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‘Real motive to demolish free thought’: Editorials on Trump’s witchhunt against global students

The Donald Trump administration’s escalating conflict with American universities has entered a new and troubling phase. This week, the US State Department instructed embassies to pause new student visa interviews as it mulls expanding social media surveillance of applicants – a move widely interpreted as political retribution cloaked in security…

Newslaundry

Harvard holds commencement amid Trump funding cuts, threats to international students

Harvard University is holding it commencement Thursday

The Independent UK

New policy on visas adds to mounting scrutiny of international students in the US

New State Department guidance on visa applications is adding to uncertainty for America’s international students, who have faced intensifying scrutiny under President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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Trump says Harvard should cap foreign enrollment, provide student list

US president says Harvard must ‘show us their list’ of foreign students to make sure they are not ‘troublemakers’.

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RFK Jr. Denigrates Privately Funded Medical Research

The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for criticism.

Reason

Can Trump Yank Harvard's Remaining Federal Funding?

Trump is wielding the state against a school whose politics he doesn't like.

Reason

Trump Official Called Out for 'Deeply Troubling' Stance on Harvard's Funding: 'A Blatant Attack on Academic Freedom'

Linda McMahon suggested university research and funding should align with Trump's political agenda, but critics warn the stance threatens academic freedom.

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New Orleans escapee’s former principal gives savage seven word response to jailbreak

Escapees Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey are still on the run nearly two weeks later

The Independent UK

Watch: Karoline Leavitt says America needs more plumbers, less LGBTQ Harvard graduates

America needs more tradespeople rather than “LGBTQ Harvard graduates”, Karoline Leavitt has said.

The Independent UK

Trump again suggests Harvard is teaching students ‘2+2= 4’ and says Ivy league school getting its ‘a** kicked’

The president suggested that the escalation of his beef with the school had been because ‘they want to show how smart they are’

The Independent UK

Harvard University agrees to transfer ownership of slavery photographs

The photographs of a father and daughter have sparked conversations about the legacy of slavery and who profits from it.

Al Jazeera

Truckers' protest in Iran gathers steam and wins support from prominent dissident voices

Truck drivers in Iran continued a nearly week-long strike on Wednesday, incensed by low salaries, high insurance rates, and a possible hike in fuel prices

The Independent UK

Foreign Students Wary Of US As Trump Presses 'Dehumanizing' Campaign

Donald Trump's expanding crackdown on elite universities is prompting some international students to abandon applications to campuses in the United States and spreading stress and anxiety among those already enrolled.

International Business Times

Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE

A federal judge in Vermont has granted a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher release from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S. Colleagues and academics testified Wednesday on Kseniia Petrova’s behalf, saying she is doing valuable research in pursuing cures…

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Education Secretary: Universities 'In Sync' With the Trump Admin Can Continue Their Research

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said universities can keep federal research funding only if they align with Trump administration goals.

The Independent UK

Voices: Trump’s attack on Harvard is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for British universities

COMMENT: The UK’s demoralised and underfunded university sector could build some confidence – and some money – by sweeping up would-be Ivy League students, writes Chris Blackhurst

The Independent UK

Fox News stars want Scott Pelley arrested and ‘60 Minutes’ canceled over anti-Trump free speech defense

Veteran TV journalist delivered an impassioned commencement speech targeted at president that called on graduates to defend democracy and speak truth to power

The Guardian - US

Will Donald Trump defy the US supreme court?

With the court slated to issue a flood of rulings by early July, the justices have an important choice: to bend to Trump or to grow a real backbone

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The Independent UK

After a 15-year battle, Harvard agrees in settlement to relinquish early photos of slaves

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people

Al Jazeera

US pauses new student visas: What it means and who it will affect

The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump administration orders US embassies to pause student visa interviews

US to introduce social media screening for any international students. Plus, the notorious facilities used to ‘rehabilitate’ disobedient Saudi women

The Independent UK

Melania Trump slams online rumors that Trump’s vendetta against Harvard is due to Barron

Social media users began to speculate that Trump’s youngest was rejected from the prestigious institution last week

International Business Times UK

Did Barron Trump Apply to Harvard and Fail? Melania Denies It Sparked University's £80M Funding Cut

Melania Trump denies Barron applied to Harvard as political tensions and funding cuts target Ivy League universities.

Evening Standard

Trump halts US student visa applications in White House's escalating war on top universities

The move is the latest in the Trump administration's crackdown on universities

The Independent UK

‘I have no criminal record’: Harvard grad brought to US as child self-deports to Mexico

U.S. announced its first government-funded self-deportation flight last week

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