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The Internal Revenue Service is considering revoking Harvard University’s tax-exempt status and a decision could be made in the coming days, sources told ABC News on Thursday. The White House has already put a freeze on $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in multi-year contract value after the school refused to comply with … Read more
Luigi Mangione is charged with stalking United Healthcare chief Brian Thompson outside the Hilton in Midtown and then shooting him to death on a Manhattan street. Source link
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines last week when he announced that the agency would “know what has caused the autism epidemic” by September of this year. At a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Kennedy said “hundreds of scientists” were looking into rising rates of autism diagnoses, adding that … Read more
Three passengers were injured after a U.S. citizen allegedly hijacked a small plane at knifepoint in Belize on Thursday, police said. Akinyela Sawa Taylor, a U.S. citizen, hijacked a plane with 13 other passengers on board, officials said. Police received information the plane was hijacked by a passenger on board shortly before takeoff. Taylor wanted … Read more
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said he was blocked Thursday from entering the El Salvador prison that is holding the Maryland resident who the courts say was erroneously deported from the United States last month. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen in a video posted to his YouTube account, April 17, 2025. Senator Chris Van Hollen/YouTube … Read more
Longtime Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is facing constituents Thursday in his home state of Kentucky as Republican lawmakers continue to face hostile crowds raising issues with President Donald Trump’s policies. Party leadership has advised against holding in-person events after some lawmakers faced volatile crowds back home in their districts and questions about cuts to Medicaid … Read more
Multiple people are injured in a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, according to a senior administration official. Police are responding to the scene, which is near the Student Union, according to an FSU Alert, which had advised students to continue to shelter in place due to reports of an active shooter. “FDLE is … Read more
More than 6 million people in multiple states across the Southwest and South Plains are under red flag warnings Thursday as strong winds and warm temperatures are forecast to increase wildfire threats. Firefighters in New Mexico, West Texas, Colorado, eastern Arizona, central Kansas and parts of Oklahoma are among the states bracing for critical to … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging the central bank to lower interest rates and saying Powell’s “termination cannot come soon enough.” It was not clear whether Trump’s comments indicated a desire to remove Powell from his position or an eagerness for the completion of Powell’s term as Fed … Read more
Passengers are speaking out about a hard landing on a Frontier flight into Puerto Rico that damaged the plane’s landing gear. Source link
