Trump Admin Gives Update on Arrests After First Day of DC Federalization
By Hollie Silverman is the Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based out of South Carolina. Her focus is reporting on breaking news and trending topics. Hollie has reported extensively on both local and national crime trends as well as health, climate and education stories. She won an Emmy for her coverage the George Floyd Riots […]
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Trump Admin Seeks $1 Billion UCLA Settlement Following Funding Freeze
By Hannah Parry is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. She has covered politics, tech and crime extensively.Hannah joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked as an assistant editor at The U.S. Sun and as a senior reporter and assistant news editor at […]
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Medicare Update: Trump Admin Launching Pilot Program to Cover Ozempic
The Trump administration is preparing a five-year pilot program that would allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover some of the most in-demand weight-loss drugs, a move that could transform obesity treatment for millions of Americans. The plan, which includes medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, represents a reversal in federal policy and signals […]
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Trump Admin Announces Major Visa Restrictions for Four Countries
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced strict new visa restrictions for Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Nigeria. The new policy limits nearly all non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to nationals of these four African countries to a single entry valid for just three months, the BBC reported. This is a significant reduction from the previous conditions, […]
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Supreme Court Hands Trump Admin Critical Deportation Win
By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major breaking news events in South Florida. Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from The National Desk in Washington, D.C. and had previously worked at CBS12 News in West […]
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Thousands of Dead People Got Student Aid, Trump Admin Finds
The U.S. Department of Education revealed that over $30 million in federal student aid had been distributed to thousands of deceased individuals during the past three years. The disclosure followed an internal cross-check of student aid records against federal grant logs and the Social Security Death Index. Why It Matters The discovery of erroneous payments […]
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Biden Admin Accused of Covering Up Cancer Clusters in East Palestine
The Biden administration is facing accusations of not publicly releasing concerning health information related to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, including internal warnings about the toxic burn plume’s potential to cause “cancer clusters,” Lesley Pacey, an investigator with the Government Accountability Project, said. Newsweek has reached out to Pacey and Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
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American Bishops’ War With Trump Admin Is Heating Up
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) seems to be battling with President Donald Trump‘s administration over some of its policies. Last week, the USCCB, the official assembly of the Catholic Church in the United States, slammed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for rescinding a policy that gave guidance on the care, custody and […]
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Trump Admin Doing “Opposite of Making America Great”: WSJ Editorial Board
The Wall Street Journal editorial board ripped the Trump administration on Friday for trying to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, calling it “the opposite of making America great.” Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment. Why It Matters Trump and his administration have cracked down on Ivy League […]
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Trump Admin Resists Branding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine ‘Illegal’: Report
By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French. You can […]
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