Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
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Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Former President Barack Obama urged universities to resist attacks from the federal government that violate their academic freedom in a campus speech on Thursday. He also said schools and students should engage in self-reflection about speech environments on their campuses. “If you are…

Trump Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day
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Trump Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two days after President Trump announced his expansive global tariffs, the United States confronted wide-ranging and painful blowback, as China retaliated against American goods and markets plummeted again on worries of a persistent, damaging trade war. No portion of the global economy appeared…

Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs
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Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Friday rejected a Biden plan that would have required Medicare and Medicaid to cover obesity drugs and expanded access for millions of people. Under the law that established Medicare’s Part D drug benefits, the program was forbidden from paying…

How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown
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How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two months after President Trump ordered his administration to prepare the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay for up to 30,000 migrants, about 400 migrants have been held there at a cost to taxpayers of more than $40 million. At one point in…

‘Wait, Baby, Wait’: Slumping Oil Prices Reflect Economic Worries
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‘Wait, Baby, Wait’: Slumping Oil Prices Reflect Economic Worries

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many oil and gas executives thought they had hit pay dirt with President Trump’s election. A Trump administration would be staffed by people sympathetic to the industry. More areas would be opened to drilling and costly regulations swept away. In recent days, though,…

Rubio Warns Russia that U.S. Patience on Ukraine War Is Running Out
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Rubio Warns Russia that U.S. Patience on Ukraine War Is Running Out

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Russia is running out of time to convince the Trump administration that it is serious about striking a peace deal with Ukraine and not just playing for time. Speaking in Brussels after a two-day…

Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs
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Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China has struck back at President Trump. In a rapid fire series of policy announcements from Beijing on Friday evening, including 34 percent across-the-board tariffs, three government agencies showed that China has no intention of backing down in the trade war that Mr….

How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years. Now, they are most likely…