Daily Headlines: Education Justice Department reaches deal with University of Virginia to close civil rights probes once school prohibits DEI programs, four months after forcing President Ryan to resign. October 23, 2025 View Details Alabama library board considers rule banning books depicting transgender procedures or gender ideology from children’s sections statewide. October 22, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Defense Department to restock banned books at 5 military base K-12 schools where students sued, ruling removals violated First Amendment rights. October 21, 2025 View Details Seven universities reject Trump’s college compact by Monday deadline, with zero acceptances of deal requiring foreign student caps and funding changes in exchange for preferential federal treatment. October 21, 2025 View Details Government shutdown threatens 65,000 Head Start preschoolers as 134 programs face funding cutoff Nov. 1. October 21, 2025 View Details The president-elect of Oxford University’s debating society faces a no-confidence vote after posting “Charlie Kirk got shot loool” following the September shooting death of the Trump ally. October 19, 2025 View Details University of Virginia rejects Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence, which offered preferential research funding for screening international students for “American and Western values.” October 18, 2025 View Details Indiana Univ. fires student newspaper adviser after he refuses order to remove news stories, then ends all print publication as the paper covered sensitive stories about the president and campus safety. October 18, 2025 View Details Texas AG Ken Paxton announces investigation of University of North Texas for not disciplining students accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk’s killing, demanding expulsion despite First Amendment protections for such speech. October 17, 2025 View Details University of Pennsylvania and USC reject Trump administration’s federal funding deal requiring tuition freezes, international student caps, and gender restrictions in exchange for preferential grant access. October 17, 2025 View Details Harvard reports $113 million deficit for fiscal year 2025 after Trump administration terminated federal research grants, even as endowment grew 12% to $56.9 billion. October 17, 2025 View Details Oklahoma’s new School Superintendent reverses predecessor’s mandate requiring Bibles in every classroom and biblical instruction, saying he has “no plans to distribute Bibles” and will dismiss lawsuit. October 16, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Texas law restricting campus protests, saying court cannot trust universities to enforce policies constitutionally, after law banned non-students from demonstrations and imposed 10 pm to 8 am curfew. October 16, 2025 View Details Brown University rejects Trump administration compact requiring five-year tuition freeze and 15% cap on international students, citing restrictions on academic freedom and research funding based on political criteria. October 16, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Miami Dade College land transfer for Trump library, ruling college violated Florida Sunshine law with insufficient notice about 2.6-acre downtown property. October 15, 2025 View Details Newark Public Schools enrollment rises 20% since 2019 as Hispanic students increase 40% and Black enrollment declines. October 12, 2025 View Details Newark students score 34% proficient in English and 21% in math five years after pandemic. October 12, 2025 View Details Sen. Cantwell warns Big Ten presidents that proposed $2 billion private equity partnership could jeopardize schools’ tax-exempt status and conflict with academic goals as nonprofit institutions. October 12, 2025 View Details Education Department fires nearly all Office of Special Education staff during shutdown, eliminating federal IDEA oversight despite Secretary McMahon calling disabled students a “top priority.” October 12, 2025 View Details Vanderbilt Faculty Senate votes 30-11 to condemn Trump administration compact requiring faculty silence on off-campus politics and force against protests in exchange for preferential funding. October 12, 2025 View Details Trump signs Columbus Day proclamation calling explorer “original American hero” and accusing critics of slander, reversing Biden’s recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day. October 11, 2025 View Details University of Arkansas installs 500 Ten Commandments posters in compliance with state law requiring displays in public institutions, despite federal judge blocking law at five school districts. October 11, 2025 View Details MIT rejects Trump compact exchanging federal funding for adoption of administration priorities on gender, admissions and campus speech. October 11, 2025 View Details South Carolina quarantines 150 unvaccinated students as measles spreads to 11 cases after state begins allowing online religious exemption forms, with Spartanburg County exemption rate reaching 8%. October 10, 2025 View Details Wyoming librarian fired after refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books and defending Pride Month wins $700,000 settlement from Campbell County after nearly 30 years of service. October 9, 2025 View Details Hawaii state library system bans words “censorship” and “banned” from Banned Books Week displays and orders removal of American Library Association materials providing facts about book banning. October 9, 2025 View Details Education Department resumes student loan forgiveness for borrowers who completed 20-25 years of payments under Income-Based Repayment after AFT lawsuit, while keeping three other income-driven plans frozen ahead of Dec. 31 tax deadline. October 5, 2025 View Details Newsom threatens to cut state funding to California universities that sign Trump compact requiring closure of departments hostile to conservatives, 15% cap on international students, and acceptance of administration’s gender definitions. October 3, 2025 View Details Former Des Moines superintendent charged with possessing four firearms including loaded gun in district car after working without authorization since 2020 and hiding deportation order under garage floor mat. October 3, 2025 View Details White House offers 9 universities preferential federal funding in exchange for capping foreign enrollment at 15%, screening students for views ‘hostile’ to U.S., and sharing discipline records with immigration authorities. October 2, 2025 View Details Passaic County approves first use of 2024 law letting school districts bypass voters, guaranteeing $44.9 million in bonds for Little Falls expansions. October 1, 2025 View Details New Jersey requires K-12 schools to teach Latino and Hispanic history starting in 2026-2027 school year, joining mandates on Black, LGBT, and Holocaust education. October 1, 2025 View Details Newark school board rejects Superintendent Roger León’s contract extension to 2030 after five-hour hearing on student achievement gaps, racism concerns, and transparency demands. October 1, 2025 View Details New Jersey community colleges launch statewide fundraising campaign as 39% of students report food insecurity and federal SNAP cuts threaten additional aid. October 1, 2025 View Details New Jersey pays school districts only 60% of the special education reimbursements state law requires as costs surge 55% for out-of-district placements, prompting task force bill. October 1, 2025 View Details Education Department orders Fairfax County schools to investigate abortion claims after already withholding millions over transgender bathroom policy, threatening district with total loss of $167 