A federal judge in Boston considered Thursday a case involving a Tufts University Ph.D. student taken into custody in Massachusetts and moved by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to Louisiana last week. The government claimed in a filing Tuesday that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, had already been removed from Massachusetts
States have 10 days to return signed forms acknowledging compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 2023 Supreme Court decision. State education agencies must now certify that schools under their jurisdiction are not discriminating against students or employees based on race or national origin to remain eligible for future federal funding, officials said
The Pentagon inspector general’s office said in a memo Thursday it will evaluate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss strikes against the Houthis in Yemen last month. “The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and
Scott Steele was named acting head. Peter Marks left the position last month over what he saw as HHS Secretary Kennedy’s ’misinformation and lies.’ After its top vaccine official left the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency announced Tuesday that it has named his replacement. In an April 1 statement on X, the FDA
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán announced that his country is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israeli leaders—and more countries will follow, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday. During a joint appearance with Orbán in Budapest, Netanyahu praised Hungary’s decision to pull out of the ICC and called Orbán “the
The education secretary made an appearance at the post-meeting news conference, surprising Congress members as they criticized her. A group of House Democrats said they’ve established a cordial but cautious relationship with Education Secretary Linda McMahon to discuss the future of her ever-shrinking department and federal funding for K–12 and higher education. During a news
Heads of state around the world are responding to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. Trump unveiled new retaliatory tariffs on imports from trading partners around the globe on Wednesday night. A report says that DOGE activities accounted for a big chunk of March job cuts. Meanwhile, DOGE announced the cancellation of a pric… Original News