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Legal groups helping immigrant children who survived sex trafficking, abuse sue to regain federal funding
Immigrant children who survived sex abuse are being stripped of legal aid to help them stay in the U.S. due to HHS federal funding cuts, according to legal groups.NBC News - 21h -
Legal groups helping immigrant children who survived sex trafficking, abuse sue to regain federal funding
Immigrant children who survived sex abuse are being stripped of legal aid to help them stay in the U.S. due to HHS federal funding cuts, according to legal groups.NBC News - 21h -
Education Department investigating dozens of universities after DEI warning letter
The Education Department announced Friday it is investigating more than 50 colleges and universities over what it called "racial preferences" in academics or scholarships, a move that comes amid ...The Hill - Mar. 14 -
At Columbia, Trump's crackdown chills a fervent campus
Faced with the Trump administration’s crackdown and Columbia University's concessions, students say protesting simply isn’t worth the risk.NBC News - 2d -
At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump
There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school’s president. Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.The New York Times - Mar. 12 -
Donald Trump’s war on America’s universities
The administration has chosen Columbia University as the site of the first battle in a much wider conflictFinancial Times - Mar. 21 -
Trump administration investigating Portland schools over transgender athlete
The Education Department is investigating Oregon’s largest school district and the state’s governing body for high school sports for allowing a transgender student to participate in girls’ track ...The Hill - 2d -
Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.The New York Times - Mar. 12 -
Trump administration to end funding for vaccinating children in poor countries
The Trump administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, a global program that purchases shots to help vaccinate children in developing countries against some of the world’s deadliest ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump administration briefing: Democrats denounce education department ‘shutdown’
Education secretary ordered to take ‘all necessary steps’ to dismantle department; US rejects Mexico’s request for water – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance. Donald Trump signed ...The Guardian - Mar. 21 -
Harvard researchers sue the Trump administration for removing their work from public website
Two Harvard researchers said in a lawsuit that the Trump administration removed their work from a public website because it referenced the LGBTQ community.NBC News - Mar. 13 -
Judge denies CFPB funding relief to Baltimore
A federal judge on Friday handed the Trump administration a win by declining to temporarily block its bid to strip the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of its reserve funds, after ...The Hill - Mar. 14 -
Education Secretary Linda McMahon warns 60 colleges over antisemitism on campus
Dozens of universities across the country received a federal government warning on Monday over their obligation to protect Jewish students on campus, just as President Donald Trump's administration ...NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Georgetown, Columbia and Brown scholars targeted for deportation by Trump administration
The Trump administration has accomplished academics in its crosshairs — and may be trying to make examples of them.NBC News - Mar. 20 -
Medical Research at Columbia Is Imperiled After Trump Terminates Funding
Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.The New York Times - Mar. 18 -
Morning Report — Trump hails Education Department shrinkage
In today’s issue: The Education Department will be dismantled and give states greater autonomy over education, President Trump vowed during a White House event Thursday intended to showcase a ...The Hill - Mar. 21 -
Judge orders reinstatement of education grants axed by Trump in DEI sweep
A judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate education grants it had nixed as part of its work to end DEI initiatives.CNBC - Mar. 18 -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 2d -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 2d -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 2d -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 2d -
Watch live: Students rally against Trump moves to dismantle Department of Education
A group of student demonstrators are holding a "sit in" at the Department of Education on Friday to protest President Trump's executive actions to shutter the department. Trump on Thursday signed ...The Hill - Mar. 21 -
US colleges warned of ‘enforcement actions’ over antisemitism allegations
Warning comes after cancellation of $400m in funding to Columbia and detention of student activist Mahmoud Khalil. The US education department’s civil rights office issued warnings on Monday to ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Roger Stone criticizes Trump officials over war plans group chat
Roger Stone believes that high-level Trump administration officials were wrong to use a private app to communicate sensitive military plans, regardless of whether a reporter was added to the chain ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump: Administration talking to four groups about possible TikTok sale
President Trump said Sunday that his administration is in talks with four groups about a potential TikTok sale, with less than a month until a ban on the popular video-sharing platform is set to go ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Trump administration briefing: education department to be halved as Trump walks back Canada tariffs
Education secretary Linda McMahon describes layoffs as ‘significant step towards restoring greatness’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance. The US Department of Education intends ...The Guardian - Mar. 12 -
A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst
The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out. In six weeks, the Trump administration’s “ rapid scheduled ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump Administration Lifts Ban on Sugar Company Central Romana Over Forced Labor
Labor groups said working conditions had not changed enough to warrant the removal. The company is partly owned by donors to President Trump.The New York Times - Mar. 19 -
Live updates: Trump signs order that will dismantle Education Department
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that will begin the dismantling of the Education Department, kick-starting a campaign promise to shutter the federal agency. The Trump ...The Hill - Mar. 20 -
Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries
Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for children. The Trump administration is planning to end funding for Gavi, a global ...The Guardian - 2d -
Democrats grill Trump ambassador nominees for Canada, Mexico amid trade battles
Democratic Senators grilled President Trump's ambassador nominees for Canada and Mexico during the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing Thursday over the administration's new trade ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Will a collection agency sue over a $5,000 debt?
Debt collectors have the right to sue you over unpaid debts, but they won't always take that route.CBS News - Mar. 10 -
GOP lawmakers press for investigations of Trump Cabinet group chat
Republican senators are calling for the Trump administration and congressional committees to investigate the disclosure of sensitive national security information over Signal, a commercial app, ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump says student loans will be handled by Small Business Administration
President Donald Trump said Friday that the Small Business Administration, instead of the Education Department, would handle the country's student loans.CNBC - Mar. 21 -
Obama-era Education secretary warns Trump against shuttering department
Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan issued President Trump a warning over plans to shutter the Department of Education, decrying "you break it, you own it." Duncan, in an interview with CNN's ...The Hill - Mar. 8 -
White House locks horns with judiciary over deportations
The Trump administration is on a collision course with the courts after a week spent taunting a federal judge and escalating a battle over whether his orders have been defied. ...The Hill - Mar. 22 -
The Trump team group chat news is obscuring an essential question | Mohamad Bazzi
Amid outrage over Trump cabinet members sharing military details, we’re forgetting to scrutinize decades of failed US policy. The revelation that top members of Donald Trump ’s administration ...The Guardian - 2d -
The Trump team group chat news is obscuring an essential question | Mohamad Bazzi
Amid outrage over Trump cabinet members sharing military details, we’re forgetting to scrutinize decades of failed US policy. The revelation that top members of Donald Trump ’s administration ...The Guardian - 2d -
Advocates gear up for fight to preserve Education Department
President Trump's battle to end the Department of Education is about to turn into a war as advocates prepare to defend the federal agency through litigation and civic action while he readies an ...The Hill - Mar. 8 -
LGBTQ groups call on Democrats to 'do more' to protect their rights
LGBTQ rights groups are asking the Democratic Party to “do more” to protect the rights of gay and transgender Americans in the face of threats from the Trump administration and a growing divide ...The Hill - Mar. 10