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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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New York Times:
Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go  —  Fear and confusion mounted quickly on Thursday as international students, who make up more than a quarter of the university's enrollment, sought clarity or reassurance.  —  Just before the Trump administration announced …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
FIRE:
Trump bars Harvard from enrolling international students in alarming crackdown on speech  —  Today, the Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered her department to end Harvard's Student …
The Harvard Crimson:
HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT BLOCK  —  Harvard sued the Trump administration Friday morning and plans to file a temporary restraining order shortly to stop the Department of Homeland Security from revoking its certification to enroll international students.
Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News and Reuters
Bloomberg:
Trump Attack on Harvard Students Reverberates Across World
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 and Slate
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
How Mike Johnson doused a GOP dumpster fire  —  The speaker spent months keeping flare-ups from growing into a conflagration even Donald Trump couldn't extinguish.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson bet it all on “one big, beautiful bill.”  With a heavy assist from President Donald Trump in the final hours, he delivered.
Washington Post:
Johnson again corrals GOP factions to pass Trump's sweeping tax bill
Discussion: Associated Press
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Republicans Pass Horrid Tax Bill Thanks to Democrats Dying in Office
Discussion: Axios and Fox News
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US … “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone's that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Friday.
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NBC News:
Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple if it does not start making iPhones in America  —  It's the president's latest salvo directly targeting a U.S. company after he hit out at Walmart and Mattel.  —  President Donald Trump has threatened Apple with a 25% tariff if it does not start producing iPhones …
Washington Post:
Trump threatens E.U. with 50 percent tariff, takes aim at Apple over iPhones
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
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Muzzling Media Matters
Discussion: The Wrap
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Why the Supreme Court decision on firing independent agency heads is a big deal  —  A question I've gotten from reporters is how long it will take the public sector to recover from the damage Trump has done.  There is no easy answer to this, but I highlight one variable that will matter a lot …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court grants Trump request to fire independent agency members
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
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 …
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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Fox News:
White House shuts down reporter's ‘ridiculous’ challenge of White South African farmer deaths
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
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Judge extends order blocking Trump's mass federal worker layoffs  —  A federal judge said the president likely needs to seek congressional cooperation for such widespread changes.  —  A federal judge has extended her freeze on President Donald Trump's plan for mass layoffs and reorganizations …
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
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Congressman Tells Fox News, 'I Don't Drink Out of a Straw, Brother - That's What the Women in My House Do'  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told Fox News on Thursday that he doesn't “drink out of a straw” because “that's what the women in my house do.”  —  During a montage of interviews …
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 …
 
 
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