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Trump says Powell's “termination can't come fast enough” — President Trump blasted Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Thursday with the strongest suggestion yet of intentions to try to fire the nation's most powerful economic policymaker. — Why it matters: Trump's attack comes …
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Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell — Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff whiplash. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …
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Trump Says Fed Chair Jerome Powell's ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’ — The president said that Jerome Powell has been too hesitant to cut interest rates, and “he should certainly lower them now.” — President Trump lashed out at Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve …
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Live Updates: Active shooter reported at Florida State University; multiple patients hospitalized — The university sent out an alert urging students to seek shelter as a shooter was reported in the area of the student union. … FSU was site of shooting in 2014
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At least 4 injured in shooting at Florida State University, suspect in custody: Sources — Police are responding to the scene, which is near the Student Union. — LIVE — People comfort each other on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee, Fla., where law enforcement responded …


FSU shooting: Six injured, one critically; man arrested; campus locked down — There is an active shooter on Florida State University's Tallahassee campus, according to an alert sent from the university, with multiple social media reports of gunshots being heard. … ‘It was terrifying’
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As Garber Stands Against Trump, Money From Harvard Donors Pours In — After Harvard publicly rejected the Trump administration's demands, a wave of support — and money — has come rushing in. — In the 24 hours after Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 announced that he would not comply …
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Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data — The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump's fight against Harvard, the country's oldest and richest university. — The Trump administration has threatened …
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DHS threatens to revoke Harvard's eligibility to host international students unless it turns over disciplinary records
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‘We are all afraid’: Speaking to Alaska nonprofit leaders, Murkowski gets candid on upheaval in federal government — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told a room full of Alaska nonprofit leaders that the tumult of tariffs, executive orders, court battles, and cuts to federal services under …
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Lisa Murkowski Says ‘We Are All Afraid’ Of Retaliation By Donald Trump
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GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib—and worse — Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump. … A row of Latino men with shaved heads and stoic expressions wearing identical white boxer shorts stand behind thick metal bars.
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Boasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt Over Deportation Flights — The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders. — A federal judge in Washington threatened on Wednesday …
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Trump in trouble? Stagflation, judicial contempt, and sagging polls
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Trump challenges judges' probes of compliance with deportation orders
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Trump admin seeks emergency relief of Boasberg contempt threat
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Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield — Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
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Trump's pick to be DC's top prosecutor failed to report nearly 200 appearances on far-right media outlets to Senate — Ed Martin, the Trump administration's nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, failed to report hundreds of media appearances he's made in the past few years …
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Ed Martin Has Completely Disqualified Himself
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Trump says he's optimistic about a trade deal with Europe — President Trump expressed optimism about a deal with Europe before the end of a 90-day pause in tariffs. — “There'll be a trade deal 100%,” Trump said during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “We're going to make fair deals.”
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Europe's ‘Trump whisperer’ arrives
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Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People — Palantir, the surveillance giant, is taking on an increased role with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including finding the physical location of people who are marked for deportation, according to Palantir Slacks and other internal messages obtained by 404 Media.
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Federal judge rules Google has illegal ad tech monopoly — A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google illegally acquired and maintained a monopoly over advertising technology, the second time in less than a year that the tech giant has been found in violation of antitrust laws.
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Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds
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BYU Ph.D. student's international student visa revoked over apparent fishing license violation — A Brigham Young University Ph.D. candidate from Japan has had his international student visa revoked — perhaps because of a fishing violation from years ago. — Outside of a couple …

Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Four days before Donald Trump's inauguration …


American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately — Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen. — A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately.
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The Most Damning Aspect of the Supreme Court's Latest Trump Dodge — The story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—the Maryland father wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison—has captivated the nation and spurred Democratic lawmakers into action, with Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen flying to El Salvador on Wednesday to try to get him freed.


A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution — Donald Trump's most frightening power grab was undertaken with an undertone of sinister jocularity. There was no column of tanks in the streets, no burning of the legislature. The president and his partner in despotism …
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‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’ — Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it. — After Elon Musk made a public show of remedying an apparent error in DOGE's massive cuts to foreign aid …


Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether Trump can implement birthright citizenship plan — The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear …
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Biden's FBI Ordered TN Highway Patrol to Release ‘Maryland Man’ Recently Deported to El Salvador After He Was Detained in 2022 Traffic Stop on Suspicion of Human Trafficking — The Tennessee Star learned on Wednesday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha …


White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor — The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year. — The White House is considering deep cuts to federal housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of aid …

The New Transparency Rules and the El Salvador Detention Agreement — A 2022 statute could force disclosure of any U.S.-El Salvador agreements connected to the facility where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is detained. — oonahathaway — Meet The Authors … Editor's note: This piece was cross-posted at Just Security.


Van Hollen stopped at military checkpoint on way to Salvadoran prison — TECOLUCA, El Salvador - Sen. Chris Van Hollen was stopped by armed guards Thursday at a military checkpoint and turned away less than two miles from the notorious prison where a Maryland father who was wrongly deported from the U.S. is being held.


Can Harvard Use Its Endowment To Make Up For Federal Cuts? It's Possible, but Not That Simple. — Harvard's endowment is not a $53.2 billion pile of cash. But as the University sits on the precipice of historic financial losses, it has increasingly faced calls to draw from endowment funds to make up the difference.


Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program — The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump's allies to offer up to $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning. — The Texas House of Representatives voted early Thursday morning …


Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory — Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they're concerned that there's no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects.

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