Trump administration halts student visa appointments and expands social media vetting targeting pro-Palestinian campus activism.
CA high school sports federation adds more girls to state meet after Trump threatens funding over trans athlete.
Trump escalates Harvard attacks by threatening Monday to redirect $3 billion in university grants to trade schools.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
Judge blocks Trump from firing 1,300 Education Department employees after staff cuts closed seven civil rights offices and eliminated entire FAFSA oversight team.
RFK family foundation awards Maine Gov. Mills human rights prize for defying transgender policies of administration where RFK Jr. serves as HHS Secretary.
Justice Department announces False Claims Act will be used against universities with diversity initiatives by citing alleged antisemitism violations.
Thousands of California teachers rally outside SpaceX headquarters to protest Trump-Musk education budget cuts threatening special education and meal programs.
Indian Ph.D. student granted injunction against deportation after DHS tried to revoke her visa over minor traffic violation from four years ago.
Justice Department accuses Harvard of defrauding government by violating Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling after freezing $2.2 billion in federal funding.
Kennedy claims he is protecting Head Start funding weeks after Trump budget sought to eliminate the program.
Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, bringing total frozen funding near $3 billion in escalating fight over campus control.
Harvard sends letter to Education Dept. denying partisan bias claims and warning of government overreach.
House Republicans propose $5 billion private school voucher program funded by donors who would receive 100% tax credits, diverting resources from public schools.
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.
Columbia University suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library where demonstrators scrawled threatening messages.
Federal judge orders release of Turkish Tufts student detained over Israel criticism, saying detention ‘chills speech of millions’.
Education Dept investigates Penn over ‘inaccurate’ foreign donation disclosures, demands all records.
Haverford College president grilled by GOP reps over refusal to share student discipline details, with some threatening her job and federal funding.
Federal judge keeps Georgetown scholar’s wrongful arrest case in Virginia, rejecting Trump administration’s attempt to move it to Texas.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred to Vermont after six weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana.
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to slash funding for library, minority business, and labor mediation agencies.
Judge bars Trump administration from withholding over $1 billion in pandemic relief for struggling students.
Columbia will lay off nearly 180 researchers after Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal grants.
Trump administration settles lawsuit and restores Maine school meal funds after state refused to ban trans girls from girls’ sports.
Trump administration backs off plan to defund Head Start but cuts raise fears of backdoor elimination.
Rev. Amos Brown says Smithsonian notified him it may return his civil rights artifacts during Trump-ordered review of African American museum.
Trump order rewrites college accreditation rules, opening door for ideological accreditors in higher ed.
Unsigned HHS report commissioned by Trump promotes psychological treatment over gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs.
One day after HHS cut $1B in school mental health grants, agency mistakenly shares list of 150 child welfare research grants marked for termination.
Trump administration ends $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing conflict with Biden-era priorities.
Harvard president apologizes and pledges reforms after task force reports expose campus antisemitism and anti-Arab bias.
