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MIT Says It Will Not Sign Trump Admin‘s Higher Education Compact

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Mass., on May 25, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has declined to sign onto the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would mandate campus reforms in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced the decision on

Thousands of federal workers get layoff notices in a government shutdown first

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Thousands of federal workers get layoff notices in a government shutdown first – CBS News Watch CBS News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hoping for peace in his country’s war with Russia after speaking to President Trump over the phone. Taurean Small has the latest. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; }

Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago

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A federal appeals court Saturday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protests at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on. The court ruled, however, that the National Guard troops can remain under federal control. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a