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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 15.04.2025.
It displays 222 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
15.04.2025 ⇢ Harvard Funding Freeze Day
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The Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard after the university rejected demands related to diversity programs and international students, continuing yesterday's institutional standoff. Former President Obama praised Harvard for resisting "ham-handed" attempts to "stifle academic freedom," while Trump threatened to revoke the university's tax-exempt status.
The constitutional crisis deepened as a federal judge ordered expedited discovery and depositions after scolding the Justice Department for doing "nothing" to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador. Democratic lawmakers announced plans to visit El Salvador seeking his release.
China halted exports of crucial rare earth minerals used in technology and defense industries while threatening American "peasants" would suffer from tariffs. Trump eased some tariff threats, causing global markets to rise.
Trump signed an executive order barring undocumented immigrants from receiving Social Security benefits, while a judge blocked his attempt to end legal protections for over 530,000 migrants.
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The warmth lavished on El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in the White House was a ominous window into Trump’s future intentions
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The US president’s expansive interpretation of the law is causing alarm about the impact on freedom of expression and the Constitution
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Under a program known as CHNV, migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela were allowed to fly to the U.S. after securing a sponsorship from U.S.-based individuals.
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New York Post
A high school senior’s life was plunged into tragedy after her entire family was killed in a private jet crash in upstate New York on Saturday.
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President Trump on Monday suggested U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes could be sent to El Salvador, saying "homegrowns are next."
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President Donald Trump keeps talking about sending U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador. But that’s likely illegal.
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04:27⇢Harvard Funding Frozen After Defiance
⌨The newspapers report on a major confrontation between the Trump administration and Harvard University, with the government freezing $2.2 billion in funding after Harvard refused to comply with demands regarding hiring practices and international student reporting (NYTimes, Washington Post, Boston Globe, NPR, HuffPost). Trump's immigration policies face legal challenges as a judge ruled he cannot revoke legal status for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CBS, Fox News). Additionally, Trump has suggested sending US citizens who commit violent crimes to El Salvador prisons, which multiple outlets note is likely illegal (AP, USA Today). China has halted exports of crucial rare earth minerals, potentially impacting tech, automotive and defense industries (Breitbart).
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A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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The Daily Beast
Even Jesse Watters wants to know.
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Los Angeles Times
Overtime costs have ballooned at the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. Last year, deputies worked more than 4.3 million hours of overtime.
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Photos show blood in the bathroom of Sean “Diddy” Combs' studio allegedly taken the night a musician was shot. A police report makes no mention of it.
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The New York Times
The move came after the school said it would not submit to President Trump’s demands to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
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The US president’s expansive interpretation of the law is causing alarm about the impact on freedom of expression and the Constitution
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The Washington Post
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07:38⇢Trump's Expanding Executive Power
⌨The newspapers report on concerns about President Trump's expanding executive power and potentially authoritarian tendencies. Several outlets highlight Trump's impact on law, colleges, and media (CNN, Common Dreams, Sanders). The administration's immigration enforcement continues to be controversial, with reports about IRS-ICE information sharing affecting tax revenues (NBC) and a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing and jobs (NPR, Washington Post). Financial issues are prominent, with reporting on Trump's proposed IRS abolition (MSNBC), trade tensions with China (NYTimes), and massive overtime spending at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department (LA Times).
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A federal judge stopped the Trump administration on Monday from ending deportation protections for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
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Trump Flagrantly Targets Political Opponents in Executive Orders
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen said they would make the trip if the Maryland man was not back in the U.S. by midweek.
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New York Post
A top Chinese official warned Tuesday that President Trump’s “extremely shameless” tariff war would backfire soon — leaving “those peasants in the US” wailing.
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New York Post
A top Chinese official warned Tuesday that President Trump’s “extremely shameless” tariff war would backfire soon — leaving “those peasants in the US” wailing.
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An influential Christian right law firm asks the justices to impose an impossible burden on teachers.
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The Epoch Times
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The White House has taken pains to say administration officials are unified on the tariff effort announced on April 2, which the White House dubbed "Liberation Day."
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In Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele, Donald Trump sees a far-right authoritarian who has something he doesn’t: an actual popular mandate.
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The Atlantic
Allison Riggs discusses the protracted legal battle for her seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, and what it means for the entire country.
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09:57⇢Judge Blocks Trump's Immigration Protections Rollback
⌨The newspapers report on escalating immigration conflicts, with a federal judge blocking the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (Breitbart, CBS, The Epoch Times). Democratic lawmakers plan to visit El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release (NBC News, Newsweek). The tariff conflict with China intensifies as Chinese officials warn American "peasants" will suffer from Trump's "shameless" tariff war (NY Post, CBS). Trump's administration continues targeting political opponents and institutions, freezing billions in funding to Harvard over anti-Semitism and DEI policies (The Blaze, Boston Globe) and ramping up actions against media outlets (HuffPost, Reason).
