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Harvard has an endowment of over $50 billion. So why do federal cuts of a few billion matter?

By Kara Scannell and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University’s finances have become the latest target of the Trump administration – and experts say the hits could hurt. In the past week, the administration has threatened Harvard University’s funding from multiple angles: freezing billions in federal funds, and potentially revoking its non-profit tax status

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This photo shared by Thomas Kennedy from the Florida Immigrant Coalition shows Lopez-Gomez following his release.

Mid-commute traffic stop left US citizen detained under an ICE order. Then, a Florida judge verified his US birth certificate

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A US-born man initially charged with being an “unauthorized alien” in Florida has been released after spending the night in jail on a 48-hour hold requested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the Trump administration’s broad deportation crackdown. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, 20, was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol

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Willie Nelson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning musician Willie Nelson. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1933 Birth place: Abbott, Texas Birth name: Willie Hugh Nelson Father: Ira Nelson Mother: Myrle (Greenhaw) Harvey Marriages: Ann Marie D’Angelo (1991-present); Connie Koepke (1971-1988, divorced); Shirley Collie (1963-1971, divorced); Martha Matthews (1952-1962,

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DHS threatens to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host foreign students amid broader battle over universities’ autonomy

CNN By Taylor Romine, Nouran Salahieh, Hanna Park and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has significantly dialed up its pressure on Harvard University, not only freezing $2 billion in federal funding but now threatening its eligibility to host international students after school leaders refused to make key policy changes the White House

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Harvard University is locked in a battle with the Trump administration over its funding. But experts caution much more is at stake if the US government stops funding academic research.

iPhones and GPS owe their existence to US government-funded research. What’s at stake with Trump cuts to university funding

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Imagine a world without the internet, or GPS, MRNA vaccines or the touchscreen on your iPhone. The science and technology that have become integral to our daily lives may never have existed, experts say, were it not for research funded by the federal government at American colleges and universities.

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Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez long-awaited resentencing hearing stalled over state’s risk assessment report

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A hearing that could give brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez their first chance at freedom in more than three decades hit a snag Thursday amid disagreements over a Los Angeles court’s access to “comprehensive risk assessments” conducted by a parole board. The long-awaited

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Four students were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in southeast Dallas

Suspect in Dallas high school shooting fired ‘indiscriminately,’ injuring 5 students, documents say

By Chris Boyette, Emma Tucker and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Five students were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in southeast Dallas when a 17-year-old allegedly snuck into the school and fired “indiscriminately,” according to a state affidavit for the suspect’s arrest warrant. The injured, aged 15 to 18, were

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A tower on one of the Harvard University buildings in Cambridge

DHS threatens to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host foreign students amid broader battle over universities’ autonomy

By Taylor Romine, Nouran Salahieh, Hanna Park and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has significantly dialed up its pressure on Harvard University, not only freezing $2 billion in federal funding but now threatening its eligibility to host international students after school leaders refused to make key policy changes the White House also

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Demonstrators hold signs during a protest following the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York.

Judge issues temporary restraining order against deportation of more than 100 international students whose visas were revoked

By Rafael Romo, Nick Valencia and Chris Youd, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order in the case of more than 100 international students in the United States whose visas were revoked by the federal government court documents show. The order by US District Court Judge Victoria Calvert temporarily

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Harvard researchers say they might have to lay off workers and euthanize research animals due to funding freeze

By Taylor Romine, Lex Harvey, Chris Boyette and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University professors are grappling with difficult – sometimes life or death – decisions, after being ordered to stop their research this week when the Trump administration froze more than $2.2 billion in funding over the university’s refusal to bow down to

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The Federal Aviation Administration tests systems to detect different kinds of drones in Cape May

FAA tests drone detection equipment in New Jersey after unexplained drone sightings in the state last year

By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is testing systems to detect drones in New Jersey, after a series of unexplained drone sightings in the state last year raised alarm. The testing, over a two-week period in the community of Cape May, includes about 100 off-the-shelf Unmanned Aerial Systems, commonly called

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Elena Kagan Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. She is the fourth woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: April 28, 1960 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Elena Kagan Father: Robert Kagan, attorney Mother: Gloria (Gittelman) Kagan, teacher

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People take photos near a John Harvard statue on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge

Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House

WBZ By Taylor Romine and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are rising across American academia after the Trump administration froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts at Harvard University after its leaders refused to make key policy changes the White House also is demanding of other elite US colleges. Harvard refused to

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