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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States …
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Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports  —  U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation banning travel from certain countries, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing administration officials.  —  The proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry …
Allison McCann / New York Times:
See the Countries Under Trump's New Travel Ban
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says  —  The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.
Discussion: Newsweek
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U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Notifies Columbia University's Accreditor of Columbia's Title VI Violation  —  ED OCR and HHS OCR Found Columbia University Violated Federal Civil Rights Law  —  The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today notified Middle States Commission …
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Officials Target Columbia Accreditation Over Pro-Palestine Protests  —  The Education Department said Columbia University no longer appeared to meet accreditation standards after concluding that the school is in violation of anti-discrimination laws, the latest effort by the Trump administration …
Discussion: The Guardian
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Attacks Columbia's Accreditation
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard's International Students From Entering U.S.  —  The university called it “yet another illegal retaliatory step” from an administration that has sought ways to circumnavigate the courts in its push to bar foreign students.  —  President Trump said on Wednesday …
Discussion: The Guardian
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts Foreign Student Visas at Harvard University
Discussion: Associated Press, Newsweek and WBUR
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University
Washington Post:
Trump proclamation seeks to restrict international students from Harvard
Discussion: Bloomberg, Washington Times and KRDO
Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
Trump bans Harvard from admitting new international students
Discussion: Asia Times, al.com and The Hill
Dhruv T. Patel / The Harvard Crimson:   Trump Issues Proclamation Banning International Students at Harvard From Entering U.S.
Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump's Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention  —  One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government's main hub for combating violent extremism.
Associated Press:
Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden's actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor's “cognitive decline” …
Discussion: Twitchy and Associated Press
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Karine Jean-Pierre is leaving the Democratic Party.  Her former White House colleagues have some thoughts.  —  Several who worked alongside the former press secretary responded to her book announcement with derision and contempt.  —  Karine Jean-Pierre's announcement that she's leaving …
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre writes book on ‘broken’ Biden White House  —  Former press secretary's tome will publish in October, and its title is a nod to her recently announced departure from the Democratic Party to become an independent.  —  Weeks after the release of a best-selling book detailing …
NOTUS:
Karine Jean-Pierre's New Book Is Greeted With a ‘WTF’ Chorus
Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data  —  Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey  —  Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government …
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Politico:
Dems eye a villain-to-ally arc for Musk  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data  —  The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system.  —  The Bureau of Labor Statistics is cutting back its collection …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk's Outbursts Over Megabill  —  Billionaire's attacks on Trump's tax bill are fraying his relationship with the president  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is losing patience with Elon Musk after the billionaire attacked Republicans' sprawling tax-and-spending bill.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP rage with Musk spills out privately after break with Trump
Axios:
Senators broach $2 trillion in spending cuts in W.H. meeting with Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
The Texas Tribune:
Feds sue Texas over long-standing law allowing undocumented students to receive in-state tuition  —  The lawsuit comes just days after the Legislature adjourned without repealing the first-in-the-nation law, which passed in 2001.  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas …
CBO Publications:
Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act  —  As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025  —  Estimated budgetary effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025.
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Wired:
ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids  —  A requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don't clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency.  ICE declined to explain what that means for future enforcement.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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NBC News:
ICE arrests record number of immigrants in single day, including hundreds at scheduled appointments
Discussion: The City and Raw Story
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return  —  A Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there was flown back to the United States on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, his lawyer said.
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and The Hill
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Trump administration returns Guatemalan man to U.S. after judge says he was wrongly deported
Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work  —  The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.  —  President Donald Trump's latest attempt to assert control over an elite American cultural institution …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Judge bars Trump administration from deporting family of Boulder attack suspect  —  A federal judge barred the Trump administration from deporting the wife and children of an Egyptian man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a pro-Israel demonstration in Colorado.
Discussion: KRDO, Twitchy and Politico
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deporting family of Boulder attack suspect
Sydney Kashiwagi / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Gov. Tim Walz backs transgender kids as Democrats grapple with debate over bans in sports  —  The Minnesota Democrat has been critical of other members of his party who are retreating at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and in Minnesota.
Discussion: PJ Media and New York Post
 
 
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Alejandro Serrano / The Texas Tribune:
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Discussion: New Republic and CBS News
Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
After Delays and Public Blowback, Chapel Hill Board Votes Outside Meeting to Award Tenure
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Trump calls for scrapping debt limit
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