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Live May 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM EDT

Harvard International Students Ordered to Transfer Or Leave US As Trump Escalates Battle

By Hannah Parry
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The Trump administration has barred Harvard University from enrolling international students, with thousands of existing students now ordered to transfer or be ejected from the U.S.

The Ivy League school enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students from around the world at its campus—more than a quarter of its entire student body—who now face a panicked scramble to find another college to transfer to.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the move on Thursday, claiming that Harvard had allowed "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators" to assault Jewish students and had collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.

The decision comes as a judge in California blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students across the U.S. until a legal battle over previous terminations is resolved.

What to Know

* Harvard and the Trump administration have clashed over pro-Palestinian protests and rhetoric at the Ivy League, as well as its DEI hiring practices.

* Trump has frozen federal funding to the university and threatened to revoke its tax-free status unless it makes a series of changes to the administration's liking, including altering its enrollment and hiring practices.

* DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that admitting international students is a privilege, not a right, adding Harvard had ample opportunity to comply with federal demands but refused to do so.

* The administration has revoked Harvard's certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), effectively halting its ability to enroll international students.

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05:05 PM EDT

Supreme Court declines to reinstate fired independent agency board members

The Supreme Court has declined to reinstate independent agency board members fired by President Trump.

Today's ruling extended an April order from Chief Justice John Roberts that effectively removed two board members that the president had fired from agencies focusing on labor issues, including Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The decision Thursday keeps on hold a lower court ruling that had temporarily reinstated the staff.

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04:44 PM EDT

Secretary of Agriculture says administration working to ban junk food on SNAP

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced at the Make America Healthy Event on Thursday, that the Trump administration is working to "sign multiples of SNAP waivers to get junk food and sugary drinks out of our food stamp system."

"That has never happened before under Republican or Democrat administrations."

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04:34 PM EDT

Former GOP Congress members reject criminal charges against Rep. McIver

Former Republican members of Congress have condemned the Department of Justice's charges against Rep. LaMonica Mclver after the incident at the ICE New Jersey facility.

Led by former Representatives Mickey Edwards and Claudine Schneider, the group of former GOP members released a statement defending McIver's visit to the ICE facility, which they said was "part of her official congressional duties."

"We believe this extreme response to the events of that day is unwarranted," they said in a statement to Newsweek.

"We unequivocally reject the charges against Congresswoman McIver. The constitutional duties of Members of Congress include not only passing legislation but also oversight of executive branch implementation of those laws. That is an essential dimension of American checks and balances."

"This behavior by the Trump administration is outrageous," added Schneider. "Every member of Congress, both past and present, should be speaking up. If not, we will very soon lose our ability to do so."

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04:23 PM EDT

Supreme Court deals blow to Catholic school funded by taxpayers

The U.S. Supreme Court put an end to a taxpayer-funded Catholic school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4 in a closely watched case that could have resulted in the creation of the nation's first religious charter school.

The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.

Only eight of the nine justices took part in the case. Justice Amy Coney Barrett didn't explain her recusal, but she is good friends and used to teach with Notre Dame law professor Nicole Garnett, who has been an adviser to the school.

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04:05 PM EDT

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