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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus .
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More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf

More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Four House Democrats have traveled to El Salvador to call attention to the plight of a man the Trump administration deported to a Salvadoran prison and has refused to help return — even after the Supreme Court ruled t
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Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends with the costly job of rebuilding a
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South Carolina Senate seek at hearing to remove state treasurer over $1.8B accounting error

South Carolina Senate seek at hearing to remove state treasurer over $1.8B accounting error

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican-dominated Senate and its elected Republican treasurer faced off Monday in an extraordinary hearing as senators try to kick the treasurer out of office over a $1.8 billion accounting error.
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Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

COLWOOD — A British Columbia city on Vancouver Island that's hiring doctors as municipal employees is "very close" to hiring two more physicians, and its mayor believes it will eventually exceed its goal of hiring eight in total.
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Alberta's request to question fired health executive over confidential emails granted

Alberta's request to question fired health executive over confidential emails granted

EDMONTON — A judge has granted Alberta's government its request to question the former head of the provincial health authority about confidential emails she is accused of keeping and sharing without permission, including to media.
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Sarah Palin tells defamation trial jury that Times editorial 'kicked the oomph' out of her

Sarah Palin tells defamation trial jury that Times editorial 'kicked the oomph' out of her

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified Monday at a defamation trial that an editorial about gun control in The New York Times in 2017 was devastating and “kicked the oomph” out of her.
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Vance and Modi meet in New Delhi to discuss trade deal and avoid US tariffs

Vance and Modi meet in New Delhi to discuss trade deal and avoid US tariffs

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S.
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The Latest: Harvard sues Trump administration to stop its grants freeze

The Latest: Harvard sues Trump administration to stop its grants freeze

Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. Meanwhile, U.S.
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Poilievre vows not to impose a home equity tax as Liberals, NDP talk health care

Poilievre vows not to impose a home equity tax as Liberals, NDP talk health care

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is claiming the Liberals will impose a tax on Canadians' home equity if they're re-elected as the federal election campaign enters its final week.
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