3 h. ago Harvard University sues Trump administration to stop federal funding freeze

The US government froze more than $2.2bn in funding for Harvard after it defied demands by Trump to curb protests on campus.

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4 h. ago Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of €1.9 billion in grants

The White House has argued that universities allowed antisemitism to go unchecked at campus protests last year against Israel’s war in Gaza.

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41 h. ago JD Vance gets brief Easter audience with Pope Francis in Vatican

Meeting with US vice-president comes after pontiff recently criticised Trump administration’s immigration policies

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3 d. ago US supreme court blocks new deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century wartime law

Lawyers get temporary order to stop Trump administration using 1798 Act to send alleged gang members to El Salvador

Events

3 d. ago US Supreme Court blocks new deportations under 18th century wartime law

The court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Centre ‘until further order of this court’.

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5 d. ago US government claims Salvadorian man deported in 'error' was actually a gang member

The claims were made after weeks of pressure on the Trump administration to prove its contention that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13.

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6 d. ago US judge presses Trump administration on refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The hearing came a day after White House advisers said they lack the authority to bring back the Salvadoran national from his native country.

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6 d. ago Irish J1 visa students urged to be informed of potential risks of ‘activism’ in US

Trump administration says it will screen social media accounts of immigrants, visa applicants and foreign students for ‘anti-Semitic activity’

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6 d. ago Trump administration freezes about €2 billion in funding to Harvard

US government withholding money due to school’s decision to fight White House demands

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8 d. ago Pharmaceuticals 'need to be made in America' says US Commerce Secretary after temporary tariff halt

The Trump Administration has not yet targeted the pharmaceutical sector with its wide-ranging tariffs.

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8 d. ago Irish visits to United States drop by 27% amid anxiety over Trump administration’s border controls

Travel operators report ‘intense uncertainty’ around US market

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1 week ago US judge directs government to take all steps to return mistakenly deported man

US district judge Paula Xinis’ order comes after the Supreme Court said that the Trump administration must work to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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2 w. ago US Supreme Court allows deportations under 18th century wartime law

The Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act in March to deport Venezuelan migrants.

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2 w. ago 'No king for USA': Tens of thousands march in US against President Trump 'devastation'

The “Hands Off!” protests were against the Trump administration’s handling of government downsizing, human rights and the economy, among other issues.

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2 w. ago Tánaiste to meet Trump administration officials in US amid tariff uncertainty

Tánaiste Simon Harris is set to pay a visit to the US next week as the fallout continues from Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day'

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2 w. ago Elon Musk denies his role in Trump administration is coming to premature end

Billionaire under scrutiny following Democrat victory in Wisconsin supreme court election

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3 w. ago 'We were always coming back': Astronauts who were stuck in space for months say 'lessons learned'

Elon Musk and Donald Trump had made unsubstantiated claims that the Biden administration held up their flight back to Earth for political reasons.

Technology

3 w. ago Trinity warns staff not to answer US government request for diversity and equality information

A questionnaire seeks to establish whether funded research aligns with the Trump administration’s interests.

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3 w. ago US judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal chat messages on Yemen strikes

District Judge James Boasberg said he will order the government to “preserve all Signal communication” between 11 March and 15 March.

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3 w. ago AP and the Trump administration due back in court in fight over access

Even if a judge rules in favour of the news organisation, it is unclear how the White House will respond to the order.

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