Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for HarvardMay 27, 2025 9:07 am - The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday, intensifying the president's clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.
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Trump’s latest tariff threats knock Wall Street, European stocks and Apple lowerMay 23, 2025 8:28 am - U.S. stocks fell after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the European Union that could begin in a little more than a week. The S&P 500 lost 0.7% Friday and had its worst week in the last seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1%.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration decision to bar foreign student enrollment at HarvardMay 23, 2025 8:13 am - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands.
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Iran and US hold a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issueMay 23, 2025 7:08 am - Iran and the United States began a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program Friday in Rome, with enrichment emerging as the key issue.
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Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on Apple as his trade war intensifiesMay 23, 2025 7:05 am - President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America.
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Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal statusMay 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.
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Education DepartmentMay 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.
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House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night sessionMay 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.
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Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmersMay 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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Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s useMay 21, 2025 1:04 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.