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Trump Administration Makes Surprise Move on Mifepristone

Department of Justice is continuing Biden administration's legal course in lawsuit

(Newser) - In a perhaps surprising move from the Trump administration, the Department of Justice is continuing a legal course first plotted by the Biden administration in a case involving the abortion drug mifepristone. As CBS News reports, when the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of the abortion pill...

No Future Grants, Either, Administration Tells Harvard
Trump Makes
Harvard Freeze Total
May 5, 2025 7:23 PM CDT

Trump Makes Harvard Freeze Total

McMahon tells university it won't receive grants in the future, either, unless demands are met

(Newser) - Education Secretary Linda McMahon informed Harvard on Monday that the university will receive no new federal grants until it meets the Trump administration's demands. The administration already froze $2.2 billion in federal research grants, and President Trump said he wants to pull the school's tax-exempt status . "...

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap
Reopening Alcatraz
Won't Be Cheap
May 5, 2025 11:49 AM CDT

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap

President Trump says it would symbolize law and order

(Newser) - Alcatraz, the former island prison in California's San Francisco Bay, hasn't accepted inmates in 60 years. The prison was closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate, "costing three times as much as most other federal prisons," per the San Jose Mercury News . It...

White House Makes 1K Offer to Migrants

DHS will pay $1K to those here illegally who self-deport

(Newser) - The Trump administration says it will pay migrants in the US illegally $1,000 to return to their home country voluntarily. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it will also help with travel expenses, and that those who use an app called CBP Home to tell the...

Trump's Surprise Tariff: Foreign Movies

President promises penalty on films made in 'foreign lands'

(Newser) - President Trump announced a new round of surprise tariffs Sunday, this time on the entertainment industry. "I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that...

Trump: We're Making Alcatraz a Prison Again

Though it's not clear how president's plan might be carried out

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he's moving to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island in California's San Francisco Bay that shut its doors in 1963 and is currently a popular tourist destination. In a post on Truth Social, Trump directed federal agencies—including...

Trump Brings DOGE-Social Security Fight to SCOTUS

Administration's emergency appeal wants access for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency

(Newser) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The emergency appeal is the first in a string of applications to the high court involving DOGE'...

Trump Calls for $163B in Cuts Next Year

President also wants to increase defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a 2026 budget plan on Friday that calls for sweeping cuts to federal programs and an increase in defense spending. Some key highlights follow, though the Wall Street Journal offers a reminder that any presidential blueprint is largely a "symbolic wish list" meant to lay out...

Trump Moves to Cut Funding for 2 Media Outlets

No more federal cash for NPR, PBS, per new executive order against 'biased media'

(Newser) - President Trump has long made clear his disdain of the mainstream media, but now he's putting more teeth on that by closing the government's wallet on two major broadcasters. The commander in chief on Thursday added to his record-breaking executive-order blitz with yet another EO, this time directed...

Rubio Now Has 4 Jobs in Trump's Administration

He's the first since Kissinger to be secretary of state, national security adviser at the same time

(Newser) - Marco Rubio was widely expected to get a position in the Trump administration after the president's election victory in November. He wasn't expected to get four. Trump named the secretary of state to replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser Thursday, making him the first person to hold...

AP Gets a Look at Plans for Trump's Military Parade

Parade has not been finalized, but plans call for 6.6K soldiers to march on Trump's birthday

(Newser) - Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Trump's birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands, and possibly a couple thousand civilians, the AP has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April...

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to Step Down

A month after Signalgate, Trump is reportedly pushing out top adviser and his deputy

(Newser) - It looks like Mike Waltz will be the first high-level head to roll in the second Trump administration. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the national security adviser is being removed from his job about a month after Signalgate , in which Waltz inadvertently added a reporter to a high-level group...

In Oregon, a 'Flashpoint' for America's Homeless Problem

Those camped out on land in Deschutes National Forest are being forced out for wildfire mitigation

(Newser) - The Forest Service plans to overhaul a portion of Oregon's Deschutes National Forest, with a project designed for restoration and wildfire mitigation, but it has one task to complete first: remove the dozens of homeless people currently living on that land. That process was set to begin Thursday,...

White House Launches Site With a Very Familiar Look

New portal dedicated to pro Trump news closely resembles the Drudge Report

(Newser) - The White House has a new website to highlight pro-Trump news, and it looks pretty familiar. Dubbed "White House Wire," the portal features a large photo at the top of the page, underneath which are a bunch of headlines that link to full news articles singing the praises...

Kamala Harris: Yes, Things Will Probably Get Worse First

Former VP, presidential candidate emerges to give big anti-Trump speech

(Newser) - Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt to run for California governor. In her most extensive public remarks since leaving office in January following her defeat to Trump, Harris said...

States Sue Trump Over Gutting of AmeriCorps

Lawsuit claims illegal grant cuts threaten programs serving vulnerable communities

(Newser) - Two dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration over the gutting of AmeriCorps and the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in community project grant funding. The Democratic state officials allege that President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency...

Things Got Testy in Trump's '100 Days' Interview on ABC

President called the network 'one of the worst,' told interviewer he'd never heard of him

(Newser) - In addition to his Michigan rally , President Trump gave an interview to ABC News to mark his 100th day in office Tuesday, and it wasn't exactly a friendly one. Words like "contentious" and "testy" were being used to describe Trump's sit-down with Terry Moran, an anchor...

Trump to Revisit Auto Industry Tariffs
Trump's 'Significant
Reversal' on Auto Tariffs
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Apr 29, 2025 7:52 PM CDT

Trump's 'Significant Reversal' on Auto Tariffs

He signs executive order to ease impact on US automakers

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales, and make US production...

Judge: White House Must Give Radio Free Europe Its $12M

The money had been appropriated by Congress

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years. US District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, granted the temporary restraining order...

Amal Clooney Faces Threat of Trump Sanctions

Human rights lawyer could be targeted for work with International Criminal Court

(Newser) - British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney could be denied entry to the US, where she owns a home with actor husband George Clooney, under possible sanctions. The UK Foreign Office has warned that the Trump administration could level sanctions against several top lawyers who worked on the International Criminal Court'...

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