million in federal funding. October 1, 2025 View Details Florida transfers $66 million college property to Trump library foundation that will house Qatar plane retrofitted by taxpayers at hundreds of millions in costs before transferring to Trump after presidency. October 1, 2025 View Details Des Moines school superintendent resigns after claiming U.S. citizenship on employment forms despite 2024 deportation order, following ICE arrest and state license revocation. October 1, 2025 View Details Trump announces Harvard deal requiring $500 million for trade schools, contradicting university leaders who said days earlier they have ‘no idea’ about talks, as White House pursues debarment proceedings. October 1, 2025 View Details Education Department orders Minnesota to strip titles from transgender athletes and issue apology letters to competitors, threatening federal funding cuts over state policy allowing participation in girls’ sports. October 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration initiates rare debarment process to cut Harvard off from federal funding across all agencies 26 days after court order restored $2.7 billion in grants. September 30, 2025 View Details Des Moines school board puts Superintendent Ian Roberts on unpaid leave after state revokes license following ICE detention that revealed final removal order and unauthorized work authorization despite background checks by district and state licensing board. September 30, 2025 View Details Educators in Iowa, South Carolina and Indiana file separate lawsuits after losing jobs over Kirk assassination comments, each claiming First Amendment violations. September 28, 2025 View Details Des Moines school board places Superintendent Roberts on paid leave one day after ICE arrest revealed May 2024 deportation order district never knew about. September 28, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court blocks Trump’s attempt to strip union rights from Pentagon K-12 teachers by labeling them national security workers. September 27, 2025 View Details Sixteen states sue HHS after agency threatens to strip $35 million in sex ed funding over lessons mentioning transgender students. September 27, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose renaming career training Pell Grants as “Trump Grants” despite Rhode Island opposition to changing the 45-year-old name. September 26, 2025 View Details Oklahoma schools chief Walters resigns with year left in term to lead anti-union teacher group aiming to “destroy” teachers unions. September 26, 2025 View Details The FCC moves to reverse a Biden-era rule providing internet hotspots to students, citing internet safety rules that the program already follows. September 25, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. moves to strip $24M from three major school districts, targeting their policies supporting transgender and Black students. September 25, 2025 View Details A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore over $500 million in UCLA health grants suspended over claims of antisemitism. September 23, 2025 View Details A West Point professor files a First Amendment class-action lawsuit, alleging a free speech crackdown followed a Trump executive order. September 23, 2025 View Details California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws banning law enforcement from wearing face masks and accessing schools 12 days after the Supreme Court allowed roving immigration patrols. September 21, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. gives Harvard a 20-day ultimatum to produce documents for its probe into the university’s continued use of race in admissions. September 20, 2025 View Details Texas A&M President Mark Welsh resigns 10 days after a viral classroom video on gender content sparked a successful ouster campaign by top state Republicans. September 19, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. unites 40 conservative groups to create ‘patriotic’ civics curriculum despite a federal ban on such influence. September 18, 2025 View Details Oklahoma education chief Ryan Walters accused schools of hypocrisy for skipping his Charlie Kirk moment of silence while hosting ‘pride parades’. September 17, 2025 View Details A coalition of university groups sued the Trump administration, calling its demand for $1 billion and policy changes at UCLA unconstitutional coercion. September 17, 2025 View Details Trump uses an executive order to shift federal public school funds to private vouchers, sidestepping congressional authority. September 16, 2025 View Details The Trump administration reallocates nearly $500 million to HBCUs and tribal schools, just days after defunding other minority college grants as racially discriminatory. September 16, 2025 View Details UC Berkeley provided the Trump administration the names of 160 students and staff for a federal investigation into campus antisemitism. September 14, 2025 View Details With the governor’s backing, Florida’s education commissioner is investigating state teachers for social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. September 12, 2025 View Details After Sen. Marsha Blackburn called for her removal, Middle Tennessee State University fired an assistant dean for stating she had ‘zero sympathy’ for Charlie Kirk. September 12, 2025 View Details At least six historically Black colleges and universities canceled classes and locked down campuses nationwide following a coordinated wave of threats the FBI is investigating. September 12, 2025 View Details New Mexico becomes the first state to offer universal free childcare, expanding a program credited with reducing poverty. September 12, 2025 View Details Two federal judges blocked an Education and HHS Dept. policy issued in July that required immigration verification for families to access Head Start. September 12, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. cuts $350 million from minority-serving colleges, labeling the programs discriminatory two months after the Justice Dept. abandoned their legal defense. September 11, 2025 View Details A divided Supreme Court permits a transgender South Carolina student to use the boys’ restroom, ruling the state failed to justify an emergency stay. September 11, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocks a Trump administration rule cutting immigrant access to Head Start and health clinics in 20 states that challenged the policy. September 11, 2025 View Details Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot during a campus event in a killing Utah’s governor calls a “political assassination.” September 11, 2025 View Details Trump directs the Education Department to issue new school prayer guidance, claiming students are indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda. September 9, 2025 View Details Texas’s state education agency changes guidance that blocked school nurses from most care, including bandages, days after the law’s author called the rule “insanity.” September 9, 2025 View Details Florida’s surgeon general says no study is needed for his plan to end all school vaccine mandates, a policy he previously likened to ‘slavery’. September 8, 2025 View Details A West Point alumni group abruptly cancels an award for Tom Hanks, a Biden supporter lauded for his military films, citing a need to prepare officers for war. September 7, 2025 View Details Northwestern University’s president resigns months into an $800 million federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration. September 5, 2025 View Details FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is moving to end a school Wi-Fi hotspot program after a similar legislative ban from Sen. Ted Cruz passed