Muhamad Yehia ..Cairo
The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country. The Department of Homeland Security said the university allowed “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus and claimed without evidence that Harvard is coordinating with the Chinese communist party.
In a separate court case, District Judge Jeffrey S. White in Oakland blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending. The order bars the government from arresting, incarcerating or moving students elsewhere based on their legal status until the case is resolved.
Other news we’re following
- Dismantling of Education department blocked: A federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order to dismantle the department and ordered fired employees to be reinstated. Two consolidated lawsuits argued Trump’s plan left the department unable to fulfill congressional mandates to support special education, distribute financial aid and enforce civil rights laws.
- Trump’s big tax bill passes the House: Speaker Mike Johnson and the House GOP early Thursday advanced the bill in a 215-214 vote, approving a legislative package that combines tax breaks, increased work requirements for benefits, guts clean energy tax credits and other priorities. The bill now advances to the Senate where it could undergo more changes.
- RFK Jr.’s MAHA report: Led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top officials, the report calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule, a review of the pesticides sprayed on American crops and a description of the nation’s children as overmedicated and undernourished.