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Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump — The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk. — Late last week, officials at Harvard University were trying …
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Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze — A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.
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Karoline Leavitt Melts Down Over Deported ‘Father of the Year’ — LEAVITT ALONE — Trump's press secretary mocked the Maryland father who the administration mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison. — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt lashed out at reporters Tuesday …
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Trump's Case Against Man Deported in “Error” Just Took Another Big Hit — As Trump administration officials seek to defend their refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after deporting him in “error,” one of the government's chief justifications has been that he was a member of the MS-13 gang.


Judge launches inquiry into Trump administration's refusal to seek return of wrongly deported man
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Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she's weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration
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SCOTUS puts constitutional crisis in America's Easter basket
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Exclusive: Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe — One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
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Trump dashed Musk's secret Pentagon briefing on China — Beyond tariffs and court battles over Trump policies, two pieces of White House palace intrigue emerged Tuesday: — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suspended two top Pentagon officials, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick …
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Two top Pentagon officials placed on leave in leak probe — The disclosures under investigation include Elon Musk's visit to the Pentagon. — The Pentagon placed two top political appointees under administrative leave on Tuesday after a probe into potential leaks of sensitive information, according to three defense officials.
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Why Trump Will Lose His Trade War — His people don't know what they're doing or what they want — Scenes from the trade war: — In response to Donald Trump's huge tariffs on Chinese exports, China's government has suspended exports of rare earth minerals and magnets, both critical to many modern industries and the military
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The European Union braces for more U.S. tariffs despite talks
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Inside Democrats' scramble to travel to El Salvador — Democrats are rushing to organize trips to El Salvador as President Trump refuses to comply with a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of a Maryland resident who was erroneously deported to the country.
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California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs — It's Gov. Gavin Newsom's most direct move against Trump since the president retook office. — SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Donald Trump over tariffs in an aggressive move to end the president's stranglehold on global commerce.
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Newsom says California to sue over Trump tariffs: reports
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1 big thing: Trump tariffs are on trial
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California's Newsom Says State to Sue Over Trump's Tariffs
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The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP — Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether.
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The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers — The world's richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.
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Trump's D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times — Trump nominee Ed Martin's 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.


2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun Guns — Three people, including the two who were subdued with stun guns, were arrested. — A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia outside of Atlanta on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos …
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Republicans reconsider their commitment to tax cuts for the rich in Trump agenda bill — The unexpected debate has emerged as GOP lawmakers look for ways to pay for their massive budget bill and as the party's electoral coalition shifts. — WASHINGTON — Republicans are discussing an idea …
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Pentagon's ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse — Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director. — Under pressure from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, nearly all the staff …
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DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group — A representative of DOGE met with leaders of the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates. — U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday …
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Lawyer: Federal agents detain Guatemalan man, 29, with no criminal record — A Guatemalan immigrant with no Massachusetts criminal record was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents shattered the glass on his vehicle as he and his wife waited inside the car for their lawyer to arrive.
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Trump administration refers NY AG Letitia James for potential prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud — WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James — who infamously declared that “no one is above the law” when she was targeting Donald Trump — was hit with a federal criminal referral …


Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program — Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right? — US government funding for the world's CVE program - the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws - ends Wednesday.
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‘Treated like a criminal’: US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada — Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont — A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home …
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Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman — Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. — It marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle which could have major implications …
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DOJ files lawsuit against Maine claiming the state violated Title IX by “by failing to protect women in women's sports” — Washington — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine's Department of Education for …
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Border deployment vehicle accident kills two service members, third in critical condition — Two service members deployed to the U.S. Southern border were killed and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military announced late Tuesday.
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