the Senate but stalled in the House. September 4, 2025 View Details A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze more than $2 billion in Harvard grants, ruling the move was unconstitutional retaliation to coerce university policy changes. September 4, 2025 View Details Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools. September 4, 2025 View Details Texas AG Ken Paxton uses a new school prayer law to endorse the Lord’s Prayer just weeks after a court struck down a Ten Commandments mandate. September 3, 2025 View Details Two northern Virginia school districts serving more than 207,000 students sued the Education Dept. for freezing millions in funds over their transgender student policies. August 30, 2025 View Details Education Dept rules Denver schools violated Title IX by creating all-gender bathrooms, escalating Trump administration crackdown on LGBTQ protections. August 29, 2025 View Details DHS proposes a new rule to limit foreign student stays to a fixed four-year period, ending a policy in place since 1978. August 28, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressures West Virginia to weaken its school vaccine mandate, citing civil rights laws to demand a religious exemption. August 28, 2025 View Details GMU president rejects Education Dept. civil rights office demand for apology over DEI hiring despite finding of Title VI violation. August 26, 2025 View Details Judge strikes down Minnesota law excluding faith-based colleges from high school credit program, ruling it violated religious freedom. August 24, 2025 View Details Education Dept says George Mason University must comply and publicly apologize for race-based hiring policies or face potential loss of federal funds. August 23, 2025 View Details Trump DOJ refuses to defend Hispanic-Serving Institution grant program, calling it unconstitutional as Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions press lawsuit. August 23, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts $12 million California health grant after state refused to drop transgender content from teen pregnancy program. August 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration rescinds 2015 guidance on English learners’ education rights, weakening schools’ obligations to provide translation and support services. August 21, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Texas Ten Commandments law in 11 districts, citing precedent from Louisiana case August 21, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely, citing threats to free speech, academic freedom, and due process in schools. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump administration flips Education Dept. civil rights mission, dismissing most discrimination complaints while targeting programs for students of color and transgender students. August 19, 2025 View Details Oklahoma imposes political loyalty test on teachers trained in California and New York who seek certification to work in the state. August 18, 2025 View Details Education Dept. moves to cut federal funding for five Northern Virginia school districts serving nearly 400,000 students over transgender bathroom rules. August 16, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks enforcement in Maryland of Education Department rule limiting diversity and equity programs, citing failure to follow required process. August 15, 2025 View Details Trump administration disbands FEMA’s youth advisory council after months of silence, ending climate-focused disaster preparedness projects by high school members. August 14, 2025 View Details Judge Rita Lin orders Trump administration to restore UCLA’s National Science Foundation grants after rejecting distinction between suspensions and terminations. August 13, 2025 View Details Justice Department finds George Washington University violated civil rights law by ignoring campus antisemitism and threatens federal funding cuts. August 13, 2025 View Details Trump administration investigates Harvard’s federally funded patents under Bayh Dole Act review after freezing billions in research funding earlier this year. August 9, 2025 View Details Trump administration demands over $1 billion settlement from UCLA including $172 million for victims after freezing $584 million in research grants. August 9, 2025 View Details Education Department opens civil rights probe into Baltimore City Public Schools over antisemitism after ADL complaint alleging Nazi salutes and harassment. August 8, 2025 View Details Trump orders federally funded colleges to report race-based admissions data, directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to expand oversight in a broader DEI crackdown. August 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration freezes $584 million in UCLA research grants, the first public university targeted over alleged antisemitism and affirmative action failures. August 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts UCLA’s $200 million in federal research funding over claims university failed to address antisemitism after pro-Palestinian protests. August 2, 2025 View Details Federal judge allows NSF to continue withholding hundreds of millions from researchers after Trump administration cut grants targeting misinformation and diversity programs. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump order revives Presidential Fitness Test in schools, naming golfer Bryson DeChambeau to lead sports council as part of broader conservative sports agenda. August 1, 2025 View Details Virginia court blocks eight Youngkin university board appointees from serving after Senate committee rejected their confirmations in June. July 30, 2025 View Details Harvard complies with Trump administration demand for I-9 employment forms but withholds records for student employees while fighting to restore billions in frozen funds. July 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration freezes $108 million to Duke University after threatening to cut all federal funding over alleged racial preferences in hiring and admissions. July 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets Duke University over alleged race-based law journal selection threatening federal funding. July 29, 2025 View Details Justice Department investigates George Mason Faculty Senate for resolution supporting president Gregory Washington’s diversity hiring practices. July 29, 2025 View Details Harvard reportedly willing to pay Trump administration $500 million to settle federal funding dispute after Columbia’s $200 million agreement. July 29, 2025 View Details Trump releases $6 billion in education grants after Republican senators reject his claim that after-school programs and adult literacy courses support “radical leftwing agenda.” July 27, 2025 View Details Rubio launches State Department probe of Harvard’s J-1 visa program for international researchers as latest retaliation over campus antisemitism claims. July 24, 2025 View Details Trump administration investigates five universities for offering scholarships to DACA recipients as “discrimination against American-born students.” July 24, 2025 View Details Columbia University pays Trump administration $200 million settlement after federal funding was withheld over Israel-Hamas war protest response. July 24, 2025 View Details Trump administration illegally withheld $825 million in Head Start preschool funding for three months despite congressional approval, government watchdog finds. July 24, 2025 View Details The Trump administration is halting student loan forgiveness for the long-standing Income-Based Repayment plan, citing court orders against a separate program. July 23, 2025 View Details The Trump administration has