Jul 21 Watch 5:56 News Wrap: Judge hears Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration cuts In our news wrap Monday, a judge seemed receptive to Harvard's arguments that the Trump administration illegally cut $2.6 billion in funding to the school, a second suspect has been arrested in the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 6:16 What the new student loan rules mean for current and future borrowers By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas President Trump’s new tax and spending law brings sweeping changes to the federal student loan system, affecting both current and future borrowers. Nearly half a million borrowers could see their payments spike after the Department of Education scrapped most existing… Continue watching
Jul 21 Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles By Jaimie Ding, Associated Press The Pentagon has ordered U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles after more than a month in the city. The 700 Marines were deployed on June 9 during protests against the administration’s immigration policies. Continue reading
Jul 21 Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Martin Luther King Jr.'s two living children are urging people to tread lightly with a newly released trove of records related to their father's assassination. Continue reading
Jul 21 Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears By Ben Finley, Associated Press Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump administration from trying to swiftly deport the Maryland construction worker. Continue reading
Jul 21 Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ dies at 54 in drowning, Costa Rica authorities say By Javier Cordoba, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Costa Rican authorities report he drowned Sunday afternoon at Playa Cocles on the Caribbean coast. Continue reading
Jul 21 Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at a pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump administration By Michael Casey, Associated Press A lawyer for Harvard, Steven Lehotsky, said at Monday's hearing the case is about the government trying to control the "inner workings" of Harvard. Continue reading
Jul 21 Trump wants the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians to restore their old names By Joe Reedy, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Both teams have stated they have no plans to change them back. Continue reading
Jul 20 Former prosecutors say request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts likely to disappoint By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public’s appetite for new revelations about the financier’s crimes, former federal prosecutors… Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 2:26 News Wrap: Number of missing from Texas floods drops to 3 people In our news wrap Sunday, only three people remain unaccounted for from the July 4 Texas floods, the driver who plowed a car into a crowd in Los Angeles was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, the Kremlin said… Continue watching