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The Atlantic
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
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Donald Trump’s attorney general Pam Bondi’s call for Luigi Mangione to receive the death penalty is a dangerous political intervention in support of the indefensible.
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Former President Barack Obama applauded his law school alma mater for rejecting the Trump administration's conditions to "stifle academic freedom."
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The EU has published a list of over 400 American goods it plans to hit with higher levies if trade talks fail
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Los Angeles Times
Stephanie H. Murray
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The letter obtained by NPR marks a rare bipartisan critique from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy.
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Donald Trump is hoping his tariffs will goad his liberal opponents into touting free trade and scoffing at the working class. Democrats don’t have to take the bait.
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One America News
A federal judge on Monday halted the Trump administration from revoking the legal status and work permits of over 530,000 migrants from Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela who flew into the United States during the Biden administration's time at the White House.
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The two sides will appear for a follow-up hearing after a judge ordered the administration to provide her with updates on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts.
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11:49⇢Obama Blasts Trump's Harvard Crackdown
⌨The newspapers report on a significant confrontation between the Trump administration and Harvard University, with former President Obama criticizing "unlawful" demands as "ham-handed" attempts to "stifle academic freedom" (ABC News, USA Today). A Harvard scientist has been ordered to halt research amid a funding freeze (Boston Globe). Immigration issues continue to be prominent, with coverage of the wrongfully deported Maryland man's case (CBS), legal aid for unaccompanied minors (NPR), and a judge halting Trump's attempt to end protections for migrants (OANN). Trade tensions escalate with the EU publishing a list of over 400 American goods targeted for retaliatory tariffs (CNN) while China imposes visa restrictions over US Tibet policy (The Epoch Times).
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen and other lawmakers say the sheet metal worker was 'illegally abducted' and that they will trek to Central America for answers.
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Donald Trump is hoping his tariffs will goad his liberal opponents into touting free trade and scoffing at the working class. Democrats don’t have to take the bait.
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Jamison Wagner, 40, was led away by FBI counterterrorism task force agents in a pair of shorts — and little else.
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Some of his advisers have a theory about what they want. It isn’t working out.
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The Daily Beast
President Trump froze over $2 billion in funding after the elite college defied his requirements.
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen said they would make the trip if the Maryland man was not back in the U.S. by midweek.
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ICE Arrests Palestinian Immigrant at His Citizenship Test
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Breitbart News
A federal judge stopped the Trump administration on Monday from ending deportation protections for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
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The Epoch Times
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Car manufacturer Honda is reportedly in the works to massively expand its manufacturing production in the United States due to President Donald Trump’s new auto tariffs.
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China has restricted the export of several crucial rare earth minerals to the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff increases.
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On Monday, Harvard become the first university to openly defy the Trump administration as it demands sweeping changes to limit activism on campus.
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Los Angeles Times
Stephanie H. Murray
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“While the thoughts of a worst case scenario came to mind from time to time, none of us actually thought this would ultimately be the outcome,” his brother said.
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13:25⇢China Halts Rare Earth Exports
⌨The newspapers report on the escalating US-China trade tensions, with China halting exports of critical rare earth minerals used in electric vehicles and military technology (Breitbart, OANN, The Daily Beast). Trump's tariff policies are creating political challenges for Democrats (Jacobin, Common Dreams, Vox) while prompting some manufacturers to shift production to the US (OANN). The deportation controversy continues with attorneys for a mistakenly deported man criticizing Trump (The Hill, USA Today) and reports of a Palestinian immigrant arrested at his citizenship test (Reason). Harvard's challenge to Trump administration demands is testing government power limits (AP), with Obama publicly criticizing the administration's approach.
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Factory jobs are not inherently good jobs. Even if Donald Trump’s trade policies bring factories back to the United States, workers need unions to make those jobs well-paying and safe — and Trump has been the most anti-union president in years.
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“While the thoughts of a worst case scenario came to mind from time to time, none of us actually thought this would ultimately be the outcome,” his brother said.
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The Daily Beast
The president apparently thinks “exceptions” and “exemptions” make him look weak.
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The Daily Beast
A Chinese official recalled the vice president’s “peasants” jibe from earlier this month, as he celebrated reciprocal tariffs on the U.S.
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He issued the warning after the university rejected his policy change demands, which resulted in the freezing of billions in federal funding
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The comments are the latest volley in an escalating battle between the White House and one of the nation's most prestigious colleges.
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The Daily Beast
New details of how Trump is dealing with deportees in El Salvador shed light on Nayib Bukele yukking it up in the White House.
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United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address the current political crisis in the US.