launched a third federal probe into George Mason University, with the Justice Department now investigating the school for racial bias in hiring. July 23, 2025 View Details Columbia University expelled and suspended dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters as it reportedly nears a deal with the Trump administration to unfreeze $400 million in federal funding. July 23, 2025 View Details As the Harvard funding trial opens, Trump attacks the judge as a ‘TOTAL DISASTER’ and vows to appeal if the administration loses. July 22, 2025 View Details Vanity Fair publishes Turkish doctoral student’s account of 45-day ICE detention after writing pro-Palestine op-ed calling for divestment. July 19, 2025 View Details Trump opens third federal investigation into George Mason University over diversity programs led by first Black president. July 19, 2025 View Details Trump’s Education Department rejects 460,000 applications for lower student loan payments by calling Biden-era plan illegal. July 19, 2025 View Details Trump releases $1.3 billion in after-school funding after GOP pressure but continues withholding $5 billion in education grants. July 19, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court reinstates Arkansas ban on race-related curriculum in K-12 schools after lower court had blocked enforcement of education law. July 17, 2025 View Details Ten GOP senators urge Trump to reverse administrative pause on $6 billion education funding, saying cuts to after-school programs will harm students despite administration’s “woke” concerns. July 17, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to cut 1,400 Education Department jobs despite states’ lawsuit challenging agency dismantling efforts. July 15, 2025 View Details Over 20 states sue Trump administration for freezing billions in after-school and summer program funding that serves 1.4 million children. July 15, 2025 View Details Historians launch “Save Our Signs” campaign to preserve national park exhibits before Trump’s September deadline to remove content “disparaging Americans,” seeking volunteers to photograph signs. July 12, 2025 View Details Trump administration opens civil rights investigation into George Mason University hiring practices as part of anti-DEI crackdown. July 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts off Head Start preschool program for undocumented immigrant children after reclassifying it as federal benefit. July 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration sues California Education Department over transgender athlete policies after state refused federal demand to ban participation in high school sports. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump administration tells Harvard’s accreditor there’s “strong evidence” university doesn’t meet standards over alleged antisemitism, threatening federal financial aid eligibility. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump ends interest subsidy for 7.7 million borrowers in Biden’s student loan plan starting August 1, adding average of $3,500 annual interest charges. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump’s July 4 megabill spending law raises endowment taxes up to 8% on wealthy universities like Harvard, threatening financial aid and fueling political attacks. July 9, 2025 View Details Education Department releases draft proposal to strip student loan forgiveness from organizations serving immigrants and transgender youth by defining them as “illegal activities.” July 8, 2025 View Details Federal trial begins challenging Trump crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists as university groups argue administration violates First Amendment through deportation threats. July 8, 2025 View Details WSJ Exclusive: Columbia University board discusses deal with Trump administration to restore $400 million in federal funding canceled over antisemitism claims. July 7, 2025 View Details University of California bans student governments from boycotting Israel while preserving individual students’ rights amid Trump funding threats. July 4, 2025 View Details A hacker breached Columbia University’s systems, stole student records, and broadcast Trump’s image as the school faces federal threats over protecting Jewish students. July 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration froze more than $6 billion in education grants after claiming states supported immigrants and LGBTQ inclusion and “grossly misused funds to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda.” July 3, 2025 View Details Penn erases Lia Thomas’ swimming records and bans transgender women from women’s sports after Trump Education Department finds Title IX violations. July 2, 2025 View Details Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students, putting additional funding at risk beyond $2 billion already frozen. July 1, 2025 View Details Education Department freezes $5 billion in congressionally approved school funding through controversial “pocket rescission” tactic to defy lawmakers. July 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration gave University of Virginia president ultimatum to resign by 5 PM on specific day or face immediate cuts to funding, jobs and student aid over DEI policies, senator reveals. June 30, 2025 View Details Harvard Kennedy School creates backup campus in Canada for students blocked by Trump’s international student crackdown. June 28, 2025 View Details UVA President Jim Ryan resigns after Trump DOJ threatens university funding to settle diversity practices probe. June 28, 2025 View Details House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Harvard over alleged Ivy League tuition price-fixing after university provides fewer than 400 documents, lowest among peers. June 27, 2025 View Details Justice Department launches civil rights investigation into University of California hiring practices, alleging discrimination for considering race and sex in faculty diversity efforts. June 27, 2025 View Details Justice Department demands University of Virginia president resign to resolve civil rights investigation, threatening hundreds of millions in federal funding over DEI programs. June 27, 2025 View Details Teacher tells Palestinian American student to “go back to your country” after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance, prompting federal lawsuit. June 27, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Labor Department’s shutdown of 120 Job Corps sites, ruling agency can’t “do as it pleases” when Congress funded program. June 26, 2025 View Details Justice Department sues Minnesota over college tuition program, claiming state treats U.S. citizens as “second-class” by giving undocumented immigrants in-state rates. June 26, 2025 View Details Christian and other faith leaders sue Texas education agency over law requiring Ten Commandments displays in all public school classrooms. June 26, 2025 View Details Education Secretary McMahon gives California 10 days to strip transgender athletes of awards and ban them from competition or lose federal funding. June 26, 2025 View Details Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s June 4 proclamation banning Harvard international students after his May 22 attempt was also blocked, ruling both are retaliation for university’s refusal to screen applicants for political beliefs. June 24, 2025 View Details Trump-nominated judge gives academic award to University of Florida law student who argued Constitution applies only to white people and called for removing non-white voting rights. June 22, 2025 View Details Abbott signs law mandating Ten Commandments displays in all Texas classrooms one day after federal court ruled