Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities
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Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on the Trump administration. As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised…

Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming ‘Very Soon’
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Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming ‘Very Soon’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has signaled that he will announce further tariffs this week on semiconductors as he moves forward with a trade investigation related to national security. The move would raise the cost of importing chips, which are a vital component in electronics, cars,…

Trump Administration Freezes  Billion for Cornell and 0 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
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Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern amid civil rights investigations into both schools, two U.S. officials said. The funding pause involves mostly grants from and contracts with the Departments of Agriculture,…

Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs
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Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a bad week for Ben Coryell, who runs a wilderness guiding company in Golden, Colo. He got several calls from customers who wanted to cancel their climbing courses and mountaineering expeditions over the summer, often citing second thoughts about big purchases…

Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal
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Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the Trump administration moves to dismantle international public health safeguards, pull funding from local health departments and legitimize health misinformation, some experts now fear that the country is setting the stage for a long-term measles resurgence. If federal health officials do not…

New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response to the Trump administration’s threats to pull federal funding from public schools over certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from the conciliatory approach of other institutions in recent…

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?

#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…

Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.
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Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alongside extensive reductions to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration has asked the agency to cut $2.9 billion of its spending on contracts, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the matter. The administration’s cost-cutting…

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say
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C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the world’s premier public health agency, an outcome long sought by conservatives critical of its handling of…

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say
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Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s tariffs could drive up prices. His efforts to reduce the federal work force could increase unemployment. But ask economists which of the administration’s policies they are most concerned about and many point to cuts to federal support for scientific research. The…