POLITICS

Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Funding Freeze

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The lawsuit was filed as the administration plans to withhold another $1 billion from the university. Harvard University has sued the Trump administration, asking a federal court to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal contracts and grants that the president is withholding due to what officials say is the Ivy League school’s refusal to end

Can Trump fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell? Here’s what to know.

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President Trump remains on the attack against Jerome Powell, deriding the Federal Reserve chief in a social media post on Monday as a “major loser” and pressing him to lower interest rates “NOW.” The latest blast comes just days after Mr. Trump said on April 17 that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough.” On Friday, National

Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act deportations tested in Colorado court

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A showdown in federal court in Denver could help shape the legal landscape surrounding deportations. A high-stakes hearing in Denver in a case filed by immigrants’ rights groups against the Trump administration concluded Monday morning. Attorneys for the Trump administration argued that people facing deportation should be allotted 24 hours’ notice to be able to