news2shortsEl Salvador president says it is ‘preposterous’ to send Kilmar Abrego García back to US after he was wrongly deported – key US politics stories from Monday 14 April at a glance The president of El Salvador said in a meeting with Donald Trump in the White House on Monday that he would not order … Read more
The Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced it is freezing over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts to Harvard University in Massachusetts, after the school’s president released a statement saying the school would not comply with the administration’s demands regarding antisemitism. “Harvard’s statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is … Read more
Another pro-Palestine Columbia student protester was detained by federal immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on alleged Hamas sympathizers who pose potential threats to national security. Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian-born green card holder living in Vermont, was detained while attending an immigration interview at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services … Read more
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking the legal status and work permits of the more than 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who flew into the United States during former President Joe Biden’s time in office. The migrants came to the U.S. under Biden’s controversial controversial CHNV mass … Read more
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., blasted President Donald Trump and Elon Musk for undermining democracy, while comparing billionaire “oligarchs” in both parties to “heroin addicts” whose drug of choice is “greed,” at a rally Monday night. The comments came during a “Fight The Oligarchy” rally in Idaho, which included an address by progressive “Squad” Rep. Alexandria … Read more
Saikat Chakrabarti, a former campaign worker for Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, spoke with NBC News’ David Noriega about running against former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Education department says $2.3bn in funds to be frozen after university rejects slew of demands as political ploy The US education department is freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to Harvard University, the agency said on Monday. The announcement comes as the Ivy League school has decided to fight the White House’s demands that it … Read more
The former Columbia University student arrested on campus and slated for deportation has filed evidence that shows claims underlying the government’s case are dubious.
The next battle for the Senate majority has come into clearer focus in recent weeks, with candidates in both parties making their intentions known in high-profile races across the map.
