‘Illegal retaliation’: Judge blocks Trump administration’s Harvard grant cuts; restores $2 billion in research funding

US President Donald Trump (AP) Harvard University scored a major legal victory on Wednesday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants. US district judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the administration’s actions amounted to illegal retaliation against the Ivy League school for rejecting White House […]

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Reject authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics: What is ‘No Kings’ protest against Trump? Explained

Thousands of people across the United States are expected to take to the streets on Saturday, June 14, in what organisers are calling the “No Kings Day of Defiance.” The large-scale protests are set to coincide with a military parade in Washington, DC to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army and President Donald […]

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