3 h. ago Donald Trump calls Harvard a ‘joke’ and says it should be stripped of funds – US politics live

President says university should lose government research contracts after it refused demands to accept outside political supervisionSeveral international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, arguing the government denied them due process when it suddenly took away their permission to be in the US. The actions by the federal government to terminate students’ legal status have left hundreds of scholars at risk of detention and deportation. Their schools range from private universities like Harvard and Stanford to large public institutions like the University of Maryland and Ohio State University to some small liberal arts colleges. At least 901 students at 128 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since mid-March, according to an Associated Press (AP) review of university statements and correspondence with school officials. In lawsuits against the Department of ...

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40 h. ago Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown

UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visasMore students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago New London community rallies against Trump administration's plan to revoke migrant rights

New London community rallies against Trump administration's plan to revoke migrant rights  WLUK

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8 d. ago Nearly 150 students at 48 colleges have had visas revoked as Trump’s deportation crackdown on colleges grows

The actual total of students who have had visas revoked could be much larger, according to the report

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9 d. ago Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden

The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately

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9 d. ago Colleges around the US say some international students' visas are being revoked

Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked

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1 week ago Trump administration revokes all South Sudanese visas in repatriation row

State department accuses east African country of ‘taking advantage of the United States’The US is revoking the visas of all South Sudanese passport-holders and will stop any more of its citizens entering the country.The Department of State said South Sudan was “taking advantage of the United States” by failing to comply with US efforts to return people to the east African country, adding that the measures would come into effect immediately. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump revokes permits for oil companies in Venezuela to pressure Maduro

Action against Eni and Global Oil Terminals follows cancellation of Chevron’s licence in Latin American country

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2 w. ago At a glance: Who has been detained or deported in a US crackdown on pro

Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants

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2 w. ago Another law firm targeted by Trump sues to block punishing executive order – live

Law firm Jenner & Block sues Trump administration seeking to block executive order that would halt the firm’s business with the government and revoke security clearancesCanadian prime minister Mark Carney and Donald Trump’s first phone call will take place this morning, a source with knowledge of the matter has told Radio-Canada.It will be their first conversation as leaders and comes days after Trump announced plans to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on cars from overseas, a move Carney condemned as a “direct attack” on Canadian workers. Trump later threatened further tariffs if the EU worked with Canada “in order to do economic harm to the USA”. Carney said:We will defend our workers, we will defend our companies, we will defend our country, and we will defend it together.I’m available for a call, but you know, we’re going to talk on our terms as a sovereign country, not as what he pretends we are. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The people legally in the U.S. who have been detained by ICE or refused entry

A series of people – some of whom have never known life outside the United States – have been detained and deported amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration

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3 w. ago Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris and other political enemies

In a memo on Friday, president also revoked clearances for Antony Blinken, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger and Letitia JamesDonald Trump moved to revoke security clearances for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and a string of other top Democrats and political enemies in a presidential memo issued late on Friday.The security clearance revocations include former secretary of state Antony Blinken, former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney, former Illinois representative Adam Kinzinger and the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump for fraud, as well as Biden’s entire family. They will no longer have access to classified information – a courtesy typically offered to former presidents and some officials after they have left public service. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris, Hillary Clinton and other rivals

Donald Trump has ordered security clearances from a range of his political opponents in Washington DC be revoked, including Joe Biden's family, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton

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3 w. ago Donald Trump revokes legal status for 532,000 migrants from four countries

Those affected have been warned they have until April 24 to leave the United States or face being "promptly removed"

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3 w. ago Trump revokes legal status of more than 500,000 migrants... but faces fury over uncertainty for Ukrainian refugees

Uncertainty still remains for some 240,000 Ukrainians who sought refuge in the US following the Russian invasion in 2021.

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3 w. ago Trump revokes security clearance for Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton

US president is stepping up a campaign of retribution against his political enemies

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3 w. ago Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

Move takes effect on 24 April as president weighs also stripping parole status from some 240,000 Ukrainians in USDonald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, in the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration.It will be effective on 24 April. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump administration is seeking to deport Indian academic at Georgetown as part of State Department crackdown

‘We have not received a reason for his detention,” university said

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4 w. ago Trump administration is seeking to deport Indian student at Georgetown as part of State Department crackdown

‘We have not received a reason for his detention,” university said

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