identical Louisiana law unconstitutional. June 22, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks NSF’s arbitrary 15% cap on university research funding after Trump administration slashed typical reimbursement rates from 50-65%. June 21, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump’s ban on Harvard hosting foreign students in retaliation campaign after university rejected White House demands on campus policies. June 21, 2025 View Details Conservative Fifth Circuit unanimously blocks Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom law after finding lawmakers pursued “sham” legislative purpose driven by religious objectives. June 21, 2025 View Details Gov. Abbott weighs campus protest restrictions banning nighttime demonstrations and masks in response to pro-Palestine activism despite Texas championing conservative campus speech. June 21, 2025 View Details Internal emails obtained by The Washington Post Wednesday reveal NIH briefly lifted Columbia’s grant freeze before Trump officials reinstated it hours later, demanding extra approvals amid ongoing antisemitism funding dispute. June 20, 2025 View Details FL Board of Governors expected to approve three DeSantis appointees as university presidents after rejecting University of Florida’s choice Santa Ono as too “woke.” June 19, 2025 View Details Feds sue Kentucky Gov. Beshear over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants living in KY, claiming it gives them preferential treatment over out-of-state U.S. citizens. June 19, 2025 View Details US resumes issuing student visas but requires all international applicants to make social media accounts public, warning private accounts may be suspicious. June 19, 2025 View Details Judge postpones ruling on Trump’s unprecedented order barring international students from Harvard after university calls it “illegal retaliatory step.” June 17, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law after cutting library and museum funding by more than half despite congressional approval. June 17, 2025 View Details Energy Department uses school funding authority to fast-track elimination of Title IX protections for girls joining boys’ teams, bypassing normal public comment process. June 15, 2025 View Details NYT investigation reveals Interior Department must remove all “negative” content about Americans from national parks by September 17 deadline after asking visitors to flag inappropriate historical information. June 14, 2025 View Details Over 400 international academics including 30 Nobel laureates issue anti-fascist manifesto comparing Trump to Mussolini, with some signing anonymously due to fear of reprisals. June 14, 2025 View Details Entire Fulbright Scholar board resigns after Trump administration rejects 200 already-approved academics based on research topics and subjects 1,200 more to unauthorized review. June 12, 2025 View Details Trump seeks removal from New Hampshire lawsuit challenging his transgender sports ban after federal judge allows two teen girls to keep playing while case proceeds. June 10, 2025 View Details Newsom threatens to cut off California’s $80 billion federal tax surplus after Trump threatens university funding cuts. June 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets California universities for $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts, threatening nation’s second-largest NIH research recipient. June 8, 2025 View Details Wichita and Washoe tribes sue federal government for using $23.3 billion in Native trust funds to finance abusive boarding schools that harmed their children. June 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn injunction blocking layoffs of 1,400 Education Department employees, roughly half the agency’s workforce, after lower courts ruled mass firings would disable agency. June 7, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks administration proclamation banning Harvard international students from entering US four hours after university filed retaliation complaint. June 6, 2025 View Details Federal officials threaten to cut NY school funding over Indigenous mascot ban as state vows to expand the ban to all racial and ethnic mascots. June 6, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court upholds judge’s order blocking Trump from dismantling Education Dept and requiring reinstatement of 1,300 employees after Justice Dept sought swift ruling to rush case to Supreme Court. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump bans international students from entering U.S. to attend Harvard citing national security concerns after the university refused to comply with Homeland Security requests for information about foreign students June 5, 2025 View Details Trump proposes cutting tribal college funding by nearly 90%, threatening to close institutions already underfunded by $250 million annually. June 4, 2025 View Details Harvard seeks summary judgment in federal funding lawsuit, citing internal emails showing White House directed agencies to cut grants despite national security warnings. June 3, 2025 View Details MA Gov. Healey demands “immediate answers” from ICE after agents detain high school student en route to volleyball practice, sparking massive protests and federal judge intervention. June 3, 2025 View Details Justice Department threatens legal action against 1,600+ California school districts unless they ban transgender athletes by June 9 despite state compromise allowing dual medals. June 3, 2025 View Details AB Hernandez wins gold in high jump and triple jump at California track championships despite Trump’s federal funding threats and Justice Department Title IX investigation into the transgender woman’s participation. June 2, 2025 View Details China threatens retaliation against Trump administration over AI chip export controls and planned Chinese student visa revocations despite 90-day trade deal signed last month in Geneva. June 2, 2025 View Details Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer suspends Job Corps operations nationwide by June 30 despite bipartisan congressional opposition and legal prohibitions against withholding appropriated funds. June 1, 2025 View Details Education Secretary Linda McMahon threatens to pull federal funding from New York and pursue criminal investigation over state’s Native American mascot ban. May 31, 2025 View Details Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration from revoking Harvard’s foreign student enrollment privileges. May 30, 2025 View Details A federal judge found Trump’s effort to deport Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil likely unconstitutional, blocking his removal while a challenge proceeds. May 29, 2025 View Details A federal judge ordered the release of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova from ICE custody, ruling that her arrest and visa revocation were unlawful. May 29, 2025 View Details Trump proposed capping international enrollment at Harvard as he demanded student data and escalated his fight with the university. May 29, 2025 View Details Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. will begin revoking visas for Chinese students and revising visa rules. May 29, 2025 View Details Trump orders federal agencies to cut all ties with Harvard over race discrimination and campus safety claims. May 28, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts student visa appointments and expands social media vetting targeting pro-Palestinian campus activism. May 28, 2025 View Details CA high school sports federation adds more girls to state meet after Trump threatens funding over trans athlete. May 28, 2025 View Details Trump escalates Harvard attacks by threatening