What Polls Say About DOGE and Elon Musk
People like the idea of cutting government waste. But they dislike Mr. Musk, and they’re down on the Department of Government Efficiency. Source: Original News
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Trump Says He Has No Plans to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
President Trump’s recent comments blasting Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, for being “late” to lower interest rates had raised questions about his fate. Source: Original News
Trump will not target nonprofits in an executive order, the White House says.
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Critics Call Rubio’s Overhaul Plan a Blow to U.S. Values
A proposed reorganization of the State Department would eliminate an office whose official goal is to build “more democratic, secure, stable, and just societies.” Source: Original News
Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut
Harvard’s lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding. A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university’s case against the government. Source: Original News
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Dismantle Voice of America
The judge also ordered the government to halt its efforts to shut down two other government-funded outlets, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. Source: Original News
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation. Source: Original News
Treasury Secretary Bessent Talks China Trade War De-Escalation and Tax Cuts
Scott Bessent told a group of investors that he expected trade tensions with China to de-escalate. Source: Original News
Trump Promised ‘Big, Beautiful’ Deals. Delivering Has Been Tougher.
So far, the goals of many of President Trump’s negotiations have been unrealized, even those he said would be accomplished in a matter of days or weeks. Source: Original News
More Than 220 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump’s ‘Overreach’
The statement came a day after Harvard University sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, following the school’s refusal to submit to a list of demands. Source: Original News