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With Fewer Overseas Students, Dozens Of Colleges In US Announce Budget Cuts
DePaul University has told faculty it will immediately reduce spending following a 30% decline in international enrollment this fall.
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"That Son Of A Bi**h": Late Night Host Jimmy Kimmel Hits Out At Trump Again
Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, two of America's biggest late-night hosts, swapped chairs and stories in a mega crossover Tuesday.
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US To Terminate Clean Energy Projects, Freeze Funding For New York Projects
The Trump administration has announced plans to terminate dozens of clean energy projects and freeze billions of dollars for major projects in New York, intensifying a stand-off with Democrats over a US government shutdown.
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US To Halt Funding For Organisations Supporting Trans And Diversity Work Overseas: Report
The Trump administration plans to halt federal funding of any organisation or government that supports work overseas related to gender identity or diversity, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing a US official
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Donald Trump Uses Government Shutdown To Threaten Mass Federal Layoffs
President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programmes important to Democrats.
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'Anti-American Values': Trump Targets US Universities In New 10-Point Plan
President Donald Trump's administration has asked US colleges to sign a deal on some sweeping terms, ranging from foreign enrollment and diversity to ideological values of students and staff, to get preferential access to federal funds
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Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Member Gets 6 Years In Jail For Firing At AP Dhillon's Canada Home
A Canadian court convicted a Winnipeg man of arson and firing a weapon at singer AP Dhillon's British Columbia home last year.
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Trump Announces Pfizer Deal Offering Discounts On Medicines Via 'TrumpRx' Website
Pfizer has agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Tuesday as he promised similar deals with other drugmakers under the threat of tariffs.
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'Trump's Science Cuts Could Lead To Brain Drain': Nobel Prize Officials
Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.
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Looming Health Care Costs At Heart Of Shutdown As Millions Face Premium Hikes
The US government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded.
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Walmart To Drop Artificial Colours, 30 Food Additives From Store Brands By 2027
Walmart said Wednesday that it plans to remove synthetic food dyes and 30 other ingredients, including some preservatives, artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes, from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027.
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From Retail Sales To Job Reports, Government Shutdown Delays Key US Economic Data
The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the US economy.
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Amid Shutdown Standoff, JD Vance Defends Donald Trump's AI Videos Of Top Democrat As 'Joke'
US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday described AI-manipulated videos that President Donald Trump posted on social media of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries as a joke, dismissing complaints from Democrats that the videos were racist.
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Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Color-Coded Uniforms, 5.30 Am Breakfast, Strict Rules
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight.
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DoorDash To Defence Tech: Silicon Valley 'Warlord' Gets Government Attention
Simoni is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs riding Silicon Valley's pivot to military technologies as ongoing wars in other parts of the world have underscored the US need to prepare for the future of warfare.
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With Fewer Overseas Students, Dozens Of Colleges In US Announce Budget Cuts
DePaul University has told faculty it will immediately reduce spending following a 30% decline in international enrollment this fall.
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"That Son Of A Bi**h": Late Night Host Jimmy Kimmel Hits Out At Trump Again
Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, two of America's biggest late-night hosts, swapped chairs and stories in a mega crossover Tuesday.
-
US To Terminate Clean Energy Projects, Freeze Funding For New York Projects
The Trump administration has announced plans to terminate dozens of clean energy projects and freeze billions of dollars for major projects in New York, intensifying a stand-off with Democrats over a US government shutdown.
-
US To Halt Funding For Organisations Supporting Trans And Diversity Work Overseas: Report
The Trump administration plans to halt federal funding of any organisation or government that supports work overseas related to gender identity or diversity, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing a US official
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Donald Trump Uses Government Shutdown To Threaten Mass Federal Layoffs
President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programmes important to Democrats.
-
'Anti-American Values': Trump Targets US Universities In New 10-Point Plan
President Donald Trump's administration has asked US colleges to sign a deal on some sweeping terms, ranging from foreign enrollment and diversity to ideological values of students and staff, to get preferential access to federal funds
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Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Member Gets 6 Years In Jail For Firing At AP Dhillon's Canada Home
A Canadian court convicted a Winnipeg man of arson and firing a weapon at singer AP Dhillon's British Columbia home last year.
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Trump Announces Pfizer Deal Offering Discounts On Medicines Via 'TrumpRx' Website
Pfizer has agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Tuesday as he promised similar deals with other drugmakers under the threat of tariffs.
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'Trump's Science Cuts Could Lead To Brain Drain': Nobel Prize Officials
Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.
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Looming Health Care Costs At Heart Of Shutdown As Millions Face Premium Hikes
The US government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded.
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Walmart To Drop Artificial Colours, 30 Food Additives From Store Brands By 2027
Walmart said Wednesday that it plans to remove synthetic food dyes and 30 other ingredients, including some preservatives, artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes, from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027.
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From Retail Sales To Job Reports, Government Shutdown Delays Key US Economic Data
The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the US economy.
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Amid Shutdown Standoff, JD Vance Defends Donald Trump's AI Videos Of Top Democrat As 'Joke'
US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday described AI-manipulated videos that President Donald Trump posted on social media of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries as a joke, dismissing complaints from Democrats that the videos were racist.
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Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Color-Coded Uniforms, 5.30 Am Breakfast, Strict Rules
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight.
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DoorDash To Defence Tech: Silicon Valley 'Warlord' Gets Government Attention
Simoni is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs riding Silicon Valley's pivot to military technologies as ongoing wars in other parts of the world have underscored the US need to prepare for the future of warfare.
