersey,...

As Stocks Plunged, MTG Put Her Money in

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime supporter of Trump's tariffs, invested in stocks hit hard by them

(Newser) - As stocks tanked on tariff fears, Marjorie Taylor Greene showed her faith in the president not just with words but dollar bills. The Republican congresswoman, an avid supporter of the Trump administration's trade policies, not only bought stocks last week as others dumped them in a panic—she scooped...

'Razin' Caine Will Head the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Senate confirms retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine in a 60-25 overnight vote

(Newser) - The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff early Friday, filling the position almost two months after President Trump fired his predecessor. Trump nominated Caine to become the top US military officer in February after...

WH Officials Refuse to Answer Emails With Pronouns in Signature

It's not clear if this is an official White House policy

(Newser) - Some journalists are reporting that Trump administration officials are refusing to engage with reporters who list their pronouns in their signatures, the AP reports. According to an account in the New York Times , White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to a reporter's email inquiry with the message:...

Voting Rights Groups: Bill Passed by House Could Disenfranchise Millions

SAVE Act would require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote

(Newser) - The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the SAVE Act, one of President Trump's top legislative priorities, which would require proof of US citizenship for voter registration. Republicans say the controversial measure is meant to combat noncitizen voting—which is already both illegal and rare, the AP reports....

To Up Pressure, Administration Lists 6K Migrants as Dead

Putting names in Social Security's death file could cut 'terminate' immigrants' financial existence

(Newser) - The Trump administration has turned up the pressure on people in the US legally on work permits to leave by adding more than 6,000 of them to Social Security's "death master file." The idea of listing the immigrants with the dead is to keep them from...

Supreme Court: Bring Back Man Mistakenly Deported

Administration concedes Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to Salvadoran prison by mistake

(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court judge on Thursday that the Trump administration should bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador, the Washington Post reports. The Justice Department had filed an emergency appeal after US District Judge Paula...

Schiff: Trump Should Be Investigated for Insider Trading

Tariff pause seems suspicious to some Democrats

(Newser) - Some Democrats are calling foul on President Trump's abrupt tariff pause, which caused stock prices to soar —days after the announcement of the tariffs led to the worst market plunge in years . Sen. Adam Schiff of California called on Congress to investigate whether the president engaged in market...

Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too
Kash Patel Is Out at ATF
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Apr 9, 2025 7:06 PM CDT

Kash Patel Is Out at ATF

FBI director was doing double duty

(Newser) - The unusual assignment that had the FBI director also running the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has ended. Now the secretary of the Army will direct the ATF on the side, an equally unusual plan. USA Today reports that Daniel Driscoll replaced Kash Patel atop the ATF. No...

Trump's Tariffs Prod Delta to Yank Its 2025 Guidance

The airline had originally expected best financial year ever

(Newser) - As trade tensions ripple through the economy, Delta Air Lines yanked its full-year guidance on Wednesday. CNBC sees it as a big "shift" for the country's most profitable airline, which had initially expected the "best financial year in our history." In March it trimmed its...

Trump's Advice to Americans on Tariffs: 'Be Cool'

Also, buy stocks and reshore your company

(Newser) - Consumer confidence is sinking , China and the EU have introduced retaliatory tariffs within the last few hours, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says we're likely spiraling toward a recession . The president's response? "Be cool." President Trump took to Truth Social Wednesday morning to share the following:...

Dimon: Yeah, We're 'Likely' Spiraling Toward Recession

JPMorgan Chase chief had warned earlier this week that Trump's tariff war might be problematic

(Newser) - Earlier this week, Jamie Dimon sent up a red flag on the tit-for-tat trade war spurred by the Trump administration, which has sent markets into a tailspin , warning that the resulting tariffs will likely bring about "inflationary outcomes" and "slow down growth." He hedged at the time...

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