Shortly after the Trump administration took office, the State Department warned international scholars and students — people who had come to the U.S. to teach, conduct research and learn — that it planned to revoke visas based on allegations of antisemitism or for their purported support for groups like Hamas or Hezbollah. What happened was...
Not only is Trump a major crypto dealer — he is also the industry’s top policy maker, The New York Times noted. A progressive watchdog organization on Wednesday urged key congressional committees to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump’s involvement in a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency deal that the group warned could open the door to corrupt and...
Jake Horton & Lucy Gilder BBC Verify Getty Images President Trump used a rally in Michigan to mark what he claimed had been “the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, according to many, many people”. He highlighted his efforts to tackle illegal immigration, to bring back jobs...
“I have nothing to do with Project 2025,” Donald Trump said during last September’s presidential debate. “I haven’t read it. I don’t want to read it purposely. I’m not going to read it.” Such disavowals were common on the campaign trail. But just 100 days into his second term, Trump has enacted many of the...
I am a big fan of DOGE, and even approve of cutting government with a meat axe instead of a scalpel. A decade or two ago, I would have preferred “reform” and a zero-based budget–the idea being that responsible representatives in Congress and the Executive Branch would do their jobs and separate the wheat from...
Sarah Smith North America editor Watch: Trump’s first 100 days… in just 2 minutes Within hours of taking his second oath of office, Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and declarations, and fired the starting gun on what has been a rapid and radical programme of change in his first 100 days. So...
US President Donald Trump has swiftly shaken up Washington DC and the entire country since taking office for a second term just three months ago. Trade clashes, federal cuts and a huge numbe of executive orders later, Americans are feeling the impact of his time in office. Here’s a look back at a whirlwind three...
Since taking office in January, Trump and his regime have increasingly weaponized the immigrant detention system for his white supremacist agenda. Suppression of dissent and intimidation have been cornerstones of the MAGA regime, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) forcefully abducting and incarcerating students and scholars for what is essentially a thought crime — expressing...
Anthony Zurcher and Tom Geoghegan BBC News, Washington BBC During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump constantly repeated his intention to bring about dramatic change as soon as he returned to the White House. But few expected it to come at such breakneck speed. In the three months since he took the oath of office,...
Over the last couple of weeks, even as tariffs have wreaked havoc on markets around the world, President Donald Trump and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have repeatedly teased the notion of slapping hefty tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals. Lutnick has said these are likely to be introduced before the summer. Trump’s rationale for placing tariffs...
Donald Trump’s war with higher education escalated this week with a series of moves, including an executive order threatening to upend accreditation for Academia. Trump also continued to escalate demand on Harvard specifically, letting other universities know that the White House means business with its enforcement of the Civil Rights Act under its new interpretations....
Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editor EPA/Kremlin A meeting between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin appeared to be amicable in pictures released by the White House It was all smiles in the Kremlin. “It’s so good to see you,” gushed Steve Witkoff as he shook the hand of the Russian president. From his...
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.” The basic point of this is to undermine what is known as disparate-impact theory. Here’s how the executive order describes it. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law. This principle guarantees...
The chancellor says she “understands what President [Donald] Trump wants to address” with his tariffs, ahead of talks with her US counterpart in Washington on Friday. Rachel Reeves said there were similarities with the way both the US and UK governments had come to power off the back of voter frustration with the economy. Speaking...
The White House’s anti-DEI decrees are too “vague and confusing” for educators to follow, the judge said. A federal judge has placed a partial injunction on the Trump administration’s attempts to limit schools and universities from enacting policies or curricula promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), finding that an executive order from President Donald Trump...