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.
Trump administration investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan, alleging race-based discrimination.
Trump administration orders Penn to reverse Lia Thomas records and apologize or lose $175 million in federal funding.
Trump administration expands Harvard investigation to include Harvard Law Review over race-based article selection and membership.
Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions.
University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding.
Education Department opens civil rights probe into NY rule forcing schools to drop Native American mascots after Massapequa Chiefs fight.
Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget.
ICE reactivates student & exchange visa records, restoring legal status for hundreds of international students after lawsuits force policy pause.
Education Department investigates UC Berkeley for failing to disclose Chinese funding tied to Tsinghua research institute.
Federal government fights judge’s order to move jailed Tufts student from Louisiana to Vermont after arrest over Gaza essay.
Trump orders K-12 schools to embrace AI and scrap equity-based discipline rules targeting racial disparities.
EEOC texts Columbia and Barnard employees asking if they are Jewish or Israeli, then probing for antisemitism.
Columbia students and alumni chain themselves to campus gates after ICE detains Palestinian activists with university ties.
Judge blocks deportation of two Oregon college students, citing lack of justification for revoked visas and ordering they remain in state.
Trump administration to cut another $1 billion from Harvard health research funding after university rejects White House demands.
Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban.
Federal judge orders ICE to transfer detained Tufts student and fast-track hearing on due process violations.
Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation.
DHS threatens to end Harvard’s ability to host international students unless it hands over protest and disciplinary records.
Trump escalates retaliation, asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status after $2.2B funding cuts.
Military families sue DOD, say Trump administration censored base school education and banned diverse books
DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cut disaster relief corps, stripping young workers of jobs and college aid.
Army and Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI content after Navy pulls nearly 400 titles.
Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status day after cutting $2B in funding, also demands school apologize.
Trump freezes $2.2 billion in Harvard funding after school rejects federal demands on discipline, protests, and academic oversight.
