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A perfect storm comes for elite universities
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A perfect storm comes for elite universities

By Sarah Bedford | Washington Examiner The country’s most elite universities are panicking over President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against them, but their problems run far deeper than a stand-off with the White House. Fewer students are applying to top schools. Private donors are closing their checkbooks. Lucrative foreign student visas are in the State Department’s crosshairs.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump trashes Powell as ‘too late and wrong,’ hinting at Fed chairman’s ‘termination’
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Trump trashes Powell as ‘too late and wrong,’ hinting at Fed chairman’s ‘termination’

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump took aim at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Thursday morning, arguing he “should have lowered Interest Rates” and hinting at a looming “termination.” Powell spoke at an event with the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday, arguing that “significant policy changes” pursued by the Trump administration may deviate from the Fed’s goals for the rest of the year. Less than 24 hours later, the president trashed Powell on a Truth Social post as the European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Judge orders Trump EPA to release $20 billion in funding for green groups
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Judge orders Trump EPA to release $20 billion in funding for green groups

By Maydeen Merino | Washington Examiner A federal judge ordered the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to release $20 billion in climate grants that it has withheld, a major blow to the administration’s efforts to stop what it has called the improper awarding of money to nonprofit green groups. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday preventing the EPA from “unlawfully suspending or terminating” billions of dollars in climate money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which the Trump administration has said distributed the funds without proper oversight. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump administration claims it has no duty to return deported migrant from El Salvador
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Trump administration claims it has no duty to return deported migrant from El Salvador

By Kaelan Deese | Washington Examiner The Trump administration says it has no obligation to retrieve a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, despite a Supreme Court ruling that ordered the government to “facilitate” his return. In a court filing Sunday, U.S. officials argued that the high court’s directive regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia simply requires that the Trump administration not block his return should El Salvador elect to send him back, but that it does not require actively securing his release from a Salvadoran prison. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump’s big move: It wasn’t bungling. It wasn’t 4D chess. It was being flexible enough to get what he wanted
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Trump’s big move: It wasn’t bungling. It wasn’t 4D chess. It was being flexible enough to get what he wanted

By Byron York | Washington Examiner As a week of intense tariff mania ends and a new period of negotiations begins, President Donald Trump has 1) started a trade war with China, imposing a 125% tariff on all imports from that country; 2) imposed a 10% global baseline tariff on the world; 3) imposed tariffs on steel, aluminum, some autos, and auto parts; and 4) paused for 90 days a long list of higher “reciprocal” tariffs on many countries. And here’s the kicker: After all that, the world, in the words of many analysts, is “breathing a sigh of relief.” Trump has imposed a tariff regime that would have horrified much of the political and financial establishment just a few months ago, and now, they are happy that he did not do more. Both Trump’s detractors an...
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White House clarifies new China tariff rate of 145%, not 125%
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White House clarifies new China tariff rate of 145%, not 125%

By Christian Datoc | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump is leveraging a 145% tariff rate, higher than previously thought, on Chinese goods, according to White House officials. Trump made headlines and shifted financial markets Thursday by announcing a 90-day pause on his reciprocal tariff agenda for all U.S. trading partners besides China, Canada, and Mexico. Throughout the pause, the administration will seek to broker bilateral agreements with more than 80 trading partners now facing a 10% tariff rate for the next three months. Canada and Mexico will still be subject to a 25% tariff rate for all non-USMCA-compliant goods, but the president bumped China’s tariff rate to 125% after Beijing placed new tariffs on American exports. However, White Hou...
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IRS chief Melanie Krause resigns after agency agrees to hand over immigrants’ data to ICE
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IRS chief Melanie Krause resigns after agency agrees to hand over immigrants’ data to ICE

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner The acting head of the IRS reportedly plans to resign shortly after a data-sharing agreement between the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security was announced. Melanie Krause will resign via the deferred resignation program set up by the Trump administration over disagreements with the IRS’s direction, according to the Washington Post. Krause’s resignation will be the third by an IRS chief this year. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump opens talks with South Korea on tariffs
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Trump opens talks with South Korea on tariffs

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump was optimistic after speaking with acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo about getting a “great deal” on tariffs and other matters with the Asian country. Trump’s phone call with the South Korean leader comes a day after he spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba about beginning negotiations on trade amid his new sweeping tariff policy. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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RFK Jr. directs CDC not to recommend fluoride in water systems
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RFK Jr. directs CDC not to recommend fluoride in water systems

By Emily Hallas | Washington Examiner Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday he is directing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending community water fluoridation.  Kennedy’s comments came after he joined Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for an event in Utah, which became the first state to ban fluoride in public water systems in March.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump threatens additional 50% tariff on China
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Trump threatens additional 50% tariff on China

By Christian Datoc | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump said Monday that he would impose an additional 50% tariff on all Chinese goods if Beijing doesn’t withdraw retaliatory taxes on United States imports. Beijing responded to the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement last Wednesday with a 34% tariff on U.S. goods slated to take effect this week, which prompted Trump to raise the stakes again Monday morning. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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