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Trump Administration Halts 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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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.
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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.
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The Republican Party's Populist Betrayal — There were lots of last-minute tweaks to the Big, Beautiful Bill the House passed this morning, but here, per the New York Times, is the most openly stupid one: … Happy Thursday. — Another Win for the Plutocrats — by Andrew Egger
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Here are some of the changes to the House bill that passed on Thursday morning. — The early-morning vote was 215 to 214, mostly along party lines. It was a crucial victory for what President Trump and Republicans are calling the “big, beautiful bill.” — A victory for House Republican …
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The Deficit Is Unsettling Bond Traders. Here's How That Affects the Economy. — The trade war has calmed down, but rising government borrowing costs pose a new worry — An economy facing possible indigestion from big increases in tariffs now is contending with a second headwind …

Senate GOP preps for ‘one big, beautiful’ rewrite
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House Republicans pass ‘big, beautiful bill’ after weeks of division
House Republicans pass ‘big, beautiful bill’ after weeks of division
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Trump's Next Hurdle: The Bond Market Hates His ‘Beautiful’ Tax Bill
Trump's Next Hurdle: The Bond Market Hates His ‘Beautiful’ Tax Bill
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The House Passed Trump's Megabill. Bond Investors Are Worried.
The House Passed Trump's Megabill. Bond Investors Are Worried.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Two House Republicans missed the big vote
Two House Republicans missed the big vote
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Why Warren Davidson voted against the House GOP megabill
Why Warren Davidson voted against the House GOP megabill
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Republicans Pass Bill Gutting Medicare and Medicaid in Middle of Night Vote
Republicans Pass Bill Gutting Medicare and Medicaid in Middle of Night Vote
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Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky Were Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in D.C. Shooting — Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky met while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, her father said. Mr. Lischinsky had just bought an engagement ring, an official said.
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Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum — Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum — Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem — A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside …
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Ilhan Omar refuses to condemn fatal shooting of Israeli Embassy workers, walks away from reporters
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2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC
2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC
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Judge blocks Trump bid to dismantle Department of Education — The judge said the administration's planned reductions were clearly aimed at carrying out Trump's campaign-trail promise to eliminate the department altogether. — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration …
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Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department
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Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees
Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Education Department
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Education Department

Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation's first religious charter school — The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation's first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma's top court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court says Oklahoma can't launch taxpayer-funded religious charter school
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Woman shot at CIA headquarters after crashing into gate … A woman was shot and wounded at CIA headquarters after crashing into a gate there early Thursday morning, NBC News reported. — The woman has been preliminarily identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told NBC.
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Two Israeli Embassy staffers shot dead outside D.C.'s Capital Jewish Museum — The gunman shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested, law enforcement officials said. — Two staff members of Israel's embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the district's Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, officials said.
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Gaming Out a Sudden Stop — What happens if investors lose faith in America? — I used to be an economics ambulance-chaser — someone who raced around the world to wherever there was an interesting economic calamity. And this international experience probably made me more sensitive …

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging — The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration's trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock.
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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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Trump Claimed a Social Media Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn't. — During a meeting with South Africa's president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution. A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.
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Trump Video Doesn't Show ‘Burial Sites’ in South Africa
Trump Video Doesn't Show ‘Burial Sites’ in South Africa
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades — The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. — The funding decreases touch virtually every area …

Treasury Sounds Death Knell for Penny Production — One-cent coins are expected to stop entering circulation early next year. Businesses will need to round prices up or down. — The U.S. government is phasing out the penny, whose use has spanned more than two centuries.
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Hoping to get Trump's attention, small business buys millions in cryptocurrency: “We thought it was worth it” — When President Trump's new tariffs started throttling freight traffic, the leader of trucking logistics firm Freight Technologies used an unorthodox method to try and get the president's attention.
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Trump Thinks It Was ‘Stupid’ Not to Cash in Harder on His First Term. He's Making Up for It
Trump Thinks It Was ‘Stupid’ Not to Cash in Harder on His First Term. He's Making Up for It
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Multiple people on private plane that crashed into San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say — A private jet crashed into military housing in San Diego during foggy weather early Thursday, igniting cars parked along a suburban neighborhood block and killing multiple people on board the plane, authorities said.
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Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from government — Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's efforts to keep …
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U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration—Application of the Impoundment Control Act to Memorandum Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans — B-337137 — Highlights — The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) …
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What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He's Making With Jony Ive — Idea is a 'chance to do the biggest thing we've ever done as a company here,' Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday — OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman gave his staff a preview Wednesday of the devices …
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U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data — The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people. … The U.S. intelligence community is now buying up vast volumes …

BYD sells more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for first time — Chinese car group has been pushing to expand into overseas markets for past few years — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. — BYD has sold more electric vehicles …
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Trump Family Turns Presidency Into Most Lucrative Venture Yet — Since he launched his campaign, the family has put dealmaking in overdrive — with memecoins, guns and new hotels abroad.