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Gavin Newsom
‘We cannot support this’ – MIT president draws line on Trump’s funding proposal
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has rejected a White House initiative that ties future federal funding to universities’ acceptance of President Donald Trump’s political priorities. President Sally Kornbluth said in a letter Friday that MIT “cannot support” the proposal, which she argued threatens both academic freedom and the independence of scientific research. The White…
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Political payback? Trump administration cuts almost $8B in clean energy projects in states that supported Harris
The Trump administration is revoking $7.6 billion in federal funding for clean energy initiatives...
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Federal money for political compliance? Trump’s offer to 9 major universities
The Trump administration is pressuring some of the country’s most prestigious universities...
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500M in UCLA research grants
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to cut hundreds of millions...
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Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection ahead of book tour
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will no longer receive Secret Service protection after President Donald Trump rescinded a security extension she had been granted by the Biden administration, senior...
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Obama praises Newsom’s redistricting strategy, warns against GOP power grabs in Texas
Former President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cautious approach to redrawing congressional maps, positioning it as a measured counter to Republican-led...
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Court weighs Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles immigration raids
Federal and state officials are locked in a high-stakes legal battle over President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy armed forces to Los Angeles during last June’s immigration protests. Critics...
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Democrats, advocates slam Trump order targeting homelessness with forced treatment approach
President Donald Trump’s latest executive order targeting homelessness is drawing sharp rebukes from Democrats and advocates who say it promotes forced institutionalization and relies on harmful...
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White House appointee, other top politicians are calling for Tory Lanez to be pardoned
Two American politicians recently joined the chorus of people calling for the release of convicted Canadian singer and rapper Tory Lanez. Per XXL, former New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley and White...
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Obama warns the U.S. is ‘dangerously close’ to sliding into autocracy
Former President Barack Obama has issued a stark warning that American democracy is nearing a perilous tipping point. Speaking in Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuesday evening, Obama described the nation as...
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Kamala Harris condemns Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles as ‘cruel, calculated agenda’
2024 Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has slammed President Donald Trump for dispatching National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to escalating immigration...
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Here’s an update on Tory Lanez’s condition as he is transferred to another prison after stabbing
Canadian singer and rapper Tory Lanez is recovering but has been transferred to another facility after he was repeatedly stabbed by an inmate at the California Correctional Institution (CCI) in Tehachapi...
