POLITICS

Trump Pledges to Bring Columbus Day Back ‘From the Ashes’

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Columbus Day was previously commemorated alongside Indigenous People’s Day under former President Joe Biden’s administration. President Donald Trump said on April 27 that he would bring Columbus Day back “from the ashes,” as he accused the Democrats of tarnishing the reputation of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Columbus Day is a federal holiday in the United

US Universities Don’t Like Unmasking Their Foreign Donors. A New Trump Order Aims To Make Them.

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For decades, federal law has required U.S. universities to disclose the sources of large foreign donations to the federal government. But the Biden administration sparsely enforced the law, allowing foreign nationals from adversarial countries to funnel cash to top American schools and stay anonymous. In some cases, it’s unclear whether the schools themselves are keeping

Harvard Quietly Trained Members of Chinese ‘Paramilitary Organization’—After the US Sanctioned It Over Uyghur Genocide

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‘Training the XPCC risked complicity in Beijing’s atrocities against Uyghurs and other ethno-religious minorities,’ foreign policy expert says L: Xi Jinping (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images) R: Harvard University (Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Harvard University quietly trained members of a Chinese “paramilitary organization” on two occasions after the U.S. government sanctioned the group for its role

Trump Energy Push Rekindles Support for Philadelphia-Area Natural Gas Export Terminal

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Pennsylvania operators say they could significantly boost production with a new port to ship overseas and more pipelines to move gas into New England. PITTSBURGH—President Donald Trump’s national energy emergency declaration and repeal of the Biden administration’s liquefied natural gas export permit pause have revived prospects of building an export terminal in the Philadelphia area.