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The Widener Library on the Harvard University Campus in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard is at the forefront of the Trump administrations efforts to reshape higher education. Cassandra Klos/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Cassandra Klos/Bloomberg/Getty Images A federal judge has once again stepped in to block the latest assault on Harvard University by the Trump administration – part of a larger escalation in the conflict between the president and elite colleges. Trump’s effort last week to ban foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard came hours after the U.S. Education Department notified the accrediting body that audits Columbia University…

6/9: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News L.A. sheriff calls situation “unprecedented” as Trump and Newsom clash over ICE protests; Gerald Ford’s son sees legacy of his father’s mission to airlift children from Vietnam Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The rift between the former first buddies goes well beyond both men, intensifying fractures that have long lurked beneath MAGA’s surface. Ad Policy Former first buddies Elon Musk and Donald Trump.(Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images; Allison Robbert / AFP via Getty Images) We’ve all had bad breakups, but very few are bad enough to warrant a New York Times live alert feed. In the days since Trump and Musk’s relationship went gloriously kinetic on social media, the inferno has died down to furious, smoldering coals. Musk has deleted his accusation that Trump refuses to release the Epstein files because Trump…

A top California union official was charged with interfering with law enforcement operations after he was arrested during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, according to court documents filed Monday.David Huerta, the president of the California division of the Service Employees International Union, is set to appear in court for an initial appearance on one felony charge of conspiracy to impede an officer after he was arrested Friday during protests over ICE raids. The protests lasted through the weekend, with President Trump announcing Saturday that he would be deploying the National Guard — over California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s objections. According to a…

Michael Bloomberg on Trump’s rhetoric – CBS News Watch CBS News Former New York City Mayor and “Everytown for Gun Safety” founder Michael Bloomberg discusses President Trump’s rhetoric as it relates to mass shootings in an interview with Margaret Brennan that will air Sunday on “Face the Nation.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., about the protests in his state and the federal government’s decision to send in the National Guard. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Today is the fourth day of demonstrations in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted raids there on Friday. Since then, there have been mostly peaceful demonstrations daily, though there have been some clashes between law enforcement and protesters in and around the city. President Trump has called the protesters insurrectionists, and he sent in the National Guard to support ICE agents and ensure law and order, a move…

Kellyanne Conway: A lightning rod in the White House – CBS News Watch CBS News The controversial counselor to President Trump, who drew criticism over her comments about “alternative facts,” opens up to CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell about the pressures of working in the male-dominated world of politics; her family life; and of being the victim of what she calls a “triple-standard” because of her views as a conservative woman. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Politics / Hiding in Plain Sight / June 9, 2025 The president is creating fake emergencies and then implementing real military interventions. Ad Policy National Guard soldiers stand in front of a federal building on June 9, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.(Spencer Platt / Getty Images) Early this afternoon, the Pentagon activated 700 Marines out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, to join the federalized National Guard’s military occupation of parts of Los Angeles. As of mid-afternoon, the written orders hadn’t been made public, but staff at US Senator Alex Padilla’s office and in…

The scourge of Internet shaming – CBS News Watch CBS News The rise of social media has also brought an increase in Internet shaming – mob justice meted out to shame people on Twitter and Facebook for “bad” behavior. But as David Pogue of Yahoo Finance reports, sometimes the targets of this new form of cyberbullying, or doxxing, are innocent victims of misidentification, such as the college professor wrongly pegged as a racist after a similar-looking man marched with white nationalists in Charlottesville. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not…

Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is removing every member of a government panel that makes vaccine recommendations. Kennedy said he is “retiring” all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, asserting that it “has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.” “A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy, who is a vaccine skeptic, wrote in an opinion piece published by the Wall Street Journal. The members of the committee are independent medical and public health experts who advise and vote on the…