Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Fire InterAmerican Foundation Leaders

Several Latin American-based nonprofits sued, saying the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it fired IAF’s entire board.  WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Washington blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on April 4 from firing the leadership of the InterAmerican Foundation (IAF) and canceling most of its grant contracts. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan delivered her ruling

Trump’s China Tariffs Aim to Tackle Decades of Trade Imbalance, National Security Threats

Despite joining the WTO in 2001, China did not evolve into the fully-fledged market economy that the United States had hoped for. WASHINGTON—As part of a major shift in U.S. trade policy, President Donald Trump has ramped up tariffs on Chinese goods, which he said will revive domestic manufacturing and correct decades of imbalanced trade

Defiant Brown U Student Relaunches Database Spotlighting School’s DEI Administrators As Trump Admin Slashes $510 Million in Funding

‘I guess my passion is dismantling DEI,’ sophomore Alex Shieh tells Free Beacon When Brown University sophomore Alex Shieh published an online database spotlighting administrative bloat at the Ivy League school, he became the subject of both a university investigation and a hacking effort that shut his site down. Now, he’s barreling ahead, having launched

North Carolina Appeals Court Rules Thousands of Contested Ballots Must Be Verified

Voters who provide their necessary verification information within the 15 days will have their votes counted. A North Carolina appeals court said on April 4 that contested ballots in a close race between two candidates for the state Supreme Court must be verified to be counted. The 2–1 decision, which sided with Republican Jefferson Griffin,

New Columbia President Promises To ‘Continue’ Implementing Trump-Imposed Reforms

The Ivy League university has inconsistently enforced the reforms intended to curb campus anti-Semitism Columbia president Claire Shipman delivers a Ted Talk in 2023 (YouTube) Columbia University’s new acting president, Claire Shipman, promised Friday to “continue” implementing the Trump-imposed reforms her predecessor agreed to in a bid to recover $430 million in slashed federal funding.

Tariffs May Raise Prices Slightly But Will Deliver Tax Relief for Bottom 50 Percent, Bessent Says

Money generated by the tariffs will fund proposals to scrap taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits, the Treasury secretary says. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said consumers could see a one-time price increase of about 2 percent for every 10 percent of new tariffs imposed on foreign goods, and that the revenue from tariffs

MSNBC, Under Fire for Racism, Deliberately Fat-Shames Black Hosts, Analysis Finds

Tactics include unflattering camera angles, deceptive proportionality, and nefarious juxtaposition MSNBC MSNBC has come under fire of late for its racist firing of Joy Reid, a proud black woman who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. Many have also criticized the alarming pay disparity between the network’s prominent white hosts, such as Rachel Maddow, who makes