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Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will temporarily serve as acting commissioner for the president, a White House official and a source familiar with the matter said to Reuters on Friday. The New York Times first reported the news about Long, a former congressman from Missouri. …

Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartels  The Washington Post Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels  The New York Times Trump approves military action against Latin American cartels classified as terrorist organizations  Fox News Trump Orders Pentagon to Prepare to Target Latin American Drug Cartels  The Wall Street Journal Trump signs order authorising military action against cartels: Reports  Al Jazeera Source link

Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents  The Wall Street Journal Trump administration threatens to take Harvard’s patents  CBS News Trump Administration Threatens to Seize Valuable Harvard Patents  Bloomberg.com Trump administration targets Harvard’s patents  CNN Trump administration targets Harvard patents, says it is launching review of university’s intellectual property  The Boston Globe Source link

Trump administration demands $1B from University of California-Los Angeles  Politico Trump administration demands $1B settlement from UCLA over campus antisemitism claims  Fox News Trump seeks $1-billion fine against UCLA. Newsom says ‘we’ll sue,’ calling it extortion  Los Angeles Times Stand Up for UC  University of California Trump administration seeking $1 billion settlement from UCLA  CNN Source link

Trump administration eyeing IPOs for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year, US official says  Reuters Exclusive | Trump Preparing IPO for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Later This Year  The Wall Street Journal Trump is planning a massive IPO of the government’s mortgage companies  CNN Fannie, Freddie Stock Offering Could Come as Soon as This Year  Barron’s Trump met Citi, BofA CEOs to …

The Trump administration has proposed a $1 billion settlement with UCLA amid a larger battle over federal funding. The payment of such a sum would have disastrous effects on the university, school officials said on Friday. James B. Milliken, the president of the University of California school system, said in a statement that the Department of Justice sent along a …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher education and extract significant concessions from universities. Last week, the Trump administration began freezing millions in funding to UCLA, with the school’s chancellor Julio Frenk …

An advocacy group sued the US justice department and the FBI on Friday for records detailing their handling of the sex-trafficking investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The legal organization Democracy Forward is seeking records related to senior administration officials’ communication about Epstein documents and any regarding correspondence between Epstein and Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed in federal …

Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race  The New York Times Trump orders colleges to share admissions data, with an eye on affirmative action  NPR Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions  The White House (.gov) Trump signs action forcing universities and colleges to submit admissions data  The Guardian Trump orders colleges to report race data  Axios Source link

The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports. Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins earlier this week that the administration was reviewing national climate assessment reports published by past …