The Fight Between Trump and Public Schools Over DEI Escalates
Can President Trump withhold federal money for low-income students? A brewing fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programs may force the courts to decide.Read More
New Pushback to Trump’s Deportations, and Climate Research Under Threat
Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina.Read More
Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program
The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning.Read More
A Harvard Scientist’s Tuberculosis Research Is Threatened by Trump’s Cuts
Researchers who have lost funds warned of long-term repercussions, but several said their school should still refuse to comply with the federal government.Read More
Trump’s Threats Force Powerful Institutions to Choose: Cut a Deal or Resist
In a hint of a shift in strategy, some of the country’s most powerful institutions have started choosing to resist.Read More
A Columbia Activist Sought Middle Ground on Gaza. The U.S. Detained Him.
Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at a citizenship interview in Vermont. He had spent a decade trying to understand the conflict that shaped his life, his supporters say.Read More
Boasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt Over Deportation Flights
The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders.Read More
I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university.Read More
Mother of Woman Killed by Immigrant Speaks at White House Briefing
The appearance by Patty Morin came as a federal judge threatened the Trump administration with a contempt-of-court investigation over its deportation flights to El Salvador.Read More
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.Read More