A federal judge in Boston has extended a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order barring foreign students from entering the United States to study at Harvard University, calling into question the administration’s motives and its authority to interfere with academic institutions.At the center of the legal clash is a larger battle over autonomy, academic…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” the order directs federal agencies to enforce Title IX according to the Trump administration’s interpretation, defining “sex” based on gender assigned at birth. Source link
The Trump administration is placing US Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential. A notice posted online Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home, upending the aid agency’s six-decade mission overseas. Thousands of USAID employees already had been laid off and programs worldwide shut down…
As the United States prepares for Donald Trump to take office as the 47th President in January, a cloud hangs over Indian students and professionals studying and working in the US. Several top American universities have issued travel advisories, urging international students to return to the country before the inauguration amid fears of potential travel…