Trump Administration Sued For ‘Discriminating Against White Farmers’
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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Trump Administration Shares Medicaid Data With Deportation Officials: Report
President Donald Trump‘s administration provided immigration officials with the personal data of millions of Medicaid recipients this week, including their immigration status, the Associated Press reported. Newsweek contacted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for comment on Saturday via online press inquiry forms. Why […]
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Judge Sides With Trump Administration In Mahmoud Khalil Case
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The […]
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Trump Administration Won’t Release Mahmoud Khalil
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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White House Blames Biden Administration for Boulder Attack
By Amanda M. Castro is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, breaking news, consumer topics, and entertainment. She specializes in delivering in-depth news and live blog reporting and has experience covering U.S. presidential debates, awards shows, and more. Amanda joined Newsweek in 2024 from the […]
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Harvard to Review Its Policies Amid Trump Administration Legal Fight
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Did Trump Administration Deport US Children? What We Know
President Donald Trump‘s administration is under fire after three American children were removed from the United States. Government officials maintained that the children were not forcibly removed but accompanied their undocumented mothers, who had been deported. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. State Department for comment via contact form outside normal office hours. Why It Matters […]
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Trump Administration Makes Major Student Visa Change
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Trump Administration Escalates Its War With Harvard: What To Know
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated nearly $3 million in grants for Harvard University in the latest clash with the Ivy League school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Why It Matters President Donald Trump and his administration have ripped into Ivy League institutions like Harvard and Columbia in the wake of national demonstrations and protests […]
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Judge Asks If Trump Administration Could Trigger A ‘Constitutional Crisis’
A federal judge on Monday wondered if the Trump administration could incite a “constitutional crisis” in the case of a Turkish student from Tufts University who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Context The case relates to Rumeysa Ozturk, a graduate student at Tufts University, who the government accuses of being “engaged […]
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