NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
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Their husbands were deported to Laos. Now they’re picking up the pieces together
When two Providence men were detained and deported to Laos in May, their wives were left feeling helpless and without a path forward. The two women – Cassie Souvannaxa and Tina Phommachan – didn’t know each other well until this year. That changed when they started visiting their husbands at the Wyatt Detention Center in […]
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What we know about Columbia’s $221 million settlement with the Trump administration
The complex settlement allowed both sides to claim victory. It gives the university access to federal funds that had been frozen, and restores some terminated contracts.
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State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority
The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority.
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U.S. withdraws from U.N. cultural agency over ‘divisive social and cultural causes’
U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the U.S. took issue with UNESCO’s focus on the U.N.’s sustainable development goals and the decision to include Palestine as a member state.
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Here’s a list of Trump’s tariff letters so far and the rates they threaten
Finding it hard to track the latest U.S. trade policy state of play? Here’s a look the deals the president has announced and the rates he’s so far threatened to impose in letters to global leaders.
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Nigeria says it won’t accept U.S. deportees: “We have enough problems of our own”
Nigeria’s government is pushing back against U.S. efforts to send them migrants and foreign prisoners, with Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar quoting Public Enemy to drive home his point.
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Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law
The Trump administration has issued a notice of violation accusing Harvard University of “deliberate indifference” toward Jewish and Israeli students.
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A fourth judge has blocked a Trump executive order targeting elite law firms
The ruling, involving the firm Susman Godfrey, marks the fourth time out of four that a federal judge has permanently blocked one of Trump’s executive orders seeking to punish an elite law firm.
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All the ways the Trump administration is going after colleges and universities
In seeking to reshape elite universities, the Trump administration is using several tactics, including freezing federal grants and contracts, and threatening colleges’ tax-exempt status.
