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How a cash crisis pushed Dundee university to brink of collapse

Funding shortfalls and management failures have left the Scottish institution’s survival in the hands of the state

Financial Times - 2d

Prince Harry in court battle over security protection despite stepping down as a full-time royal

Prince Harry is in court Tuesday appealing the British government’s decision to ax his publicly-funded security detail.

NBC News - 2d

Universities must become active launchpads for innovation

Research labs must move beyond passive spillovers and become active launchpads for new companies that leverage federally funded research.

The Hill - 2d

Johnson again relying on Trump to bring GOP holdouts in line on budget plan

Speaker Johnson is meeting at the White House with President Trump and House Republican holdouts on the budget bill to fund Trump's agenda.

ABC News - 2d

Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say

The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.

The New York Times - 1d

AustralianSuper says US remains best place to invest overseas

Market chaos unleashed by tariffs has not dimmed America’s appeal, says superannuation fund CIO

Financial Times - 1d

FirstFT: Global market rout deepens as Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs kick in

Also in today’s newsletter, Musk calls Navarro a ‘moron’, and the hedge fund caught off guard by the sell-off

Financial Times - 1d

What is behind the Treasury sell off?

The double whammy of falling bond and equity prices could partly be hedge funds unwinding so-called ‘basis trades’

Financial Times - 1d

Trump administration halts $1 billion for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern

The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern.

ABC News - 1d

China musters ‘national team’ to fight on front line in trade war

State-owned funds and companies are bolstering stock markets with massive co-ordinated share buying

Financial Times - 21h

RFK Jr. Offers Qualified Support for Measles Vaccination

In an interview with CBS, the health secretary also suggested he wasn’t familiar with massive cuts to state funding for public health.

The New York Times - 21h

House passes budget blueprint to advance Trump's agenda

The House on Thursday passed a budget blueprint to fund Trump's agenda after a setback on Wednesday due to GOP hard-liner opposition.

ABC News - 6h

After Reviving Democrats in Wisconsin, Ben Wikler Is Stepping Down

Ben Wikler, who supercharged fund-raising as the leader of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, is stepping down — and weighing a run for office.

The New York Times - 4h

Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH

The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American ...

Los Angeles Times - 6d

Bonds are back in market crash, but the way investors are buying fixed-income has changed

Bonds are back as the stock market plunges, and flows show that actively managed fixed-income funds are in favor with many investors despite higher fees.

CNBC - 3d

The history of Voice of America

The Congressionally funded broadcaster is both a global information source and an American foreign policy tool. Now, with an executive order, the Trump administration silenced VOA for the first ...

CBS News - 3d

‘Some of these diseases are in the Bible’: despair as cuts halt progress on age-old tropical illnesses

They are debilitating afflictions that people don’t know about, don’t understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution ...

The Guardian - 1d

Trump changes tune as his billionaire supporters push back against tariffs

Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman has joined a growing list of President Donald Trump's billionaire backers calling for the White House to slam the brakes on tariffs.

ABC News - 1d

Healthy Returns: Trump says major pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly’

Trump doubled down on plans to soon impose "major" pharmaceutical tariffs, while early stage startups dominated digital health funding deals in first quarter.

CNBC - 1d

Elon Musk’s Tesla Has Competition in Jeff Bezos’s Secretive EV Startup

Bezos-funded startup Slate Auto has an ambitious goal to create a $25,000 EV truck. And it could happen as early as next year.

Inc. - 1d

Johnson scraps vote on Trump-backed budget blueprint

House Speaker said the House won't vote as planned on the budget blueprint that would fund Trump's agenda because a small "subset" of members aren't satisfied with it.

ABC News - 20h

FIFA Club World Cup host cities to receive $1M each for future soccer projects

FIFA Club World Cup host cities will each receive $1 million from soccer's governing body to fund community soccer projects in the future.

Yahoo Sports - 5h

State Farm pleads for emergency rate hikes on California homeowners

State Farm argues it needs additional funds to boost capital and avert an increasingly dire financial situation following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.

CNBC - 4h

Indian Prime Minister Modi expands ties on a visit to Sri Lanka

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated construction work on an jointly-funded solar plant in neighbouring Sri Lanka and witnessed the signing of energy and defense agreements

ABC News - 5d

Bill Ackman warns Trump to call a timeout on trade war: 'This is not what we voted for'

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman, who endorsed President Trump last year, is offering a stark warning about the risks of the White House’s tariff plans, arguing they could cause the ...

The Hill - 3d

Aid cuts could have ‘pandemic-like effects’ on maternal deaths, WHO warns

Loss of funding could undo progress in reducing deaths in pregnancy and childbirth, especially in war zones, says UN. More women risk dying in pregnancy and childbirth because of aid cuts by ...

The Guardian - 3d

Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force

Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday

ABC News - 3d

Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping

Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economies. Poor countries have accused the rich world of “backsliding” and betrayal of their ...

The Guardian - 3d

Trump adviser fires back at Bill Ackman: 'Nuclear winter' talk 'completely irresponsible'

White House National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said in a Monday interview that billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman “should ease off the rhetoric” after he warned that ...

The Hill - 3d

GOP pollster: Majority of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts

A majority of Americans who voted for President Trump oppose cuts to Medicaid funding, according to a recent poll. Two-thirds of surveyed swing voters oppose cutting Medicaid spending to pay for ...

The Hill - 3d

Protect Our Care targeting swing districts with ads opposing Medicaid cuts

The Democrat-aligned group Protect Our Care is launching a new spate of ads targeting GOP-controlled swing districts across the country to highlight constituent opposition to Medicaid funding cuts ...

The Hill - 3d

$115 million just poured into this startup that makes engineering 1,000x faster — and Bezos, Altman, and Nvidia are all betting on its success

Rescale secures $115 million in Series D funding to accelerate AI physics technology that speeds up engineering simulations by 1000x, backed by tech luminaries including Bezos and Altman.

VentureBeat - 3d

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