news2shortsThe Florida Republican faced a barrage of criticism over the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures, its policy toward Israel and efforts to terminate diversity initiatives.
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., was grilled at a town hall about the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate diversity initiatives and its approach to the Israel-Hamas war.
Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House’s ‘undue government intrusion’ More than 100 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” with higher education – the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against … Read more
Palestinian activist, held in Louisiana detention facility, only allowed to call in as wife delivered their first child Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained Columbia university graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, has announced the birth of their son. In a statement released on Monday evening, Abdalla wrote: “I welcomed our son into the world … Read more
Harvard president issues damning statement accusing Trump administration of harming health research – key US politics stories from 21 April Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a bid to halt a freeze of $2.2m in funding, as a battle between Trump and the Ivy League institution escalates. In a damning … Read more
A New York judge has ordered Mayor Eric Adams to temporarily halt a program to have immigration agents operate in the city’s infamous Rikers Island jail. Judge Mary Rosado has barred the city from “taking any steps toward negotiating, signing, or implementing any Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government” before an April 25 hearing … Read more
Eduardo Daboin Rall, a Venezuelan national who was among at least 28 detainees placed on a bus Friday night for deportation to El Salvador before the vehicle dramatically turned around amid a legal fight, told NBC News the episode “made me cry” and fear that he was going to lose touch with his family.
President Trump indicated Monday – following news of Pope Francis’s death – that he and first lady Melania Trump will be attending the Pope’s funeral at the Vatican, despite the president’s somewhat contentious history with the late leader of the Catholic Church. Traditionally, papal funerals take place four to six days following their death, so … Read more
Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.
Woman files complaint against former player and analyst Sharpe’s lawyer issued denial of allegations NFL hall of famer Shannon Sharpe has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a former partner in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in Nevada. The woman says she met the 56-year-old Sharpe, who is now an ESPN analyst, at … Read more
