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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JOCELYN GECKER
Updated 7:44 PM CDT, April 23, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what he calls " wokeness ” and diversity efforts in education.

In a series of executive actions signed Wednesday, Trump targeted universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda. One order called for harder enforcement of a federal law requiring colleges to disclose their financial ties with foreign sources, while another called for a shakeup of the accrediting bodies that decide whether colleges can accept federal financial aid awarded to students.

Trump also ordered the Education Department to root out efforts to ensure equity in discipline in the nation’s K-12 schools. Previous guidance from Democratic administrations directed schools not to disproportionately punish underrepresented minorities such as Black and Native American students. The administration says equity efforts amount to racial discrimination.

Foreign money is at issue in clash with Harvard

Colleges’ financial ties with foreign sources have long been a concern among Republicans, especially ties with China and other countries with adversarial relationships with the U.S. It became a priority during Trump’s first term and reemerged last week as the White House grasped for leverage in its escalating battle with Harvard University. ...

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U.S. Coast Guardsman's wife arrested in Key West over expired visa

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a routine security check, officials said Saturday.

"The spouse is not a member of the Coast Guard and was detained by Homeland Security Investigations pursuant to a lawful removal order," said Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Steve Roth in a statement confirming Thursday's on-base arrest. "The Coast Guard works closely with HSI...
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Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen

  • News source: BBC News - World
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180 British Jews will join groups marking the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Germany.
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DR Congo and Rwanda vow to agree peace plan within days

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The two neighbouring nations sign a US-brokered deal aimed at stopping the fighting in eastern DR Congo.
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What should Democrats do now? Everyone has a different answer

  • News source: BBC News - World
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One hundred days into Trump's second term, Democrats are still reckoning with an election loss and debating the fate of the party
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From prized artworks to bullet shells: how war devastated Sudan's museums

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Sudan's national museum is among the institutions that have been looted and vandalised during the war.
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A stunning reversal of fortunes in Canada's historic election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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After a campaign upended by Trump’s threats, the Liberals hope they can hold onto power.
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The price of love - the doctor who has South Africa talking about financial abuse

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A medic sparks a national conversation about the financial abuse some female breadwinners face.
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The Washington Hilton's decades-long history with D.C. politics

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Inside the kitchen at the Washington Hilton ahead of Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner are frenetic dinner preparations for about 2,600 people.

"So, if it's a three-course, you multiply that by three, we could walk away doing almost 10,000 plates in the kitchen as a whole," Daniel Bennett, the hotel's executive chef, tells CBS News.

The correspondents' dinner has been an annual tradition since 1921, bringing together presidential comedy and the press corps, and the Hilton has been its home for 57 years.

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Australia's universal healthcare is crumbling. Can it be saved?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More and more Australians, regardless of where they live, are delaying or going without the care they need.
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Russia detains suspect in car bomb attack that killed general

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The FSB say they detained a "Ukrainian special services agent". Kyiv has not commented on the attack.
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What student loan forgiveness opportunities still remain under Trump

  • News source: Annie Nova, CNBC
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Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Education made regular announcements that it was forgiving student debt for thousands of people under various relief programs and repayment plans.

That's changed under President Donald Trump.

In his first few months in office, Trump — who has long been critical of education debt cancellation — signed an executive order aimed at limiting eligibility for the popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and his Education Department revised some student loan repayment plans to no longer...
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USDA threatens to halt Mexican beef imports over flesh-eating fly crisis

  • News source: FOX News
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In a dramatic move to protect America’s cattle industry, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has
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Russia detains suspect in car bomb attack that killed general

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The FSB say they detained a "Ukrainian special services agent". Kyiv has not commented on the attack.
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'We have more in common with America than the rest of Canada'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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In Alberta, many voters feel alienated by the country’s elite - some are even tempted by Trump’s call to join the US.
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Trump blasts Putin, questioning if Russian leader wants peace or is just 'tapping me along'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump has expressed doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end its war with Ukraine which has raged for more than three years.

Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to express his growing frustration with the Russian leader in a week that saw Russia launch a deadly missile attack on Kyiv. The Thursday attack on Ukraine killed 12 people and injured at least 90, including children.

"There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days," Trump wrote...
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