49 h. ago TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Enough with my typical small talk. Let’s jump into the news right away this week. And there’s plenty of it, including Lyft’s entry into Europe, AV startup […]

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51 h. ago Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.

Nearly 300 U.S.-based researchers have applied to one program that promises "scientific refugee status" for those fleeing Trump's academic funding rollbacks.

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5 d. ago Court Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Shuttering of Migrant Entry Program

The Biden-era program has allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to enter the United States and work legally.

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9 d. ago How Trump's immigration policy changes who gets arrested and detained

During his second Presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to carry out the largest deportation program the U.S. has ever seen.And true to his word – Trump's administration is arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants without legal status.But as part of the crackdown on illegal immigration, legal immigrants are getting caught up in the mix.And then there's people like Amir Makled – a U.S. Citizen and lawyer. Makled was detained by Border agents at a Detroit airport as he returned from a family vacation in the Caribbean. How is the Trump administration's immigration policy changing who is getting arrested and detained? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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9 d. ago TechCrunch Mobility: Jeff Bezos backs a secretive EV startup and Lucid snaps up Nikola’s assets 

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. If there is one certainty in this uncertain moment, it’s this: U.S. tariff policy is likely to change again. As of Friday morning, there […]

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1 week ago Trump Administration Cuts Princeton Funding to Study Climate Change

The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.

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1 week ago Trump: Iran Is 'in Great Danger' if Talks About Nuclear Program Are Unsuccessful

The United States is speaking directly with Iran regarding its nuclear program, as President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are committed to preventing Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon. The post Trump: Iran Is ‘in Great Danger’ if Talks About Nuclear Program Are Unsuccessful appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago For these seniors, DOGE's affordable housing pause means suffering longer without AC

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country.

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2 w. ago TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla takes a hit, tariff chaos begins, and one EV startup hits a milestone

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Over the 13 years reporting on Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, I have watched the rise, fall, near misses, and rise again of the company and […]

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2 w. ago Trump's VA is ending a rescue program that's saved 17,000 military veterans' homes

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.

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2 w. ago Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades

President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

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2 w. ago Judge temporarily restores funding for legal aid for migrant children

A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting funding to the program that provides legal representation to unaccompanied migrant children.

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2 w. ago Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Bid to End Deportation Protections for Venezuelans

Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status are challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program for many migrants.

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2 w. ago CBS Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Support Trump's Mass Deportations

A majority of Americans support President Donald Trump's mass deportation program, a new poll from CBS News finds.  The post CBS Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Support Trump’s Mass Deportations appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Inside the Rivian skunkworks program, and Trump’s gift to Tesla

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Before we jump into the transportation news of the week, it’s worth pointing you to a couple of articles that are focused on Elon Musk, the CEO […]

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3 w. ago TechCrunch Mobility: Inside the Rivian skunkworks program, and Trump’s gift to Tesla

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Before we jump into the transportation news of the week, it’s worth pointing you to a couple of articles that are focused on Elon Musk, the CEO […]

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3 w. ago As protections expire, Ukrainians who escaped war face an uncertain future

A U.S. immigration program allowed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to escape war. As Trump decides whether or not to renew it, recipients fear being deported.

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3 w. ago Trump reverses termination of program tracking mass child abductions in Ukraine

Trump reverses termination of program tracking mass child abductions in Ukraine  The Washington Post

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3 w. ago Rivian spins out a new micromobility startup called Also with $105M from Eclipse

Before RJ Scaringe founded Rivian in 2009, he had micromobility on his mind. More than a decade later, his musings took root in a small skunkworks program inside Rivian that set out to answer one question: Could the company’s technology be condensed down into something smaller and more affordable than its electric vans, trucks, and SUVs? […]

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3 w. ago Federal court temporarily blocks Trump admin plan to suspend refugee resettlement program

The Trump administration was temporarily blocked by a federal court on Tuesday from ending a refugee resettlement program, which he tried on his first day in office.

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