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A third court blocked Trump's birthright citizenship order, bringing the legal clash another step closer to the Supreme Court.
The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including Harvard University, in exchange for restoring federal funding, a Trump administration official said on Friday.
According to a Thursday court declaration filed in the Northern District of California, the administration sought the go-ahead to lay people off at 17 agencies, including the departments of the Treasury, State, Interior, Agriculture, Labor, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services.
President Donald Trump’s vows to roll out punishing new tariffs on Aug. 1 have barely made a ripple with investors who are convinced he’ll once again back down. But at the White House, officials insist they’re serious this time.
Also, scientists are trying to save the Great Barrier Reef with man-made clouds. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
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The White House attacked “The View" co-host Joy Behar in a statement on Wednesday by calling out the show’s low ratings and saying it could be canceled.
The Trump administration is in talks with several schools about future funding following allegations of antisemitism.
Justice Department officials interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday. Senators used a similar approach in the past to overcome a stalemate on judicial nominations.
Tulsi Gabard says she has evidence that Democrats manufactured a connection between Trump and Russia to steal the 2016 election as Trump tries to beat back more stories tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports on the week at the White House.