Supreme Court, in narrow vote, lets Trump freeze $65M in teacher-training grants tied to diversity efforts.
Judge says Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before handing student records to Congress in antisemitism probe.
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.
Trump administration issues written demands to Harvard: drop DEI, restrict protests, cooperate with DHS, or lose billions in federal funds and contracts.
Education Department tells schools to end DEI programs that ‘favor one race over another’ or lose federal funds.
Trump administration suspends dozens of federal research grants to Princeton as Ivy League crackdown expands.
Naval Academy flags 900 books and removes nearly 400 before Hegseth visit as Trump admin DEI purge widens.
Zeldin shuts down one-room EPA museum he calls a shrine to climate change and environmental justice, slams omission of Trump-era policies.
ICE detains international grad student in Minnesota, sparking outcry from university and state officials
Columbia’s interim president steps down after policy changes aimed at restoring $400M in federal funding slashed by Trump
Utah enacts first-in-nation ban on pride flags in schools and government buildings as governor lets bill become law without signature.
Rubio says he revoked Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Ozturk’s visa over pro-Palestinian activism, calls student protesters “lunatics” and confirms 300 visa cancellations.
University of Michigan shuts down flagship DEI office, cancels $250M plan after Trump crackdown. on campus diversity.
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.
Trump’s Education Department investigates Oregon school for allowing trans athlete to compete under state law that protects gender identity.
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.
Trump moves student loans to Small Business Administration and children’s special needs programs to HHS after ordering McMahon to close Education Department.
Columbia caves to Trump for $400m, authorizes protest arrests and forces demonstrators to identify themselves.
Trump signs long-threatened order to dismantle Education Department as Sen. Cassidy, a physician, vows legislation to fully abolish it.
Trump administration freezes $175M in federal funding to UPenn over transgender athlete policy, despite school following NCAA rules.
Attorneys release video of plainclothes agents arresting activist Mahmoud Khalil; agents refuse to identify themselves.
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.
A second Columbia University student who joined campus protests was arrested for overstaying her student visa.
The Education Dept announced more than 40 universities are now under investigation for allegedly excluding white and Asian American students.
Six GOP congressmen introduced a bill to bar Chinese nationals from U.S. student visas and exchange programs.
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.
Johns Hopkins Univ. has begun laying off more than 2,000 workers after the WH cut USAID funding for programs it administers.
The federal student loans website went offline midday Wednesday, later displaying a “Planned Maintenance” banner after hours of downtime.
Among the Department of Education layoffs: 7 of 12 civil rights offices will close, despite thousands of backlogged cases.
A federal judge blocked the White House from cutting hundreds of millions in teacher training funds after eight states sued.
The Department of Education is firing 50% of workers, offices in NY, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago to close.
The Education Dept. warned 60 universities, including Harvard and Yale, that they could face penalties from antisemitism investigations.
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.
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.
Senate confirms Linda McMahon, former wrestling magnate and SBA head, as education secretary by a 51-45 vote.
Ed Secretary nominee Linda McMahon refused to say if a Black history class would be illegal, calling it hypothetical
