{"id":39132,"date":"2025-04-18T11:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/first-thing-irs-reportedly-plans-to-revoke-harvards-tax-exempt-status\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:54:55","slug":"first-thing-irs-reportedly-plans-to-revoke-harvards-tax-exempt-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/first-thing-irs-reportedly-plans-to-revoke-harvards-tax-exempt-status\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: IRS reportedly plans to revoke Harvard\u2019s tax-exempt status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Probably illegal move against US\u2019s richest university is latest in Trump\u2019s attack on independence of higher education. Plus: the rancher\u2019s dog who led a two-year-old Arizona child to safety<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\">Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2025\/apr\/17\/harvard-tax-exempt-status-trump-irs\">planning to revoke Harvard\u2019s tax-exempt status<\/a> in what would probably be an illegal move amid Donald Trump\u2019s concerted attack on the independence of US institutions of higher education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What else is happening with students?<\/strong> Several international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/17\/trump-international-students-visas\">filed lawsuits against the Trump administration<\/a>, arguing the government denied them due process when it suddenly took away their permission to be in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did El Salvador\u2019s president, <\/strong><strong>Nayib Bukele<\/strong><strong>, reacted to the meeting?<\/strong> He posted images of the meeting minutes before Van Hollen shared his post, saying: \u201cNow that he\u2019s been confirmed healthy, he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador\u2019s custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why was he deported?<\/strong> Trump officials have said that \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda, a Salvadorian citizen who was living in Maryland, has ties to the MS-13 gang, but his attorneys say the government has provided no evidence of that and \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda has never been charged with any crime related to such activity.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/18\/first-thing-irs-reportedly-plans-to-revoke-harvard-tax-exempt-status\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Probably illegal move against US\u2019s richest university is latest in Trump\u2019s attack on independence of higher education. Plus: the rancher\u2019s dog who led a two-year-old Arizona child to safety Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. 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