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Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules

The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.

How Trump’s latest crypto launch enriches his family

The president and his sons made $5 billion on paper as their cryptocurrency started trading — highlighting the extraordinary degree to which they are personally profiting from Trump's return to the Oval Office.

President Trump floats deploying National Guard troops to New Orleans

President Trump said the White House is considering whether to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago or a place with a governor who would welcome them, like New Orleans.

FAQ: Why were 76 Guatemalan children pulled off deportation flights in the middle of the night?

A federal judge's emergency order stopped planes carrying Guatemalan migrant children. Attorneys said the rushed deportation effort violated the minors' due process rights.

A California judge rules that Trump’s deployment of the guard to LA was illegal

President Trump took control of the state's National Guard in June and deployed it to Los Angeles to face anti-immigration protestors and assist officers making detentions and deportations.

What is a haboob and which U.S. city did it engulf this week? Find out in the quiz

This week, Taylor Swift debuted her engagement ring and the parasite world brought us something gross to worry about.

Kennedy Center names new director of dance programming, days after former staff firings

Stephen Nakagawa, a former Washington Ballet dancer, will be the new director of dance programming. The announcement comes five days after the Kennedy Center's previous chief was dismissed.

Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

First wave of Epstein files is being sent to Congress, says Oversight Committee chair

The Justice Department is expected to deliver files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee starting Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.

Kennedy Center terminates dance programming team

This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. "We will have an exciting announcement about the new direction for Dance programming soon," said a Kennedy Center spokesperson.

An appeals court throws out a massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump

Trump, in a social media post, claimed "total victory" after the ruling, which spares him from a potential half-billion-dollar fine for decades of exaggerating his wealth.

Trump vows to expand his review of U.S. museums. Can he do that? 

The White House said that after the administration eliminates "woke" culture from the Smithsonian, it would expand to other museums around the country. Would that be possible?

Trump’s return to ‘law and order’ highlights a sore spot for Democrats: crime policy

Democrats have struggled to counter GOP efforts to frame itself as the party of "law and order." Some see it as a problem of messaging, while others think past and current policies may be to blame.

Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums

"The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of "WOKE," he wrote.

Trump wants to stop states from voting by mail and using voting machines

But legal experts say he lacks the constitutional authority to do so.

Trump to meet Zelenskyy with 2 big issues in focus: security guarantees and land

The Ukrainian president will be joined at the White House on Monday by several key European leaders, as they look to find an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump’s purge of Washington’s homeless encampments escalates

Federal officials in Washington, D.C. swept through a large homeless encampment Thursday and dismantled it. It's part of the Trump administration's purge to crack down on crime across D.C.

Trump is tightening the screws on corporate America — and CEOs are staying mum

Critics warn that Trump's demands for business leaders to step down, and for the government to take a cut of sales, threaten American-style capitalism.

Trump was ‘very involved’ in Kennedy Center Honorees selection, vetoed ‘wokesters’

Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss, George Strait and Michael Crawford.

Trump makes Kennedy Center Honors announcement. It caught the staff off guard

President Trump says that the announcement of this year's Kennedy Center honorees will come Wednesday.

Justice Department launches grand jury probe of N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James

James prosecuted the president and his companies, winning millions in fines linked to fraud allegations. Her attorney called the probe a "desperate example of the president's campaign of retribution."

Meet the judge hearing Harvard’s lawsuits against the Trump administration

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs is presiding over two Harvard cases challenging Trump's moves to cut federal funding from the university and to ban it from enrolling international students.

Trump orders colleges to share admissions data, with an eye on affirmative action

Thursday's move would compel colleges to report more data about the students they enroll and those who apply, including applicants' race and standardized test scores.

Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were ‘unlawful’

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

House Oversight Committee subpoenas the Justice Department for Epstein files

The committee asked the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. It is also looking to question Bill and Hillary Clinton, among several other former government officials.

This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump’s tariffs

Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.

What Trump’s threat to tariff Russia’s trade partners means for India

President Trump said India would pay the price for buying Russian oil and military equipment. Here is a look at how India, with one of Asia's largest economies, is responding.

Trump says his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over spa workers at Mar-a-Lago

Trump has said he kicked Epstein out of his club for hiring workers away from Mar-a-Lago. When asked Tuesday if the workers included young women, Trump responded, "the answer is yes, they were."

Trump sees ‘real starvation’ in Gaza, despite Israeli claims, and vows to step up aid

President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed doing more to feed the starving population in Gaza — at odds with the Israeli prime minister who claimed there was no starvation.

Corporate America is having a weird tariff summer

Some big companies are reporting real financial pain from tariffs and economic uncertainty — but for others, business is booming.

President Trump takes aim at college sports with a new executive order

The order aims to ban "pay-for-play" NIL deals, mandates scholarships for women's and Olympic sports and threatens to withhold funds from schools who don't comply. But its legality is in question.

Trump signs an executive order making it easier to remove homeless people from streets

The White House directive calls for prioritizing money for programs that require sobriety and treatment, and for cities that enforce homeless camping bans.