Trump admin slashes Maine university funding after state keeps men in women’s sports
Maine has begun to mow the swirls in refusing to comply with President Donald Trump's February 5 executive order. University of Maine system consisting of seven universities and one law school; It was revealed In a statement Tuesday, funds from the USDA were temporarily suspended. UMS said it received a copy of the email from […]
Supporters of detained Columbia student arrested after clash with NYPD as Trump admin seeks his deportation
Approximately 12 protesters who demonstrated in support of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil were arrested on Tuesday after clashing with New York City Police. Immigration enforcement agents arrested Halil, a permanent US resident in New York on Saturday, and were moved to Louisiana's immigration detention centers to force the Trump administration to revoke his […]
Trump admin cuts funding to Maine universities as state defies order to ban trans athletes from women’s sports
According to UMS officials, the US Department of Agriculture has suspended funding for the University of Maine System (UMS), a network of eight public universities in the state. The suspension corresponds to the state's recent refusal to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to keep trans athletes out of women's sports. The funding suspension […]
Energy Secretary says admin will treat climate change as ‘a side effect of building the modern world’
President Donald Trump's energy director has vowed to reverse climate policy during the “political-slanted” Biden era as the new administration approaches climate change as a “physical phenomenon of the world.” Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke at an energy conference on Monday, knocking on climate policy implemented under former President Joe Biden and dismissing claims that […]
Trump admin slashes 83% of USAID programs: Rubio
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that the Trump administration has cut 83% of US institutions for the US International Development Program. The government's Department of Efficiency scrutinizes USAID with wasteful spending and highlights grants for LGBT, climate, diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Even before President Donald Trump took office and the division was […]
Hochul admin declares end to prison strike crisis, fires 2K guards
Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration has declared the end of an unlicensed strike that has disrupted dozens of New York prisons and fired thousands of correctional officers who refused to return to work. Daniel Martasquero, chairman of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, told reporters Monday evening that the strike was “end” and revealed that […]
Trump admin repurposes problematic CBP One app for migrants to ‘self-deport’: ‘leave now’
The Trump administration is completely reusing the problematic CBP one phone app that allows more than a million immigrants to flock to the United States. The new app will allow immigrants to report details about them so that they can voluntarily leave the country instead of being dumped by the ice, Homeland Security (DHS) Director […]
Trump admin condemns butchery of Syrian Christians, Alawites reportedly by regime-aligned jihadists
The Trump administration is calling for accountability in Syria following reports that terrorists and their allies who now run the war-torn nation, and their allies, have resumed the massacre of non-Sunni Muslims. Christianand other minorities. Secretary of State Marco Rubio I said “The United States is denounceing radical Muslim terrorists, including foreign jihadists who recently […]
Trump admin tackling ‘backlog of complaints’ from Biden era on antisemitism: ‘Immediate priority’
The Trump administration is moving to investigate as a prominent allegation of “immediate priorities” of anti-Semitism and violence on U.S. university campuses after cancelling about $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. The U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Office (OCR) said Friday that the Biden administration “accumulated a backlog of complaints” […]
Trump admin ends waiver allowing Iraq to buy Iranian electricity
The Trump administration has ended the exemption that allows the Iraqi government to purchase Iran's electricity in new efforts to suffocate Iran's interests. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shea al-Sudani that the end of the waiver coincides with President Donald Trump's “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran as the administration goes […]