Harvard in talks to sell $ 1billion in private equity holdings amid President Donald Trump’s threats: Report

[ad_1] Harvard University and Donald Trump Harvard University‘s endowment is currently negotiating the sale of private equity fund interests valued at approximately $1 billion, according to Bloomberg. The divestment initiative commenced last year, independent of Donald Trump’s funding reduction threats, confirmed the anonymous source with direct knowledge of the situation.The institution’s investment arm, Harvard Management […]

Donald Trump pardons GOP politician who spent memorial funds on plastic surgery and daughter’s wedding

[ad_1] US president Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Michele Fiore, a prominent Nevada Republican convicted of federal wire fraud. Fiore was awaiting sentencing after being found guilty in October 2024 of misusing funds meant to honour a fallen police officer. Prosecutors said she diverted more than $70,000 raised for a statue to […]

Dirty Line: How Pete Hegseth bypassed Pentagon security to share military secrets with family on Signal

[ad_1] US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth used a commercial internet line—known in IT terms as a “dirty line”—installed in his Pentagon office to bypass standard defence department security systems and access encrypted messaging platforms like Signal from a personal computer, source told news agency Associated Press.The “dirty line” was specifically used to access websites […]

Musk’s Tesla gets lift as Trump cuts red tape on self-driving car rules to counter China

[ad_1] The Trump administration is rolling back regulatory hurdles for self-driving cars to give US automakers, includint Tesla, a competitive edge in the global race for vehicle automation. The US department of transportation announced on Thursday that carmakers can now apply for exemptions from certain federal safety rules, provided the self-driving vehicles are used for […]

‘I will say nothing more’: US spokesperson shuns question on India-Pakistan tensions after Pahalgam attack

[ad_1] While addressing a press briefing, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce shunned a Pakistan journalist who asked for a comment on India–Pakistan border tensions. “I am not going to be remarking on it. I appreciate this, and perhaps, we will come back to you with another subject. I will say nothing more on that […]

Mourners furious as people take ‘ghoulish’ selfies with Pope’s body

[ad_1] Until the funeral on Saturday, Pope’s body, dressed in papal vestments, will lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica. As the public viewing of Pope Francis’s body began, mourners were interrupted by visitors who turned the occasion into a ghoulish photo-op. Some Instagrammers even smiled as they posed in front of the open casket. […]

Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

[ad_1] Eighty years since the end of World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader. “Amsterdam’s’ government was, when it mattered, not heroic, not determined […]

‘Time for you to leave’: Why legal US citizens have been receiving this mail from DHS

[ad_1] The DHS said these people are receiving the mail because immigrants must have used their mail for administrative records. Several US citizens, legally staying in the country, received notices from the Department of Homeland Security asking them to leave the country or else be subjected to potential law enforcement actions. The DHS clarified that […]

12 US states sue President Trump over tariffs, say move has hurt their economies

[ad_1] A dozen states, most of them led by Democrats, sued President Donald Trump over his tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that he has no power to “arbitrarily impose tariffs as he has done here”.Contending that only Congress has the power to legislate tariffs, the states are asking the court to block the Trump administration from […]

US President Trump calls Harvard ‘anti-Semitic’ as fight over funding heads to court

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an “Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution,” as the university battles his administration’s funding freeze in court.Since returning to White House, Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated anti-Semitism on their campuses, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and the enrollment of […]