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I for one am amazed that Steve Witkoff, Trump’s golf buddy with zero diplomatic experience, could not bring peace to Ukraine
April 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I for one am amazed that Steve Witkoff, Trump’s golf buddy with zero diplomatic experience, could not bring peace to Ukraine
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@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
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April 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
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NPR member station photographers documented what they saw at the demonstrations against the Trump administration, from cuts and layoffs to federal departments, to mass deportations.
Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests
NPR member station photographers documented what they saw at the demonstrations against the Trump administration, from cuts and layoffs to federal departments, to mass deportations.
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April 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NPR member station photographers documented what they saw at the demonstrations against the Trump administration, from cuts and layoffs to federal departments, to mass deportations.
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Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month.
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
The disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by five senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a waste of resources.
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March 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month.
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An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated.
Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated.
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So uh... how exactly is America going to host the World Cup next year with all these travel and immigration restrictions?
March 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So uh... how exactly is America going to host the World Cup next year with all these travel and immigration restrictions?
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British cartoonist Becky Burke who spent 20 days in harsh conditions in a Tacoma detention centre for a trivial visa issue while crossing into America from Canada is finally on her way home.
The US needs travel warnings now.
The US needs travel warnings now.
March 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
British cartoonist Becky Burke who spent 20 days in harsh conditions in a Tacoma detention centre for a trivial visa issue while crossing into America from Canada is finally on her way home.
The US needs travel warnings now.
The US needs travel warnings now.
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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Report: DOGE staffers energized by potential invasion of Canada because so many of their girlfriends live there.
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Report: DOGE staffers energized by potential invasion of Canada because so many of their girlfriends live there.
Can someone please take the car keys away before grandpa totals the economy?
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Can someone please take the car keys away before grandpa totals the economy?
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So this was a campaign promise not an observation.
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So this was a campaign promise not an observation.
Bankruptcy Man strikes again! www-foxbusiness-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.foxb...
Stocks tumble on recession fears, Trump tariff uncertainty
President Donald Trump on Sunday declined to explicitly rule out a full-blown recession for the U.S. economy this year during an interview with "Sunday Morning Futures."
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March 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Bankruptcy Man strikes again! www-foxbusiness-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.foxb...
If Harvard is freezing hiring then SJSU must be dropping it into liquid nitrogen
March 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If Harvard is freezing hiring then SJSU must be dropping it into liquid nitrogen
Great blues and soul at The Art Boutiki
March 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great blues and soul at The Art Boutiki
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To be clear: when Trump says he wants to “stop the killing” in Ukraine he does not mean “of Ukrainian civilians,” whose killing he is aiding and abetting
March 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
To be clear: when Trump says he wants to “stop the killing” in Ukraine he does not mean “of Ukrainian civilians,” whose killing he is aiding and abetting
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BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.
The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
March 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.
The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
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Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go
March 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go