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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.
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Belgian princess left in doubt about her Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban — Belgium's Royal Palace said Friday that Princess Elisabeth, who is first in line to the throne, is waiting to find out whether she can return to Harvard for her second year after U.S. President …

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House's political demands.
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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 …
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Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban
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Trump's Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World
Trump's Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World
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Judge temporarily blocks effort to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students
Judge temporarily blocks effort to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students
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Harvard University President:
Supporting Our International Students and Scholars
Supporting Our International Students and Scholars
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Revoking Harvard's Ability To Enroll International Students
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Revoking Harvard's Ability To Enroll International Students
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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
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Judge temporarily pauses Trump move to cancel Harvard student visa policy after lawsuit
Judge temporarily pauses Trump move to cancel Harvard student visa policy after lawsuit
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The Small Tweaks That Republicans Slipped Into the Domestic Policy Bill — In their fiscal package, Republicans have slipped in a hodgepodge of tweaks that are, at times, only tangentially related to the rest of the bill. — The domestic policy bill Republicans passed in the House this week …
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Hidden Threat to Democracy Slipped Into Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill
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Republicans want you to pay more for less
Republicans want you to pay more for less
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Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
The Party of ‘Denihilism’ — THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS' “One Big Beautiful Bill” is big, at over a thousand pages.
The Party of ‘Denihilism’ — THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS' “One Big Beautiful Bill” is big, at over a thousand pages.
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Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump's Political Nemeses
Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump's Political Nemeses
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Republicans are dodging fired federal staff: ‘They will not even look in our direction’
Republicans are dodging fired federal staff: ‘They will not even look in our direction’
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Senate Republicans Won't Accept House Tax And Spending Cut Bill
Senate Republicans Won't Accept House Tax And Spending Cut Bill
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Multiple National Security Council staffers put on administrative leave — The Trump administration has put multiple officials at the National Security Council at the White House on administrative leave on Friday as part of a restructuring under interim National Security Adviser and Secretary …
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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 …
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Karen Dunn and Other Top Lawyers Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm — They are leaving a few months after Paul Weiss cut a deal with the White House to avoid an executive order that would have restricted its business. — Four top partners at Paul Weiss announced late Friday that they were leaving …
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Dow falls more than 300 points as Trump threatens new tariffs against the EU and Apple: Live updates — Stocks declined Friday after President Donald Trump ramped up his trade fight again, slapping a tariff on Apple for foreign-made iPhones and recommending new stiffer duties on the European Union.
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Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens E.U. and Apple With New Tariffs
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens E.U. and Apple With New Tariffs
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A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump's Memecoin Dinner — On Thursday evening, US president Donald Trump attended a private banquet with two hundred of the largest investors in his personal crypto coin. Here's what happened. — As US president Donald Trump left …
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 137. 5/23/25

Judge strikes down Trump's sanctions against Jenner & Block law firm — The ruling said the president was trying “to chill legal representation the administration doesn't like” by punishing several law firms. — A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning …
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Trump executive order targeting Jenner law firm unconstitutional, judge rules
Trump executive order targeting Jenner law firm unconstitutional, judge rules
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What Are People Still Doing on X? — Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout — This has been a banner month for X. Last week, the social network's built-in chatbot, Grok, became strangely obsessed with false claims about “white genocide” in South Africa …
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Boeing Strikes Deal to Avoid Criminal Responsibility for 737 Max Crashes — A deal between the plane maker and the Justice Department, which was opposed by some of the families of those who died in the crashes, includes paying millions into a victims' fund.
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Jake Tapper Says Liberal Podcaster Made Racism Jab After He Revealed Son Wants To Be a Cop: ‘This Is Why You F**kers Are Losing Elections’ — CNN anchor Jake Tapper argued the left's reaction to him revealing his 15-year-old son wants to be a police officer is the exact reason they are losing elections.
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Trump's Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque — Because President Trump deeply values accuracy and integrity in public conduct, he will be mortified to learn that a photo he brandished during his recent Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa perpetrated a massive deception.
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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 …
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Border czar Tom Homan's security detail costs around $1 million a month — Security for Trump administration border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources within the administration told CBS News, an amount that has drawn attention from allies of President Trump …

The Court's ‘Make It Up As You Go’ Constitution — What interests me most about the Supreme Court's telegraphed decision ending independent agencies is the ease with which they discard their governing theories (unitary executive) when the results are ones they find unpleasant (ending the independence Federal Reserve).

Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over 60 Minutes Interview — As Paramount considers settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump, the Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that it will sue over a deal that allegedly “could amount to a bribe.”

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 …