Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern

The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.

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3 Visitors to Yellowstone Get Jail Sentences for Violations

Tourists are required to stay on marked paths in thermal areas because of the dangers of the hot springs, geysers and steam vents, and to protect nature.

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Chinese Intelligence May Be Trying to Recruit Fired U.S. Officials

An advisory says that foreign agencies are posing as consulting firms, think tanks and other organizations to connect with former government employees.

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Wednesday Briefing: Bracing for More Tariffs

Plus, the International Booker Prize shortlist.

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Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade

“The floodgates of horror” have been opened for Palestinians since the collapse of the temporary cease-fire, Secretary General António Guterres said.

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U.S. Commanders Worry Yemen Campaign Will Drain Arms Needed to Deter China

American military officials say the Pentagon might need to dip into stockpiles in Asia to replenish supplies in the Middle East, congressional aides say.

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Trump Tariffs May Make It Too Expensive to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

President Trump’s tariff polices have sent oil prices falling, which may push energy companies to reconsider their plans to drill.

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What’s Happening to Social Security Under Trump? Here’s What Retirees Need to Know.

Deep staff reductions. New policies. Spreading misinformation. Since President Trump has taken office, the agency has been in tumult.

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Council Member Susan Zhuang, Who Bit Officer, Has Charges Dropped After ‘Healing’ Course

Susan Zhuang attacked a deputy chief of the Police Department during a protest last summer over a homeless shelter in Brooklyn.

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Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72

In over a dozen books, he explored the failures of journalism and the internet, blaming capitalism and calling for the nationalization of Facebook and Google.

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