7 h. ago Trump administration takes aim at Harvard's international students and tax

President Donald Trump's administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to revoke the university’s ability to host international students, who make up 27% of the campus

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46 h. ago Biden takes aim at Trump and Musk in first speech of his post

Former President Joe Biden took aim at President Donald Trump and Elon Musk during the first speech of his post-presidency.

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7 d. ago Democrats in Congress take aim at Trump’s ‘market manipulation’: ‘This could be an enormous scandal’

Lawmakers call for investigations into whether administration officials and members of Congress engaged in insider trading

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7 d. ago Trump takes aim at city and state climate laws in executive order – US politics live

President instructs Department of Justice to ‘stop the enforcement’ of state climate laws, calling out New York and Vermont’s ‘climate superfund’ lawsDonald Trump is taking aim and city- and state-led fossil fuel accountability efforts, which have been hailed as a last source of hope for the climate amid the president’s ferociously anti-environment agenda.In a Tuesday executive order, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to “stop the enforcement” of state climate laws, which his administration has suggested are unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump takes aim at city and state climate laws in executive order

President orders justice department to stop enforcement of critical policies holding fossil fuel companies accountableUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump is taking aim and city- and state-led fossil fuel accountability efforts, which have been hailed as a last source of hope for the climate amid the president’s ferociously anti-environment agenda.In a Tuesday executive order, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to “stop the enforcement” of state climate laws, which his administration has suggested are unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump issues executive order to block state climate crisis policies – US politics live

Move directs US attorney general to block laws addressing carbon emissions and comes hours after president issued orders to increase coal productionChina will impose 84% tariffs on US goods from Thursday, up from the 34% previously announced, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.In early March, the Trump administration sent warning letters to 60 US universities it said were facing “potential enforcement actions” for what it described as “failure to protect Jewish students on campus” in the wake of widespread pro-Palestinian protests on campuses last year. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump to sign executive orders aimed at boosting the coal industry – US politics live

President speaks in White House framed by coal minersThe European Union still wants to avoid a trade war with the United States despite Donald Trump’s administration’s rejection of the “zero for zero” offer on all industrial goods put forward by Brussels, an EU spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday.White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Monday that the European Union needed to lower its non-tariff barriers, including those created by value-added taxes and food safety regulations, if it wanted to reach a deal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bromance on the rocks as Conor McGregor launches into furious Donald Trump rant

Conor McGregor has taken aim at the EU and Donald Trump, accusing the president of 'trying to destroy Ireland' with his new tariffs on Irish exports and urging the country to leave the EU

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3 w. ago Trump news today: Journalist shares Signal attack plans after officials denied they contained classified information

President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault and blames ‘low level’ White House employee for blunder that saw Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: Journalist shares Signal attack plans after officials denied they contained classified information

President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault and blames ‘low level’ White House employee for blunder that saw Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake

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3 w. ago Caribbean leaders deny Cuban health workers are victims of ‘forced labor’

As White House takes aim at medical missions, SVG says it gave US proof that workers aren’t human-trafficking victimsThe prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) said his government has provided evidence to the US that Cuban health workers in the country are not victims of human trafficking, as the Trump administration takes aim at the medical missions.Speaking in advance of US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to the Caribbean on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said he was confident that the information he provided would settle US concerns about the deal under which Cuban medical professionals work in SVG. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Caribbean leaders deny US claims that Cuban health workers are victims of ‘forced labor’

As White House takes aim at medical missions, SVG says it gave US proof that workers aren’t human-trafficking victimsThe prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) said his government has provided evidence to the US that Cuban health workers in the country are not victims of human trafficking, as the Trump administration takes aim at the medical missions.Speaking in advance of US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to the Caribbean on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said he was confident that the information he provided would settle US concerns about the deal under which Cuban medical professionals work in SVG. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump asks supreme court to halt ruling ordering the rehiring of federal workers

Appeal argues US judge William Alsup can’t force executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employeesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration asked the supreme court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.The emergency appeal argues that the judge can’t force the executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employees. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump expected to sign executive order to abolish US education department

President made campaign promise to axe the department – but needs congressional approval to follow throughUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that instructs the US education secretary, Linda McMahon, to start dismantling the agency, seemingly attempting to circumvent the need to obtain the congressional approval needed to formally close a federal department.The order – which has been anticipated for weeks given Trump campaigned on a promise to end the education department – directs McMahon to “take all necessary steps” shut down key functionalities “and return education authority to the states”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of Education

Order calls for teardown of department as Trump seemingly tries to circumvent need to obtain congressional approvalUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that instructs the US education secretary, Linda McMahon, to start dismantling the Department of Education, seemingly attempting to circumvent the need to obtain congressional approval to formally close a federal department.The administration may eventually pursue an effort to get Congress to shut down the agency, Trump said at a signing ceremony at the White House on Thursday, because its budget had more than doubled in size but national test scores had not improved. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Donald Trump to sign executive order aiming to shut down Department of Education – US politics live

Order challenged by Democratic state attorneys general as NAACP says it is a ‘dark day for millions of American children’ The Trump administration is working on a plan to create what conservatives have long demanded: a militarized buffer zone along the southern border in New Mexico that would be occupied by active-duty US troops, empowered to detain migrants who cross into the United States unlawfully, the Washington Post reports.According to the Post, recent internal discussions have centered on deploying troops to a section of the border in New Mexico that would be turned into a kind of military installation, which would give the soldiers a legal right to detain migrants who “trespass” on the elongated base. Unauthorized migrants would then be held until they can be turned over to immigration officers.Speaking from the podium of the White House briefing room, Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, accused federal judges of ruling against the president for partisan reaso...

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