Monday to redirect $3 billion in university grants to trade schools. May 27, 2025 View Details Trump claims Harvard’s 27% foreign students are “too much” and taking spots from Americans, repeats demand for names despite federal judge blocking DHS revocation of international student certification. May 26, 2025 View Details Trump delivers campaign-style speech to West Point graduates while wearing MAGA hat, boasting about eliminating military diversity programs and comparing cadets to male models. May 25, 2025 View Details Trump deregulates nuclear industry with “total reform” of independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, cutting staff and fast-tracking reactor approvals for AI data centers and defense facilities. May 24, 2025 View Details Judge halts Trump’s retaliation against Harvard for defying political demands, blocking administration from cutting off enrollment for 7,000 international students days before graduation. May 24, 2025 View Details Supreme Court deadlocks 4-4 on nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma, leaving ban in place after Justice Amy Coney Barrett recuses herself due to ties with Catholic Church’s legal adviser. May 23, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration from revoking legal status of international students nationwide after more than 4,700 had visas canceled in April based on FBI arrest database searches. May 23, 2025 View Details Education Department investigates Virginia’s elite Thomas Jefferson High School for alleged discrimination against Asian American students despite Supreme Court upholding admissions policy that reduced Asian enrollment from 73% to 54%. May 23, 2025 View Details Trump administration finds Columbia University violated Jewish students’ civil rights by showing “deliberate indifference” to harassment since October 7, 2023, including failure to investigate swastika vandalism. May 23, 2025 View Details Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students after university refuses to turn over five years of foreign student conduct records including protest footage. May 23, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump from firing 1,300 Education Department employees after staff cuts closed seven civil rights offices and eliminated entire FAFSA oversight team. May 23, 2025 View Details RFK family foundation awards Maine Gov. Mills human rights prize for defying transgender policies of administration where RFK Jr. serves as HHS Secretary. May 20, 2025 View Details Justice Department announces False Claims Act will be used against universities with diversity initiatives by citing alleged antisemitism violations. May 20, 2025 View Details Thousands of California teachers rally outside SpaceX headquarters to protest Trump-Musk education budget cuts threatening special education and meal programs. May 18, 2025 View Details Oklahoma adds debunked 2020 election fraud claims to high school history curriculum. May 18, 2025 View Details Indian Ph.D. student granted injunction against deportation after DHS tried to revoke her visa over minor traffic violation from four years ago. May 16, 2025 View Details Justice Department accuses Harvard of defrauding government by violating Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling after freezing $2.2 billion in federal funding. May 16, 2025 View Details Kennedy claims he is protecting Head Start funding weeks after Trump budget sought to eliminate the program. May 15, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, bringing total frozen funding near $3 billion in escalating fight over campus control. May 14, 2025 View Details Harvard sends letter to Education Dept. denying partisan bias claims and warning of government overreach. May 13, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose $5 billion private school voucher program funded by donors who would receive 100% tax credits, diverting resources from public schools. May 13, 2025 View Details Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk arrived in Boston Saturday after federal judge orders her release from six weeks of ICE detention for writing opinion piece critical of Israel. May 11, 2025 View Details Columbia University suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library where demonstrators scrawled threatening messages. May 11, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders release of Turkish Tufts student detained over Israel criticism, saying detention ‘chills speech of millions’. May 10, 2025 View Details Alabama student detained for 6 weeks granted self-deportation to Iran at immigration court hearing. May 9, 2025 View Details Education Dept investigates Penn over ‘inaccurate’ foreign donation disclosures, demands all records. May 9, 2025 View Details Haverford College president grilled by GOP reps over refusal to share student discipline details, with some threatening her job and federal funding. May 8, 2025 View Details Columbia University protest leads to more than 70 arrests after students occupy library. May 8, 2025 View Details Federal judge keeps Georgetown scholar’s wrongful arrest case in Virginia, rejecting Trump administration’s attempt to move it to Texas. May 8, 2025 View Details Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred to Vermont after six weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana. May 8, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump plan to slash funding for library, minority business, and labor mediation agencies. May 7, 2025 View Details Judge bars Trump administration from withholding over $1 billion in pandemic relief for struggling students. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration opens antisemitism probe into UWash after protests. May 7, 2025 View Details Columbia will lay off nearly 180 researchers after Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal grants. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends Ready to Learn grant, halting funding for PBS Kids educational content. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration demands court-enforced decree to control Columbia’s admissions and hiring. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump admin blocks future federal grants to Harvard unless it meets the president’s demands. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration settles lawsuit and restores Maine school meal funds after state refused to ban trans girls from girls’ sports. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration backs off plan to defund Head Start but cuts raise fears of backdoor elimination. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status again despite school calling move illegal. May 3, 2025 View Details Rev. Amos Brown says Smithsonian notified him it may return his civil rights artifacts during Trump-ordered review of African American museum. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump order rewrites college accreditation rules, opening door for ideological accreditors in higher ed. May 2, 2025 View Details Unsigned HHS report commissioned by Trump promotes psychological treatment over gender-affirming care for trans youth. May 2, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump from dismantling federal library agency after mass firings, grant cancellations. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs. May 2, 2025 View Details One day after HHS cut $1B in school mental health grants, agency mistakenly shares list of 150 child welfare research grants marked for termination. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing conflict with Biden-era priorities. May 1, 2025 View Details Harvard president apologizes and pledges reforms after task force reports expose campus antisemitism and anti-Arab bias. