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Harvard University’s decision not to accede to the Trump administration’s demands in exchange for continued federal funding, leading to the freezing of $2.2 billion, led to immediate support from many in Massachusetts — though not in the White House.

In his first major speech since leaving the White House, former President Joe Biden decried DOGE’s cuts to federal agencies and spending, including social security. “In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction– it’s kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.”

Harvard University’s move to resist the Trump administration’s demands has led to over $2 billion in funding being frozen — and the president is threatening its tax-exempt status. Here’s what that could mean for research at Harvard and the largely positive reaction around Massachusetts to the school’s announcement.

Public health experts say the anti-vaccine views fronted by RFK Jr. are wrong and undermine trust in science. But a recent three-day gathering shows his followers still believe in him.

Khalil, permanent U.S. resident who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests, was finished with postgraduate studies when he was arrested on campus and slated for deportation.

Joe Biden used his first public remarks since he left office in January to rebuke the Trump administration’s approach to Social Security.

If an immigrant who the government claims is a gang member can be deported to El Salvador without any due process rights, then why not a U.S. citizen?

Several of the nation’s largest LGBTQ Pride celebrations are down hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate sponsorships this year, with some event organizers saying promised funds have been withdrawn or reduced and others saying they’ve been ghosted by longtime corporate partners, NBC News reported.

The vice president, an Ohio State alum, was unaware the trophy’s golden top separates from its base.

Harvard University has rejected demands brought by the Trump administration earlier this month to guarantee its nearly $9 billion in federal funding will continue, saying it won’t “surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”

President Donald Trump on Monday again pushed a provocative plan to deport U.S. citizens who have been convicted of unspecified crimes.

The Trump administration’s argument is undercut by its imposing tariffs on countries the U.S. does not have a trade deficit with, the plaintiffs say.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland sheet metal worker, was wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Trump administration officials emphasized he is a citizen of El Salvador and that the U.S. has no say in his future.

After Harvard’s president announced it wouldn’t accept Trump administration demands, the Education Dept.’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism’s froze billions in funding.

Sitting beside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele told reporters he would not return a man the Justice Department said it mistakenly deported to his country, NBC News reported.

President Donald Trump hosted Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House on Monday. Follow along for live updates.

Top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro denied Sunday that there are tensions between him and tech mogul Elon Musk days after Musk called Navarro a “moron.”

President Donald Trump’s top advisers and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele say that they have no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month. Trump administration officials are emphasizing that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious gang prison in El Salvador, was a citizen of that...

The president’s annual exam Friday showed normal vital signs and neurological functioning; it also noted scarring on his ear from the assassination attempt at a rally last summer.

Howard Lutnick threw cold water on the reciprocal tariff exemptions on Sunday, saying that separate tariffs on these products are “coming soon.”