Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard  —  Harvard sued and asked for a restraining order less than 24 hours after the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.

Is Trump Trying to Destroy Harvard?  —  The order against foreign students turns away the world's brightest.  —  The Trump Administration has frozen billions in federal grants to Harvard University, threatened its tax-exempt status, and sought to dictate its curriculum and hiring.

Chinese College Gives Harvard International Students ‘Unconditional Offers’  —  A Hong Kong college has promised “unconditional offers” for international students at Harvard after the Trump administration  —  .  —  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) said it would help …

Harvard Derangement Syndrome  —  In my 22 years as a Harvard professor, I have not been afraid to bite the hand that feeds me.  My 2014 essay “The Trouble With Harvard” called for a transparent, meritocratic admissions policy to replace the current “eye-of-newt-wing-of-bat mysticism” which “conceals unknown mischief.”

White House dismisses scores of National Security Council staff  —  The dismissals, part of a plan to downsize the coordinating body, follow President Donald Trump's recent ouster of his national security adviser.  —  Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council …

Scoop: Trump, Rubio take aim at National Security Council's “Deep State”  —  President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have orchestrated a vast restructuring of the National Security Council, reducing its size and transferring many of its powers to the State and Defense departments.