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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

By COLLIN BINKLEY
May 22, 2025 1:30 pm - The Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.
Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status

By JANIE HAR
May 22, 2025 1:26 pm - A judge in California blocked the Trump administration Thursday from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending.
US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
May 22, 2025 10:39 am - The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.
Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Education Department

By COLLIN BINKLEY
May 22, 2025 10:30 am - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.
North Korea’s second naval destroyer is damaged in a failed launch attended by Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
May 22, 2025 7:49 am - North Korea's second naval destroyer was damaged in a failed launch this week, state media reported Thursday, sparking fury from leader Kim Jong Un, who wants bigger warships to deal with what he calls escalating U.S.-led threats against his country.
House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH ASKARINAM
May 22, 2025 6:12 am - House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval Thursday.
Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over Musk’s cost-cutting team

By GARY FIELDS
May 21, 2025 9:53 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters Wednesday, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon M...
DOGE asks U.S. Supreme Court to block access to its records

By Zoe Tillman
May 21, 2025 7:14 pm - The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order that would force it to answer questions from a watchdog group and turn over documents about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in a fight over public access to the office’s records.
Justice Dept. abandons police reform deals with Minneapolis, Louisville

By Mark Berman and Perry Stein
May 21, 2025 4:32 pm - The Justice Department moved Wednesday to drop police-accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville, abandoning the Biden administration’s attempt to reshape ...
Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

By GERALD IMRAY and AAMER MADHANI
May 21, 2025 2:12 pm - President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump's baseless claim of the systematic killing of white farmers.

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