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New York Times:
Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard's Ability to Enroll International Students  —  The move was a major escalation in the administration's efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump's demands.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard University's ability …
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Department of Homeland Security:
Harvard University Loses Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certification for Pro-Terrorist Conduct  —  Harvard is being held accountable for collaboration with the CCP, fostering violence, antisemitism, and pro-terrorist conduct from students on its campus.
Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters:
Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban  —  Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued studies.
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
CNN:
Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  Trump administration revokes Harvard from enrolling any international students  —  The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students …
The Harvard Crimson:
Trump Admin Revokes Harvard's Authorization To Enroll International Students  —  The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students on Thursday, dramatically escalating the administration's fight with the University and threatening thousands of current students.
Bloomberg:
Trump Attack on Harvard Students Reverberates Across World
Discussion: The Hill, New Republic and Reuters
Eugene Volokh / Reason:
“Harvard University Loses Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certification for Pro-Terrorist Conduct”
Discussion: UPI and WBUR
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump's Political Nemeses  —  Immigrants and wealthy universities, as well as foreign companies, would see higher taxes under the House-passed bill.  —  President Trump already has the weight of the executive branch behind his efforts to strip funding …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Slate and USA Today
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History  —  House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.  —  House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
How Mike Johnson doused a GOP dumpster fire
New York Times:
Republicans Pass Strictest Medicaid Work Requirement They've Ever Put Forward
New York Times:
Regulators Are Investigating Whether Media Matters Colluded With Advertisers  —  Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.  —  The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday opened an investigation into Media Matters …
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Reuters:
FTC probes Media Matters over Musk's X boycott claims, document shows  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has demanded documents from Media Matters about possible coordination with other media watchdogs accused by Elon Musk of helping orchestrate advertiser boycotts of X, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Muzzling Media Matters
Discussion: The Wrap
Reuters:
Trump's image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa  —  U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Stages an Oval Office Mugging
Discussion: NPR, CNN, The Independent and HotAir
Fox News:
White House shuts down reporter's ‘ridiculous’ challenge of White South African farmer deaths
The Hill:
Trump confronts South African leader with ‘white genocide’ accusations
New York Times:
Hundreds Join Trump at ‘Exclusive’ Dinner, With Dreams of Crypto Fortunes in Mind  —  The guests were the biggest investors in President Trump's memecoin, and they were greeted with chants of “shame” as they arrived at Trump National Golf Course.  —  President Trump gathered Thursday evening …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:   A Revealing Joke in the Oval Office About Getting in Trump's Good Graces
CREW:
50 Trump crypto dinner invitees hold tokens linked to alt-right symbols and racist language
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Kills The Independent Agency.  Trump Is King  —  With a final ruling all but certainly coming down the pike, Trump has created the ultra-powerful, unbounded presidency of Project 2025's dreams.  —  The Supreme Court majority all but declared Thursday that it is ready to overturn …
Discussion: Associated Press, Newsweek, Reason and MSNBC
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Why the Supreme Court decision on firing independent agency heads is a big deal
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court grants Trump request to fire independent agency members
Justin Kaufmann / Axios:
FBI raids Chicago home linked to D.C. shooting of Israeli Embassy staff  —  Chicago Police and FBI agents raided an Albany Park apartment Thursday morning that they say is connected to the man accused of shooting and killing two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.
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Kory Grow / Rolling Stone:
Suspect in Fatal Israeli Embassy Staffer Shooting Charged With Murder
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Israeli Embassy Staffers Murdered by ‘Free Free Palestine’ Peacenik UPDATE
Washington Post:
Trump threatens Apple with 25 percent tariff over iPhone production  —  President Donald Trump threatened Apple in a social media post Friday with a minimum 25 percent tariff if the tech giant does not make iPhones for American customers in the United States.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1
Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk's DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S. federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter …
NBC News:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from revoking international students' legal status  —  The order prevents students from being arrested, detained or transported based on their legal status until their case is resolved.  —  A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration …
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's airport screening program has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a large surge of the virus in China.
Discussion: Scripps News
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Democrats want a long-awaited age reckoning  —  Some younger House Democrats are preparing to push for a long-delayed, caucus-wide intervention on age after the tragic passing of yet another one of their septuagenarian colleagues, Axios has learned.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
DNC sets June vote over redoing election on David Hogg's vice chair role  —  DNC members will vote electronically in June on whether to redo the election for two vice chairs.  —  The Democratic National Committee took another step Thursday toward removing a pair of vice chairs …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
The Father Pursues Trump's Diplomatic Deals.  The Son Chases Crypto Deals.  —  While Steve Witkoff travels the world as Middle East envoy, his son Zach is pitching foreign deals for his cryptocurrency venture with the Trumps  —  A month before President Trump's inauguration …
Dallas Morning News:
At least 4 people detained by plainclothes agents Thursday at Dallas immigration court  —  Plainclothes federal agents detained several people this week at the immigration court in the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, continuing a pattern seen at courts across the country.
 
 
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Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
GOP US Sen. Tommy Tuberville is expected to announce run for Alabama governor, associates say
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Wall Street Journal:
Libraries Are Wasted on Columbia Students
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
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Discussion: American Thinker
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A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters' birth father tomorrow
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Associated Press:
Trump's $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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