2024 Presidential Election - Kamala Harris & Donald Trump

Politics

Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats

As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.

April 4, 2025

Politics

These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library

The office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics.

April 4, 2025

Politics

Netanyahu plans to visit Trump at White House days after prez levied 17% tariff on Israeli goods: report

Israel is set to be hit with a 17% levy under Trump’s “Liberation Day” plan

April 4, 2025

Politics

Laura Loomer’s Role in NSC Firings Shows Rising Sway of Fringe Figures on Trump

President Trump has always solicited information from dubious sources. But now, in his second term, he has fewer people around him who try to keep those voices away.

April 4, 2025

Politics

How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown

In two months, only around 400 migrants have been held there, mostly Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens designated for deportation.

April 4, 2025

Politics

Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs

Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid.

April 4, 2025

Politics

What Might a Major E.U. Fine Against X Mean for Elon Musk?

The potential for major penalties in the European Union could test the boundaries of online speech and inflame tensions between the U.S. and Europe.

April 4, 2025

Politics

Michigan Dem candidate Mallory McMorrow defended ‘coastal elites,’ dreamed of national divorce from ‘Middle America’

“I had a dream that the US amicably broke off into The Ring (coasts+Can+Mex+parts Mich/Tex) and Middle America,” the Michigan Democrat tweeted Dec. 19, 2016.

April 4, 2025

Politics

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money as suit plays out

The cuts to more than 100 programs had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who found that they were already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage. The federal appeals court in Boston turned away an appeal from the administration to allow them to resume.

April 4, 2025

VI

News

St. Croix, USVI