A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students. This decision follows a lawsuit filed by Harvard, arguing that the policy violates the U.S. constitution and would impact over 7,000 visa-holding students. The Department of Homeland Security cited concerns about anti-Semitism, violence, and alleged collaboration with…
The Trump administration will end temporary protections for more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon, putting them on track for deportation in May and June, Department of Homeland Security officials said on Friday. Many of the Afghans affected by the decision had been allowed into the United States after the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from…
In a polarizing decision, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has momentarily lifted a federal injunction that had barred Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing highly sensitive personal data housed within major federal agencies. The 2-1 ruling, issued Monday, paves the way for DOGE to review vast databases maintained by the…
Syria’s new government has adopted a temporary constitution that concentrates much power in the hands of the interim president and retains Islamic law as the foundation of the legal system. The interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, signed the constitutional declaration on Thursday following the dissolution in January of the previous constitution under the authoritarian president, Bashar…
Israel proposed a temporary cease-fire extension in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover holidays, the prime minister’s office announced around midnight on Saturday as the initial phase of the truce was expiring. It appeared to be the Israeli government’s effort to make its opening negotiating position clear, as it and Hamas struggle to move from…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s order affects 348,202 Venezuelans living in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) slated to expire in April. That’s about…
ROSEVILLE, Minn: Republicans will start the year with at least a temporary majority in the Minnesota House after a Democrat decided not to appeal a judge’s decision that he failed to establish residency in the suburban district he was elected to represent. That means Republicans will have a slim 67-66 majority in the House when…
FILE – A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago. (AP) Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a celestial visitor, asteroid 2024 PT5, which has been following a “mini moon” trajectory for the past two months. The asteroid, measuring about 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter, will break away from…