The Freedom of the Press Foundation notified company executives that a settlement “could amount to a bribe.” If Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settles a $20 billion lawsuit brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, it could face another lawsuit from a leading press freedom organization. The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF),...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Sandra Anderson didn’t think the storm would be too bad. When her grandchildren asked if the dogs should be brought in, Anderson demurred, saying they’d be fine. But later that night, an alert on her phone warned her of a tornado...
Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto AFP/Getty Images In his first move after his historic election win, Prime Minister Mark Carney invited the King to Canada A decade ago, a portrait of the British monarch caused a row in Canadian politics. Now, the King is being invited to deliver the Speech from the Throne. What’s changed?...
United Steelworkers President David McCall called the move “a disaster for American Steelworkers.” President Donald Trump on Friday signaled broad approval for Japanese steel giant Nippon’s bid to purchase U.S. Steel, a reversal of his campaign-trail opposition to the merger that came a day after the United Steelworkers union implored the president to uphold his...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters The King is visiting Canada after President Trump said it should be part of the US “This is a big deal for the King to do this,” says Jeremy Kinsman, former Canadian high commissioner to the UK, as King Charles prepares for a historic visit showing support for Canada, which...
Nick Ericsson BBC World Service Reuters President Trump doubled down on his unfounded claims of a white genocide in a remarkable meeting with President Ramaphosa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation went to Washington this week hoping for a boost and a reset after months of acrimony with the Donald Trump administration. Instead...
As David wrote here, the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was putting an end to Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. That’s significant because about a quarter of Harvard’s total enrollment is international students. Those students also pay a higher tuition compared to others so it’s a big portion of the school’s tuition income....
Paul Adams BBC diplomatic correspondent Reuters A headline in Israel’s liberal daily Ha’aretz this week put it starkly: “Diplomatic tsunami nears,” it warned, “as Europe begins to act against Israel’s ‘complete madness’ in Gaza.” This week’s diplomatic assault has taken many forms, not all of them foreseen. From concerted international condemnation of Israel’s actions in...
DHS said it targeted Harvard’s foreign students in a quest to “root out the evils of anti-Americanism.” A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s revocation of Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, threatening the legal status of thousands of students, after the school sued to stop the ban. The administration’s ban is...
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will revoke Harvard University’s ability to host foreign students due to its continued toleration of violence, intimidation tactics, and student promotion of terrorism. Homeland Security is not making the claim that most or all of these students are violent or support terrorism–which would violate the terms...
Trump’s sweeping budget legislation has been described as the biggest Medicaid cut in U.S. history. House Republicans passed the bill early Thursday morning in a 215-214 vote. The legislation would trigger massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years, denying coverage to an estimated 7.6 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget...
Getty Images Harvard is suing the Trump administration after it revoked the university’s ability to enrol international students, escalating a dispute between the White House and one of America’s most prestigious institutions. In the suit filed in Boston, the university called the administration’s actions a “blatant violation” of the law. It comes a day after...
Getty Images President Donald Trump has said he is “recommending” imposing 50% tariffs on goods from the European Union being imported to the United States. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!”, he said in a post on social media on Friday. The announcement marks an escalation of Trump’s trade war with the EU, which...
Kelly Ng & Annabelle Liang BBC News Shreya Mishra Reddy Harvard is “the ultimate school that anybody in India wants to get into,” says Shreya Mishra Reddy When Shreya Mishra Reddy was admitted to Harvard University in 2023, her parents were “ecstatic”. It is “the ultimate school that anybody in India wants to get into,”...
The judge said the administration has made it clear it intends to gut the agency without approval from Congress. President Donald Trump’s sweeping deregulatory agenda was dealt a blow on Thursday when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to block Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education and ordered reinstatements of laid...