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One America News
Former President Joe Biden is anticipated to deliver his first major speech since leaving the White House, speaking on the disabled and Social Security.
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New York Post
The Connecticut man whose stepmother allegedly held him captive in a house of horrors for more than two decades has released his first public statement.
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14:51⇢Trump Threatens Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status
⌨The newspapers report on the escalating conflict between Trump and Harvard, with Trump threatening to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status after the university rejected his policy demands (CNN, USA Today, HuffPost). Immigration issues remain prominent, with coverage of El Salvador deportations, particularly the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Fox News, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Newsweek). Economic tensions continue as Trump proposes cuts to foreign aid (Common Dreams) while his trade policies with China face complications, potentially threatening broader negotiations (NYTimes, Jacobin). A disturbing human interest story describes a Connecticut man held captive for 20 years (NY Post).
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One America News
As Harvard University confronts a funding block for its purported inaction on antisemitism on campus, former President Barack Obama praised the university in a statement for refusing to comply with President Donald Trump's "demands."
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The Washington Post
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Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear.
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The “success sequence” has many critics, but lawmakers and parents don’t seem to care.
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One America News
Authorities have responded to an active shooter call at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, Texas. According to multiple reports, the call came just before 1:10 p.m. local time.
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Los Angeles Times
Frank Bowman
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An Oval Office meeting on Monday revealed how Trump would like to rule — and why he might not be able to.
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President Trump threatened to remove the university’s tax-exempt status after freezing $2.2 billion in grants
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The Epoch Times
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President Trump’s job approval rating has surged to its highest number since he was inaugurated in January.
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The administration’s drive to carry out the largest campaign in history has ensnared people who didn’t see themselves as targets.
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The New York Times
Scholars say that President Trump and his administration are now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.
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President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off talks on a number of issues.
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Authorities believe Arakawa died of Hantavirus shortly after making the search.
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Are Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Illegal?
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16:26⇢Trump's Approval Soars Amid Harvard Showdown
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's expanding tough stance on multiple fronts. The administration escalates conflict with Harvard, threatening to revoke its tax-exempt status and freezing $2.2 billion in grants (CNN, USA Today, HuffPost). Trump's immigration crackdown continues with plans to bar undocumented immigrants from receiving Social Security benefits (The Epoch Times) and reports of mass deportations affecting unexpected targets (The Atlantic). The China trade war intensifies with Trump saying "the ball is in China's court" on tariffs (Newsweek, NYTimes), while investors abandon the dollar and Treasury bonds over trade concerns (Washington Post). Trump's approval rating has reached its highest point since inauguration (Breitbart).
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One America News
In response to a criminal complaint alleging that a 24-year-old Georgia man named Aliakbar Mohammad Amin transmitted interstate threats to harm Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard and her husband, Amin has been arrested and charged.
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The two sides will appear for a follow-up hearing after a judge ordered the administration to provide her with updates on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts.
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The New York Times
A federal judge rebuked a Justice Department lawyer during a hearing, saying the government had not facilitated the man’s return despite court orders to do so.
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The Court is likely to give Trump broad, unchecked authority over the federal workforce.
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One America News
Pfizer announced it is ending its development of its experimental oral GLP-1 drug to treat obesity, the company said on Monday, after a patient in a trial suffered a liver injury potentially caused by the experimental drug known as danuglipron.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was expelled from the U.S. and sent to a violent El Salvador prison even though a court order protected him from deportation.
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U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing on Tuesday that everyday Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "detained in CECOT is another date of irreparable harm."
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The Daily Beast
Employees are no longer allowed to “inject” political views into their work.
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Molly Olmstead
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Judge Indira Talwani has past ties to Democrats and ruled against immigration enforcement in the first Trump administration.
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The Washington Post
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Former President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first public address since leaving office, speaking at a Chicago conference focused on protecting Social Security.
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17:52⇢Judge Orders Expedited Return of Wrongly Deported Man
⌨The newspapers report on the ongoing legal battle over the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, with several sources covering a judge's rebuke of the Justice Department for failing to return him from El Salvador (ABC News, Washington Post, The Hill, NYTimes, USA Today). Immigration policy tensions continue as reports highlight a federal judge with Democratic ties blocking Trump's deportation efforts (Breitbart, Fox News), while Trump moves to privatize postal services (Common Dreams) and alleviate backlash against his tariff policies (HuffPost). Former President Biden is set to deliver his first public remarks since leaving office, focusing on Social Security (CBS). In healthcare news, Pfizer has withdrawn its experimental weight loss pill due to liver damage concerns (OANN).
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One America News
After purportedly stabbing his dog and sharing a video of the injured animal online, a Detroit man who told police that he identifies as a transgender woman is being accused of torturing the defenseless animal. He has since been arrested -- according to authorities.
