Donald Trump is finding fewer and fewer supplicants for his series of extortion attempts, with Harvard University becoming the latest institution to reject the administration’s demands. As with most things Harvard-related, the school’s primacy is overstated: Michigan

President Donald Trump has a lot of problems in the bathroom, and he isn’t shy about sharing them. Faucets? “You want to wash your hands. You turn on the water and it goes drip, drip. The soap,

'Criminal contempt' looms over Trump's showdown with courts over deportation fiat09:26Now PlayingUP NEXT'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks03:26'They can't hide the ball': Judge cracks the whip on Trump lawyers in deportation case08:32Trump

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First Trump officials were trying to get Europe to accept chlorinated chickens and hormone-infused beef from the United States. Now, it seems they are trying to foist the toxicity of our social media platforms and a laissez-faire

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Happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, a collection of the past week’s top stories from the intersection of tech and politics.Missing Ratcliffe messagesThe CIA’s chief data officer testified in court last month that he was unable

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Late last week, the Trump administration officially denied the state of Washington’s request for disaster aid to assist with recovery efforts related to last year’s “bomb cyclone” that killed at least two people and damaged hundreds of

They say there are no stupid questions in journalism, and I tested that theory as a college newspaper reporter when I asked an MLB legend about the even more legendary Jackie Robinson. Was Robinson picked over more

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A person holds a crucifix during the opening prayer of President Donald Trump's 2024 rally in Racine, Wis.Scott Olson / Getty ImagesThe Associated Press reported this week on a new effort to use allegations of anti-Christian bias

Late Thursday, a unanimous Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran citizen who was in the United States legally but illegally rendered to a Salvadoran prison over what

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Several major U.S. law firms have bent the knee to President Donald Trump’s illiberal regime in recent weeks, reportedly committing millions of dollars’ worth of free legal services to help Trump’s administration pursue any number of their