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The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service’s top attorney to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, according to three people familiar with the situation, amid President Donald Trump’s row with the institution over its handling of antisemitism and diversity practices. The directive is a significant escalation of the president’s feud with Ivy League institutions and …

CNBC reports: Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, as a stark warning from Nvidia roiled global tech and concerns from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about the economic impact of tariffs raised alarm among skittish investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 699 points, or 1.7%. The S&P 500 dropped 3%, led down by the information technology sector. The Nasdaq Composite …

The New York Times reports: Members of Elon Musk’s government-slashing task force are building a system for the United States to sell special immigration visas, which President Trump has labeled “gold cards,” for $5 million apiece. Engineers associated with Mr. Musk’s team have been working with employees from the State Department, DHS, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to …

Politico reports: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is seeking to block confirmation for President Donald Trump’s nominees for top federal prosecutors in New York. Senate leaders typically defer to senators to sign off on confirming nominees in their home states, awaiting a return of the so-called blue slip to begin the confirmation process in the Judiciary Committee. But Schumer announced …

“He is an MS-13 gang member. Classified as a terrorist. That was removed from this country. So we got rid of a dangerous person, an El Salvadorian national, returned to the country of El Salvador to his home. We removed him from the United States, a public safety threat, exactly what should have happened. “I’m just as disgusted that any …

The Washington Post reports: Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday said he would launch proceedings to determine whether to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for defying his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country based on the wartime Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg’s order is the latest development in a broader …

Popular Information reports: Trump can boost or depress the price of virtually any stock through the creation or elimination of tariffs. On Tuesday, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), best known as the parent company of the social media platform Truth Social, announced it was launching a series of actively managed investment accounts. TMTG is marketing these “Truth Social-branded Separately …

“I think what they ought to do is probably follow the judge’s order and the Supreme Court decision, which used the word ‘facilitate.’ Also, on that opinion, are the words ‘accidental, mistake, and illegal.’ I mean, those are not three good words you want in a Supreme Court decision. If the president doesn’t agree with that, and he may not, …

Posted this morning to Truth Social: Everyone knows that Harvard has “lost its way.” They hired, from New York (Bill D) and Chicago (Lori L), at ridiculously high salaries/fees, two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our Country, to “teach” municipal management and government. These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will …

Axios reports: President Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday attempting to curtail Social Security fraud, despite ample evidence against widespread improper payments. The move bolsters Elon Musk’s DOGE-related efforts to eliminate Social Security fraud, about which he has continually exaggerated and promoted conspiracy theories. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the memorandum aims to restrict undocumented …

The New York Times reports: Columbia University, which has faced criticism for not striking a more defiant stand against efforts by the Trump administration to set its agenda, showed signs late Monday of adopting a tougher tone. In a note sent to the campus, the acting president pledged that the school would not allow the federal government to “require us …

The Washington Post reports: The U.S. dollar is an early casualty of President Donald Trump’s us-against-the-world trade war. The dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value since Inauguration Day with about half of that decline coming this month, after the president’s decision to lift taxes on imported goods to their highest level since 1909. The weaker dollar — …

ABC News reports: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed by reporters about the White House defying court orders to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the El Salvador prison where he is reportedly being held. She was asked by ABC News’ Karen Travers who is responsible for Abrego Garcia. Leavitt claimed the administration is complying with court orders. She …

The Daily Beast reports: Trump’s policies could cost the U.S. economy $90 billion this year in lost tourism and export revenue, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Many foreign visitors are avoiding the U.S. over concerns about increased hostility at the border, including reports about European tourists being detained for weeks in U.S. immigration centers. Others are angry about Trump’s …

CTV News reports: An American who is “distressed” by the way the United States government has been treating Canada, has bought advertising space in Vancouver to apologize to Canadians. Posters on lighted billboards near the Vancouver Art Gallery show the maple leaf, with the words, “Dear Canada, we are so very, very, very sorry.” It is signed, “Your American friends.” No names …

The watchdog group CREW reports: The New York Times recently reported that industry lobbyists anxious about the Trump administration’s delayed release of a new batch of H-2B visas, which allow foreign workers to do seasonal work in the United States, held a fundraiser last month at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Less than two weeks later, the Trump administration announced that the …

TRUMP: “He’s [Bukele] made it a very safe place. People go and they feel very secure and safe. He’s also built one, but other also prisons, very big ones; and we’re using his system because we’re getting rid of our criminals from out of the United States who were allowed to come in by Biden. We’re getting them out, and …

The New York Times reports: President Trump threatened Harvard’s tax status in a post on social media, escalating a showdown between the federal government and the nation’s wealthiest university. Mr. Trump’s post came a day after the Trump administration said it would freeze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard, which is refusing demands that it make changes to policies and …

The Guardian reports: Some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign donors and investors, who collectively have hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties to the US president, are positioned to potentially profit from any American takeover of Greenland. The administration is in part aiming to secure rare minerals that are essential for the US tech industry and national security, and to …

NPR reports: In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. The small, independent federal agency investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices. It stores reams of potentially sensitive data, from confidential information about employees who …