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan, alleging race-based discrimination. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration orders Penn to reverse Lia Thomas records and apologize or lose $175 million in federal funding. April 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration expands Harvard investigation to include Harvard Law Review over race-based article selection and membership. April 29, 2025 View Details Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions. April 28, 2025 View Details University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding. April 28, 2025 View Details Education Department opens civil rights probe into NY rule forcing schools to drop Native American mascots after Massapequa Chiefs fight. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget. April 26, 2025 View Details ICE reactivates student & exchange visa records, restoring legal status for hundreds of international students after lawsuits force policy pause. April 26, 2025 View Details Education Department investigates UC Berkeley for failing to disclose Chinese funding tied to Tsinghua research institute. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump orders sons to fire Trump Org. lawyer over Harvard ties and lawsuit against administration. April 25, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump order to defund public schools over DEI programs. April 25, 2025 View Details Over 200 college leaders denounce Trump’s campus crackdown as ‘government overreach’ in open letter. April 24, 2025 View Details Federal government fights judge’s order to move jailed Tufts student from Louisiana to Vermont after arrest over Gaza essay. April 24, 2025 View Details Trump orders K-12 schools to embrace AI and scrap equity-based discipline rules targeting racial disparities. April 24, 2025 View Details EEOC texts Columbia and Barnard employees asking if they are Jewish or Israeli, then probing for antisemitism. April 24, 2025 View Details Trump orders crackdown on college accreditors to reshape colleges around ideology, not education. April 24, 2025 View Details NSF terminates 400 active grants tied to DEI and misinformation, citing new Trump-era priorities. April 23, 2025 View Details Columbia students and alumni chain themselves to campus gates after ICE detains Palestinian activists with university ties. April 22, 2025 View Details Judge blocks deportation of two Oregon college students, citing lack of justification for revoked visas and ordering they remain in state. April 22, 2025 View Details Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion funding freeze tied to campus freedom of speech. April 22, 2025 View Details Education Department to resume collections on 5 million defaulted student loans starting May 5. April 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration to cut another $1 billion from Harvard health research funding after university rejects White House demands. April 21, 2025 View Details Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban. April 20, 2025 View Details Trump demands decade of foreign funding records from Harvard as clash escalates. April 19, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders ICE to transfer detained Tufts student and fast-track hearing on due process violations. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation. April 17, 2025 View Details DHS threatens to end Harvard’s ability to host international students unless it hands over protest and disciplinary records. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump escalates retaliation, asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status after $2.2B funding cuts. April 17, 2025 View Details Military families sue DOD, say Trump administration censored base school education and banned diverse books April 17, 2025 View Details DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cut disaster relief corps, stripping young workers of jobs and college aid. April 17, 2025 View Details Army and Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI content after Navy pulls nearly 400 titles. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status day after cutting $2B in funding, also demands school apologize. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump freezes $2.2 billion in Harvard funding after school rejects federal demands on discipline, protests, and academic oversight. April 15, 2025 View Details State Dept investigation found no evidence linking Tufts student to terrorism before ICE detention. April 14, 2025 View Details Trump budget would eliminate Head Start, ending preschool and child care for low-income families. April 13, 2025 View Details Judge orders Trump administration to restore USDA funds for Maine school meals after anti-trans funding cutoff. April 13, 2025 View Details Trump plan halves NASA science, shutters Goddard, and cancels Mars and Venus missions. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump moves to cut Maine’s K-12 school funding over a handful of transgender athletes. April 12, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards. April 12, 2025 View Details Three Florida universities move to deputize campus police for ICE enforcement under DeSantis-Trump directive. April 12, 2025 View Details After firing staff and canceling nearly all humanities grants, the Trump administration will use federal arts funding to build its long-promised “Garden of American Heroes”—a patriotic sculpture park celebrating historical figures in “realistic” form. April 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration seeks consent decree to place Columbia University under federal court oversight as funding talks continue. April 11, 2025 View Details Massachusetts schools chief defies Trump DEI order, says state complies with civil rights law and will keep promoting diversity. April 10, 2025 View Details Judge gives Trump officials 24 hours to produce evidence against Mahmoud Khalil or drop deportation case, warning she’ll dismiss charges Friday. April 9, 2025 View Details Trump officials freeze $1.8 billion in funding for Cornell and Northwestern as punishment for alleged civil rights violations and campus protests. April 9, 2025 View Details Maine sues Trump admin for stopping school lunch funding, calls federal action “blatantly illegal” April 8, 2025 View Details Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive personal data at Education, Treasury, and OPM, overriding privacy ruling challenged by unions and veterans. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration removes Harriet Tubman and slavery references from National Park Service Underground Railroad webpage. April 7, 2025 View Details New York refuses Trump administration’s demand to end DEI in schools, dismisses threat to cut federal education funding. April 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration revokes visas of 5 UMass Amherst students without warning to university. April 6, 2025 View Details NIH plans new autism research as Trump and Kennedy revive vaccine skepticism. April 5, 2025 View Details Supreme Court, in narrow vote, lets Trump freeze $65M in teacher-training grants tied to diversity efforts. April 5, 2025 View Details Judge says Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before handing student records to Congress in antisemitism probe. April 5, 2025 View Details Naval Academy library removed books by Nobel laureates Toni Morrison and Elie Wiesel, Maya Angelou’s memoir, and John Lewis’s autobiography in DEI purge. