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 Policemen arrest student during students and pro-Palestine activists protest.

Donald Trump wants to deport foreign students merely for what they say

He says his power over immigration overrides the First Amendment

President Trump Holds "Make America Wealthy Again Event" In White House Rose Garden.

With tariffs paused, Republicans dodge a fight with Trump

Many are reluctant to challenge the president absent deep economic pain


Donald Trump juggling with the globe on his golf stick.

The unbearable lightness of being Donald Trump

His trade war will test his trademark indifference to charges of incompetence and sowing chaos


DOGE is coming for American officials’ magnetic tape

But more modern methods of data storage are not necessarily better

How Alex Ovechkin topped Wayne Gretzky’s once-unbreakable record

As our charts show, the Russian machine defies both his age and his era

Texas looks set to pass America’s biggest school-voucher scheme

Evidence from other states suggests pupils will do worse as a result