Trump Administration

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Politics

Seniors pare back identity details in college essays amid Trump administration crackdown

High school seniors this admissions cycle are omitting or downplaying details about race, gender and immigration in their college essays as the Trump administration has intensified actions targeting diversity initiatives, according to interviews with students, parents and counselors. The shift follows the 2023 Supreme Court decision limiting affirmative action and

Politics

Morning staff seeks readers' questions on ICE deportations after Minneapolis shooting

Immigration agents have deported people from across the U.S. over the past year, and officials in Democratic-led states have tried to block a campaign they say sows chaos and fear among residents. Protests have spread nationwide after the killing of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman who was shot by

Science

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.4% in 2025 as coal use rebounded

America’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.4 percent in 2025 after two years of decline, according to estimates published Tuesday by the Rhodium Group. The researchers identified two main reasons for the uptick: U.S. electricity demand grew at an unusually fast pace — driven in part by an expansion

Politics

E.P.A. Will Stop Assigning Dollar Value to Lives Saved from Air Pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency, under President Trump, plans to stop assigning a monetary value to lives saved by reducing two common air pollutants — fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone — when setting industry rules, according to internal agency emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times. For decades the

Politics

Judge Rules Trump Administration’s Energy Grant Cuts Unlawful

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to terminate millions of dollars in clean‑energy grants last fall was "unlawful." Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that the cancellation of seven Biden‑era grants, worth

Politics

Minnesota and Illinois sue Trump administration over immigration deployments

State and city officials in Minnesota and Illinois filed federal lawsuits against the Trump administration on Monday, saying the mass deployment of immigration agents to the Minneapolis and Chicago regions violated the U.S. Constitution and infringed on states’ rights. Illinois asked a judge to block U.S. Customs and

World

Rubio to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will meet with Danish officials next week to discuss the future of Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, after days of mounting threats from the Trump administration to take the island. Mr. Rubio’s comment followed a revived push by the Trump administration to

Politics

Trump administration climate moves tied to rise in U.S. emissions, scientists say

President Trump has embraced fossil fuels and withdrawn the United States from the main international climate treaty, actions that scientists say will make it hard to keep global warming at safe levels. Federal data show America’s greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal, oil and gas rose 1.9 percent

Science

Congress moves to reverse Trump’s proposed cuts to federal science funding

Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump proposed last year, with the Senate Appropriations Committee releasing a bipartisan package this week that largely scraps the administration’s planned reductions and the House voting to approve the package. The White House had sought

Politics

U.S. December jobs mixed as inflation expectations rise; no Supreme Court tariff ruling

U.S. employment data for December was mixed, inflation expectations edged higher, and the U.S. Supreme Court did not deliver a ruling on the Trump Administration's tariffs. The report said the December employment figures showed a mixed picture, while measures of inflation expectations moved up slightly. Separately,

Politics

Federal immigration agents have shot at vehicles in at least 10 incidents

Over the last four months, federal agents who are part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have fired at vehicles at least 10 times, with incidents reported in Maryland, Chicago, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Portland. The confrontations have left at least two people dead. A day after a

Health

Trump administration issues new dietary guidelines emphasizing red meat and full‑fat dairy

The Trump administration released new federal dietary guidelines that flip the food pyramid, placing steak, cheese and whole milk near the top and urging Americans to prioritize protein, officials said. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rolled out the guidance at a briefing, saying, "My message is clear: Eat

Politics

University of California enrolls a record 301,000 students amid federal pressure

The University of California said Thursday that it had enrolled more than 301,000 students last semester, a record mark, even as the Trump administration pursued a sweeping pressure campaign against the 10-campus system. The university said most of the increase — the system had about 299,000 students in the

Politics

Trump administration widens multiagency fraud probes in Minnesota

The Trump administration has intensified a multiagency law enforcement effort to probe alleged fraud in Minnesota, according to the White House, executing search warrants in the state as part of investigations into the misuse of federal funds. The administration and federal authorities have pointed to about 100 people charged in

Politics

Rubio outlines plan to seize and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil

Time reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the administration plans to seize and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to give the Trump Administration “tremendous leverage” to stabilize the country after last weekend’s U.S. raid removed President Nicolás Maduro from power. Rubio

Politics

Americans divided over U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro

Time reports Americans are split over the U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to early polling. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Sunday and Monday found only about a third of respondents supported the operation and 72% feared the U.S. would

Politics

U.S. expands list of countries required to post costly visa bonds

The Trump Administration added 25 countries on Tuesday, after adding seven less than a week earlier, bringing the total number of nations whose citizens must post visa bonds to 38, Time reported. The bonds, announced last year, can be as much as $15,000 and are refunded if a visa

Culture

Béla Fleck pulls out of Kennedy Center concerts

Béla Fleck announced on Tuesday that he had withdrawn from three concerts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, becoming the latest artist to forgo playing at the venue amid changes from the Trump administration. Mr. Fleck, an 18-time Grammy Award winner, was scheduled to perform with

Politics

Twenty states sue to block $100,000 H-1B visa fee

The attorneys general of 20 states, including California and New York, sued the Trump administration on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to block a $100,000 fee on visas for skilled foreign workers. President Trump signed a proclamation in September imposing the fee,

Politics

Trump administration to freeze $10 billion in aid to five Democratic states

The Trump administration plans to freeze about $10 billion in federal funding for child care subsidies, social services and cash assistance to low-income families in five Democratic-controlled states: Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado. Two people familiar with the matter told The Times that roughly $7 billion of the

Politics

Trump administration eases protections for greater sage grouse on 50 million acres

On Dec. 22, 2025, the Trump administration weakened protections for the greater sage grouse, making it easier for oil and gas drilling, mining and grazing on about 50 million acres of land across eight Western states. The Bureau of Land Management, which oversees Western lands critical to sage grouse habitat,

Business

Jamie Dimon earned roughly $770 million in 2025 as banking rules eased

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, received roughly $770 million in 2025, according to the company’s disclosures, a sum made up of salary, bonuses, dividends, stock grants and appreciation in shares. The payout came as the Trump administration has loosened regulations and reduced enforcement, the article said, making

Politics

Appeals court rules Trump administration cannot cap NIH overhead funding

A federal appeals court — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit — ruled on Monday that the Trump administration could not make drastic cuts to funding distributed by the National Institutes of Health. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel upheld a lower court’s April judgment that

Politics

White House downplays November rise in unemployment, highlights private gains

The White House on Tuesday sought to recast a dour November jobs report as a sign of economic progress, shrugging off an uptick in the nation’s unemployment rate and other potential hints of weakness. The government reported the jobless rate rose to 4.6 percent in November, up from

World

Maduro Calls Himself a 'Prisoner of War' at Manhattan Arraignment

Nicolás Maduro, the deposed Venezuelan leader who pleaded not guilty to federal charges, told a Manhattan federal court on Monday that he was a "prisoner of war," not a common criminal defendant, and said he had been "kidnapped." The remarks came during an arraignment at the