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Involuntary Collection Resuming for Student Loans in Default

Millions could potentially see their wages garnished

(Newser) - The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. The Trump administration 's announcement marks an...

Harvard Sues Trump Administration
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Apr 21, 2025 7:30 PM CDT

Harvard Sues Trump Administration

Lawsuit says government hasn't shown any connection between antisemitism and scientific research

(Newser) - Harvard sued the Trump administration on Monday in an effort to keep it from withholding billions of dollars in funding "as leverage to gain control of academic decision making" at the university, the suit says. "Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze because it...

DHL Halts High-Value Shipments to US

Tighter customs checks and tariff changes trigger global shipping delays

(Newser) - Shoppers and sellers are bracing for delivery upheaval as DHL Express halts most high-value shipments to the US, blaming tougher customs rules linked to President Trump's latest tariffs. The company will suspend shipments worth more than $800 to US consumers starting Monday, citing a surge in customs paperwork,...

Manhattan Defies Trump Administration, Keeps Congestion Toll

Court battle continues over NYC's controversial traffic toll

(Newser) - New York City's $9 congestion toll was still in effect Sunday, the day the Trump administration gave as a deadline for the city to put an end to the fee. The first-in-the-nation toll applies to most vehicles entering Manhattan below Central Park; President Trump and his transportation secretary,...

Alito Castigates Majority for 'Middle of the Night' Order

Thomas joins dissent on deportations of Venezuelans detained in Texas

(Newser) - In a dissent itself released just before midnight Saturday, Justice Samuel Alito castigated the Supreme Court majority for blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants being held in Texas, writing, "Literally in the middle of the night, the court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief." Justice Clarence...

Trump Plan Would Slash, Remake State Department

Draft calls for eliminating offices handling democracy, human rights, migrant issues

(Newser) - An executive order has been prepared for President Trump's signature that mandates "a disciplined reorganization" for the State Department, which would include closing embassies around the world, dropping offices working on climate and refugee issues, and nearly shutting down its work involving Africa. The 16-page proposal says it'...

Trump Protesters Turn Out on Revolutionary War Anniversary

Demonstrators see parallel to the fight against British crown

(Newser) - Hundreds of rallies across the US again drew demonstrators opposed to President Trump's policies on Saturday, in an attempt to capitalize on what organizers see as growing resistance. Many of the more than 800 protests, teach-ins, and mutual aid efforts planned were part of a "day of action"...

Vatican, White House Report Vance Meeting Differently

Church statement calls session an 'exchange of opinions'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met with the Catholic Church's top diplomats at the Vatican on Saturday, in the shadow of Pope Francis' criticism of the Trump administration's deportation policy and Vance's theological defense of it. The tension was reflected in the official statements released after Vance met...

Houthis Report US Strike on Yemen's Capital

Attack follows destruction of Red Sea port in which 70 people were killed

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi rebels said Saturday that the US military launched a series of airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, and the Houthi-held coastal city of Hodeida, less than two days after a US strike wrecked a Red Sea port and killed more than 70 people. The Houthis' media office said...

Administration Pulls Page With COVID Information

Users are redirected to White House site blaming China, Democrats

(Newser) - Until Friday, Americans going to the federal government's online COVID-19 portal could find information about masking, free testing, and treatment for infections of the disease that has killed more than 1 million people in the US. Now anyone going to Covid.gov and Covidtests.gov is redirected to a...

Trump Rule Makes Civil Servants Easier to Fire

Thousands would be become 'at-will' employees

(Newser) - The Trump administration is moving to reclassify tens of thousands of career civil servants—about 2% of the federal workforce—as "at-will" employees, making them easier to fire. The Office of Personnel Management proposed the rule on Friday, the White House announced. The statement said the change would address...

Judge Holds Up Trump Order Prohibiting 'X' on Passports

The marker is used by many nonbinary people

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers. In an executive order signed in January, the president used a narrow definition of...

Abrego Garcia Has Been Moved From Prison, Van Hollen Says

(Newser) - Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia told him when they met in El Salvador that he's been moved from the prison he'd been held in for almost three weeks to a detention center with better conditions. Van Hollen provided details of the meeting...

Immigrants Deemed Dead Show Up at SSA Offices

More than 2 dozen so far have been reinstated after being falsely placed on death list by DHS

(Newser) - The Social Security Administration has taken the unprecedented step of classifying more than 6,000 immigrants as dead to pressure them to self-deport. Now, some of those very-much-alive people are showing up at SSA offices with driver's licenses, work permits, and other paperwork in hand proving their existence, forcing...

Harvard Turns to Wealthy for Money to Fight Trump

Other alumni who aren't regular donors are responding

(Newser) - Now that Harvard has committed to resisting the Trump administration's attempt to exert control over its policies, the university is looking for the money to bankroll the battle. Harvard's fundraising operation already has contacted some of its biggest givers, the Wall Street Journal reports. And alumni, many of...

FDA Halts Food Safety Inspections After Jobs Purge

Some worry about the 'reckless disregard' with which the Trump administration is carrying out cuts

(Newser) - With as many as 20,000 staffers let go at the Department of Health and Human Services in the DOGE purge, and with President Trump aiming to slash $40 billion from the agency, services are shuttering at every turn. The latest victim: a Food and Drug Administration quality control program...

Activists Call for 3-Day Spending Boycott, Starting Now

'Economic blackout' coincides with another national day of protests

(Newser) - Activists are calling for another " economic blackout ," this one lasting three days. From Friday through Sunday (or, for those who celebrate, from Good Friday through Easter), organizers are calling on people to avoid buying anything online or in-store from any major business—from retailers and restaurants to banks...

Senator Meets With Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Chris Van Hollen is allowed contact after having first been kept away

(Newser) - After initially being denied a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was allowed to meet with him Thursday night at the prison where the Maryland man is being held after he was wrongfully deported from the US. "I said my main goal...

Court Finds Trump Appeal Over Abrego Garcia 'Shocking'

'Facilitate' is an active verb, judge tells administration

(Newser) - The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit needed little time on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's case for blocking a judge's orders to bring back the man who was illegally deported to a prison in El Salvador —while pointing out the clarity of the...

Supreme Court to Review Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

Trump's change has been paused by judges while legal challenges are considered

(Newser) - Arguments on whether the Trump administration can enforce the executive order that would end birthright citizenship will be heard by the Supreme Court next month. The court announced Thursday that the pause placed on its enactment by lower courts, which the administration wants lifted or limited, will remain in effect...

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