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The Daily Beast
Trump’s press secretary mocked the Maryland father who the administration mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison.
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Former President Joe Biden is delivering his first public address since leaving office, speaking at a Chicago conference focused on protecting Social Security.
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Here's a summary of NPR's findings about the report that a whistleblower filed to Congress about how DOGE violated security protocols and could have removed sensitive labor data.
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United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has met with Argentinian President Javier Milei and his economic team, praising the country’s market-friendly government policies.
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The Trump administration is attempting to gain partial control over one of the nation’s top universities.
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Former President Joe Biden spoke at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled conference about Social Security.
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The Daily Beast
“The best way to put it, I think, is either we die quickly or we die slowly,” the program’s director said.
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Associated Press
On Monday, Harvard became the first university to openly defy the Trump administration as it demands sweeping changes to limit activism on campus.
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CBS News
Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested Monday at a citizenship interview in Vermont — one day after telling CBS News he'd "accept the outcome."
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One America News
“Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” director Chris Columbus recently stated that he fears President Donald Trump’s administration would deport him if he chose to cut the president’s cameo scene from the movie.
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Today’s live updates have ended. Find more coverage at APNews.com.A federal judge in Maryland will order sworn testimony by officials in President Donald Trump’s administration to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison.
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New York Post
Biden, 82, used the outdated and offensive term while telling an anecdote about his childhood move from Scranton, Pa., to Wilmington, Del., in which he noted that before his family relocated to The First State, he’d “never seen hardly any black…
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20:01⇢Judge Orders Sworn Testimony in Deportation Case
⌨The newspapers report on the Abrego Garcia deportation case, with a judge ordering officials to testify under oath about efforts to return the wrongly deported man from El Salvador (ABC News, AP News, The Hill). Immigration issues continue with Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi being detained at a citizenship interview (CBS), Trump signing an order barring undocumented immigrants from Social Security benefits (The Epoch Times), and Biden using outdated terminology about "colored kids" in his first post-presidency speech (NY Post). Political tensions are evident with Bernie Sanders claiming his rallies are "scaring" Trump and Musk (Common Dreams), protests at MTG's town hall leading to tasering (Newsweek), and reports of Pentagon unit resignations after clashes with DOGE (The Daily Beast, NPR).
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A federal judge says she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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The Boston Globe
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Former President Biden accused Donald Trump of "taking a hatchet" to the Social Security Administration as he made a return to the national stage.
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One America News
Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized Democrats and the mainstream media for their continued outrage over the deportation of illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the MS-13 gang and a Salvadoran national, to a mega prison in El Salvador last month -- telling Jesse Watters of Fox News that "we [don't] want him back."
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China’s export restrictions on seven types of rare earth minerals is bad news for America’s cutting edge industries. And unlike tariffs, Trump has little room to retaliate in kind.
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The Washington Post
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Judge Indira Talwani has past ties to Democrats and ruled against immigration enforcement in the first Trump administration.
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One of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday -- after being identified during an investigation into confidential leaks at the Department of Defense (DOD).
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The president's comments came after the administration froze $2 billion in federal grants for Harvard after the university rejected what it saw as illegal government demands.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said on the Breitbart Fight Club Founders’ Roundtable Tuesday that the agency is leading what amounts to the “largest deregulatory action” ever, slashing “trillions of dollars in deregulation.
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New York Post
“While this was a long time ago, it raises serious concerns about the validity of Ms. James representations on mortgage applications,” he wrote.
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'CANCEL VACATIONS... ALL HANDS ON DECK...'
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A federal judge rebuked a Justice Department lawyer during a hearing, saying the government had not facilitated the man’s return despite court orders to do so.
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The New York Times
The country’s economy grew steadily from January through March, but U.S. tariffs pose a risk for China in the coming weeks and months.
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Los Angeles Times
While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and believe more people should know about.
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The New York Times
The country’s economy grew steadily from January through March, but U.S. tariffs pose a risk for China in the coming weeks and months.
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The Daily Beast
One woman escorted from the venue called out at Greene: “Butch body bigot!”
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23:27⇢Harvard's $2 Billion Freeze
⌨The newspapers report on the escalating confrontation between Trump and Harvard, with the university confirming a freeze of $2 billion in federal grants (Boston Globe, NPR). The administration threatens to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status amidst what some describe as unprecedented government intervention in higher education (NYTimes, Vox). Meanwhile, trade tensions with China intensify as Beijing restricts rare earth mineral exports critical to U.S. industries (CNN, NYTimes). The Justice Department's failure to return wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia continues to draw judicial scrutiny, with a judge ordering officials to provide sworn testimony (AP News, Washington Post, HuffPost). In other developments, Trump's administration has referred NY Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud prosecution (Fox News, NY Post).