Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Ill. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption toggle caption Teresa Crawford/AP Northwestern University has agreed to a $75 million payout to the Trump administration to settle a discrimination investigation into the school and to restore federal funding that had been frozen […]
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Trump administration announces pause on asylum decisions after National Guardsmen shooting
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it is pausing all asylum decisions following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., earlier this week. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow said all asylum decisions are being halted “until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum […]
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule | Trump administration
The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers. “That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that […]
Trump administration seeks to roll back protections for imperiled species and habitat : NPR
A monarch butterfly feeds on milkweed, July 15, 2025, in Chicago. Erin Hooley/AP hide caption toggle caption Erin Hooley/AP BILLINGS, Mont. — President Trump’s administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations from the Republican’s first term that […]
Trump administration overhauls homelessness policy : NPR
Tents are set up in a homeless encampment along a Los Angeles freeway in May. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP The Trump administration is upending its homelessness policy, with deep cuts to funding for long-term housing. Instead, it will shift money toward transitional housing that requires work and addiction treatment. In a […]
Trump administration joins lawsuit against California’s redistricting maps | Politics News
Voters’ approval of Proposition 50 means Democrats might win up to five additional seats in the US House of Representatives in 2026. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has joined a lawsuit against California over the state’s redistricting effort, which was approved by a landslide in the November 4 election. On Thursday, the […]
Cornell University settles with Trump administration to restore $250m in funds | US universities
Cornell University announced a settlement with the Trump administration on Friday, becoming the fifth university under investigation by the US government to do so. The agreement will see more than $250m in federal research funding restored. In exchange, the university will share admissions data with the government, pay $30m and invest $30m more in research […]
Judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits by Friday, rebukes Trump
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November by Friday. “People have gone without for too long, not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable,” said U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. […]
Trump administration blocked from suspending Snap benefits for millions of Americans | Trump administration
Two federal judges issued back-to-back rulings on Friday in separate cases ordering the Trump administration to use contingency funds to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday afternoon blocked the Trump administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans, in a case brought […]
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa | Donald Trump News
The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka, who became the first African author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Speaking at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in Lagos on Tuesday, Soyinka read aloud from a notice he recently received from the local US consulate, asking him to […]