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Removed Confederate monuments in Maryland to remain hidden, despite Trump executive order   (The Baltimore Sun) The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation, won’t be returning to its former perch in Baltimore’s Canton Square, despite an executive order last month from President Donald Trump. Read More

 

 

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump from ending Biden-era migrant program   (The Hill) A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked President Trump’s administration from ending a Biden-era program that allowed parole and the right to work for over half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Read More

 

 

Plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts   (The Associated Press) Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration, according to multiple state humanities councils across the country. Read More

 

 

Trump, Bukele say they won’t return mistakenly deported man to US   (The Hill) Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he has no plans to return a Maryland man wrongfully deported to a prison in his country, telling reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do it.” Read More

 

 

State Department wants staff to report alleged anti-Christian bias during Biden's term   (CBS News) The State Department has issued an appeal for its employees to report instances of alleged anti-Christian bias that may have occurred during the Biden administration, including formal or informal actions due to opposition to vaccines or personal pronoun choice. Read More                                   ----oooo00O00oooo----

Trump flexes power over the law, colleges and the media

The US president’s expansive interpretation of the law is causing alarm about the impact on freedom of expression and the Constitution

Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House

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TOP OF THE AGENDA Harvard rejects Trump's demands

The White House said the demands sent to Harvard last week were designed to fight antisemitism on campus. Credit: Getty Images Harvard has become the first major US university to defy demands from the Trump administration to change its policies. These included reporting students who are "hostile" to American values and hiring a government-approved party to audit programs and departments "that most fuel antisemitic harassment". Harvard President Alan Garber rejected the demands, criticising “direct governmental regulation of the 'intellectual conditions' at Harvard”. The education department is now freezing $2.2bn in grants and $60m in contracts to the elite college. Trump has accused leading universities of failing to protect Jewish students during protests against the war in Gaza last year. Last month, Columbia University agreed to a number of conditions after the administration pulled $400m in federal funding.