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Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding — School to ban masks, empower police and rein in controversial academic department — Columbia University will cede to President Trump's far-reaching demands in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding he revoked this month …
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Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million — A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it. — Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.
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Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes — Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration …
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Columbia Agrees to Trump's Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
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Columbia University agrees to Trump demands in effort to restore federal funding
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Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals — MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES — I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information …
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Trump revokes security clearances of former opponents Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
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Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More
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Trump revokes access to classified material for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and Biden officials
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Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Blinken
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U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport — The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process …
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Trump revokes legal status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans — U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday …
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How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump — Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump. Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal. — Since President Trump's first term …
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Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm's decision to give in to Trump's demands
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Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown — Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally. — Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants …
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How #TeslaTakedown is bringing the fight to Musk — “Part of the reason people are coming out is because they feel it's having a real impact on Elon's pocketbook.” — ∙ Paid … 🚙🪧🚙 — While the Trump administration and DOGE recklessly dismantle the federal government …
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Trump downplays Jan. 6 by suggesting Tesla arson attacks are more serious
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Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency — Leland Dudek backed off his argument that a ruling blocking Elon Musk's cost-cutting team from access to sensitive data could apply to all agency employees. — just now
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The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism — From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we're nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say — Entering the magnificent great hall of the US Department of Justice …
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Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge — Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration's judiciary clash intensifies — In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution …
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Trump says he didn't sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
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Judge Appears Skeptical of Trump's Use of Wartime Law to Deport Venezuelans
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Commerce secretary: No one but ‘fraudsters’ would complain about missed Social Security check — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised alarm over “fraudsters” receiving Social Security benefits, as Trump allies have ramped up rhetoric about potential waste in the program amid …
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Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says
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Trump's Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality — Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working. But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
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Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest — Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations. — Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
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Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network — Six Voice of America journalists sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration on Friday, alleging their moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network were unlawful and unconstitutional.
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A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
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Finland, Denmark Issue Travel Warnings For US — Denmark and Finland have revised their travel guidance for transgender individuals planning to visit the United States. — Newsweek has contacted the ministry for comment via email. — Why It Matters — The move follows similar guidance updates …
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Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people
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“They hate us”: Democrats confront their own Tea Party — Democratic members of Congress, back home in their districts for the last week, have been encountering a level of anger and hostility that some see as reminiscent of the 2010 Tea Party wave. — Why it matters: The dynamic could spill …
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Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda — New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies — One in five Americans plan to turn their backs for good on companies …


George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76 — He claimed a world title in his 20s and again in his 40s, and then made millions selling grills. — George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45 …
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Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Mass. and mental health advocate, dies at 88 — Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts who was an outspoken advocate for people with mental illness and addiction in the face of her own experiences with those diseases, has died.
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