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration issues written demands to Harvard: drop DEI, restrict protests, cooperate with DHS, or lose billions in federal funds and contracts. April 4, 2025 View Details Education Department tells schools to end DEI programs that ‘favor one race over another’ or lose federal funds. April 4, 2025 View Details Trump moves to cut $510 million in federal funding to Brown University over campus protest response. April 4, 2025 View Details Trump administration suspends dozens of federal research grants to Princeton as Ivy League crackdown expands. April 2, 2025 View Details Naval Academy flags 900 books and removes nearly 400 before Hegseth visit as Trump admin DEI purge widens. April 2, 2025 View Details Trump appointee puts entire staff of federal library and museum agency on leave after DOGE takeover. April 1, 2025 View Details Zeldin shuts down one-room EPA museum he calls a shrine to climate change and environmental justice, slams omission of Trump-era policies. April 1, 2025 View Details ICE says Minnesota student detained last week had visa revoked over prior DUI. April 1, 2025 View Details ICE detains international grad student in Minnesota, sparking outcry from university and state officials March 29, 2025 View Details Columbia’s interim president steps down after policy changes aimed at restoring $400M in federal funding slashed by Trump March 29, 2025 View Details Utah enacts first-in-nation ban on pride flags in schools and government buildings as governor lets bill become law without signature. March 29, 2025 View Details Rubio says he revoked Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Ozturk’s visa over pro-Palestinian activism, calls student protesters “lunatics” and confirms 300 visa cancellations. March 28, 2025 View Details University of Michigan shuts down flagship DEI office, cancels $250M plan after Trump crackdown. on campus diversity. March 28, 2025 View Details The administration filed an emergency petition at the Supreme Court to cancel teacher training grants it claims promote DEI, critical race theory, and anti-racism. March 27, 2025 View Details Trump’s Education Department investigates Oregon school for allowing trans athlete to compete under state law that protects gender identity. March 26, 2025 View Details Judge indefinitely blocks Musk’s DOGE from accessing Education Department data on union members, student borrowers, and veterans, calling the mass data sharing likely illegal. March 25, 2025 View Details Trump moves student loans to Small Business Administration and children’s special needs programs to HHS after ordering McMahon to close Education Department. March 22, 2025 View Details Columbia caves to Trump for $400m, authorizes protest arrests and forces demonstrators to identify themselves. March 21, 2025 View Details Colorado Schools Close Thursday as Thousands of Teachers Rally Against $150M in Cuts March 21, 2025 View Details Trump signs long-threatened order to dismantle Education Department as Sen. Cassidy, a physician, vows legislation to fully abolish it. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration freezes $175M in federal funding to UPenn over transgender athlete policy, despite school following NCAA rules. March 20, 2025 View Details White House fact sheet confirms Trump’s plan to eliminate Department of Education March 20, 2025 View Details Attorneys release video of plainclothes agents arresting activist Mahmoud Khalil; agents refuse to identify themselves. March 16, 2025 View Details Oklahoma’s GOP-led education board approved social studies standards directing high school students to question the 2020 election, with language secretly added by Republican Supt. Ryan Walters before the vote. March 15, 2025 View Details A second Columbia University student who joined campus protests was arrested for overstaying her student visa. March 15, 2025 View Details The Education Dept announced more than 40 universities are now under investigation for allegedly excluding white and Asian American students. March 15, 2025 View Details Six GOP congressmen introduced a bill to bar Chinese nationals from U.S. student visas and exchange programs. March 15, 2025 View Details The White House told Columbia it must overhaul discipline and admissions policies over its alleged failure to protect Jewish students before restoring $400M in canceled grants and contracts. March 14, 2025 View Details Johns Hopkins Univ. has begun laying off more than 2,000 workers after the WH cut USAID funding for programs it administers. March 14, 2025 View Details The federal student loans website went offline midday Wednesday, later displaying a “Planned Maintenance” banner after hours of downtime. March 13, 2025 View Details Among the Department of Education layoffs: 7 of 12 civil rights offices will close, despite thousands of backlogged cases. March 13, 2025 View Details The USDA canceled $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy locally sourced food. March 12, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked the White House from cutting hundreds of millions in teacher training funds after eight states sued. March 12, 2025 View Details The Department of Education is firing 50% of workers, offices in NY, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago to close. March 12, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. warned 60 universities, including Harvard and Yale, that they could face penalties from antisemitism investigations. March 11, 2025 View Details A Columbia University grad student who led protests against Israel was arrested by ICE and had his green card revoked for “circulating social media posts criticizing Zionism” and organizing a march. March 10, 2025 View Details Trump signs order to alter student loan forgiveness for public service workers. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump admin cancels $400M in grants and contracts to Columbia, blames antisemitism. March 8, 2025 View Details US State Department to launch “Catch and Revoke” AI program to scan foreign students for pro-Palestinian, Hamas sympathies and deport them for being at rallies or events. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump set to sign an order closing the Education Dept. as early as Thursday. March 7, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to deport or arrest college students over “illegal protests.” March 6, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Linda McMahon, former wrestling magnate and SBA head, as education secretary by a 51-45 vote. March 5, 2025 ttps://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5307078/trump-cabinet-linda-mcmahon-confirmed-education Education Dept emails employees with one-day buyout offer ahead of “significant layoffs.” March 1, 2025 View Details A federal judge refused to block Musk’s employees from accessing Education Dept data February 24, 2025 View Details Ed Dept freezes thousands of civil right investigations in schools February 24, 2025 View Details Ed Secretary nominee Linda McMahon refused to say if a Black history class would be illegal, calling it hypothetical February 24, 2025 View Details Musk announces he cut 90 contracts totaling $900 million at the Education Dept February 23, 2025 View Details Trump says he has tasked Elon Musk with reviewing Pentagon and Education spending February 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked the federal employee buyout offer February 23, 2025 View Details Trump signed an executive order that will cause K-12 schools and colleges to lose federal funds if they allow trans women to participate in women’s sports February 22, 2025 View Details 20 Musk employees at Education Dept will begin dismantling it from within before an executive order February 22, 2025 View Details
