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The restrictions aim to make it harder for the president to interrupt funds that lawmakers have appropriated.

Mr. Trump took his first steps to try to dismantle the Education Department, where he and his aides froze funds and either fired or reassigned staff members without congressional approval.

“Some 1,300 employees — about half the Education Department’s workforce — will be fired as of August 1 in what’s called a “reduction in force.””

Mr. Trump had originally recommended about $163 billion in deep spending cuts, targeting primarily domestic programs.

“In addition to effectively dismantling the department, Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would cut federal education funding by 15%.”

Polls show that most Americans dislike them.

More unsettlingly, these actions target political opinions that disagree with the Trump administration's immigration policies.

The Department of Justice released subpoenas for personal information on two anonymous commenters claiming to have inside knowledge about Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Poll shows 56 of Americans think Trump's tariffs hurt the economy

Inflation followed, and not simply because the Federal Reserve expanded the money supply.

The downpour prompted water rescues, damaged homes and businesses, and knocked out power for thousands.

“Footage circulating on social media shows brown floodwater sweeping through residential communities, washing away cars, knocking down electricity poles and turning streets into rivers in Miyun. Dozens of roads have been damaged, potentially complicating rescue efforts, and in more than 100 smaller, more rural villages, the downpours have also cut off electricity.”

The university has accused the government of retaliating against it for its refusal to bend to the White House’s efforts to control the university’s “governance curriculum and the ideology of faculty and students.”

It will also review the school’s patents.

The administration doubled down against Harvard asserting that rising violent crime on campus meant the school should not host international students.

International students tend to pay larger shares of education costs compared with other students.

The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands.

The administration notified Harvard about the decision after a back-and-forth in recent weeks over the legality of a sprawling records request.

The administration will take steps to roll back federal support for racial equity and protections for transgender people.

“The Trump administration is also getting involved in education with its efforts to pressure states, colleges and universities to drop diversity programs.”

The Trump administration has wielded all three against Harvard University in what began as the work of a task force the president commissioned to address antisemitism on campus — but has sprawled into a multifaceted pressure campaign that leverages the scope and power of the federal government.

“The Trump administration has also declared war on Harvard and Columbia universities over diversity efforts and allegations of antisemitism. It is also sending a message to other schools and systems, such as the University of California, launching investigations and using federal research dollars as leverage to exert more control.”

Decades of research shows a strong link between family income and students’ test scores.

President Trump has maintained that increasing tariffs on international goods would benefit the United States by boosting domestic manufacturing addressing trade deficits and raising revenues for the U.S. government.

“Economists, researchers and analysts have warned that President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade policy of tacking steep tariffs on most goods that come into America will deliver a taxing blow to consumers via higher prices. However, recent months’ economic data has shown that overall inflation has remained fairly tame. Trump and members of his administration tout the positive economic reports as signs that tariffs are working.”

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