President Donald Trump is pushing to have the pharmaceutical industry help fund his tax cuts by requiring drugmakers to lower Medicaid drug prices, according to reporting by Bloomberg News.
Newsweek reached out to the White House by email on Friday afternoon for comment.
Immigration authorities have arrested and detained college students from around the country since the first days of the Trump administration, many of whom participated in campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war, which has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians.
Mohsen Mahdawi is among the first of those students to win his freedom after challenging an arrest. He walked out of a Vermont courthouse Wednesday and led hundreds of supporters in chants including “No fear” and “Free Palestine.” He said people must come together to defend both democracy and humanity.
A Palestinian student at Columbia is freed after his arrest at a citizenship interview
A judge has released a Palestinian student activist who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. and around the world rallied Thursday in May Day protests that united many in anger over President Donald Trump’s agenda from aggressive tariffs that are stoking fears of global economic turmoil to his administration’s immigration crackdowns.
In the United States, organizers framed this year’s International Workers’ Day protests as a pushback against what they see as the administration’s sweeping assault on labor protections, diversity initiatives and federal employees. Protesters lined streets in many cities from New York to Philadelphia to Los Angeles and held a boisterous rally outside the White House in Washington.
May Day demonstrations in US and around the globe protest Trump agenda
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and around the globe for International Workers’ Day or May Day, with the focus this year on President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The Education Department on Friday opened a probe into New York state education officials for threatening to cut funding to a local school district over its decades-old Native American mascot – an image depicting a man in a feathered headdress, according to a report in Politico.
Two words: “Butt out!”
It’s a state/local matter. Cities, counties, states do not wish to be micromanaged by a deranged wannabe dictator in Washington.
‘Will not stand by’: Trump admin launches probe as uproar over mascot embroils community
The Education Department on Friday opened a probe into New York state education officials for threatening to cut funding to a local school district over its decades-old Native American mascot – an image depicting a man in a feathered headdress, according to a report in Politico. The new investigation came days after Donald Trump used the power of t…
Adam Schleifer, an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, was fired without explanation last month in an email from a White House official. It came exactly one hour after Loomer, a conservative internet personality known for incendiary comments, called for his removal in a social media post highlighting his past critical views about Trump while running in a Democratic primary for a New York congressional seat.
In a filing with the Merit Systems Protection Board — which is responsible for protecting government employees from political reprisals — Schleifer argues he was unlawfully fired in retaliation for protected political speech from a time when he wasn’t working as a government lawyer. He’s seeking reinstatement, back pay and other relief.
Ex-Justice Department prosecutor challenges his firing by the White House after Laura Loomer post
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former career Justice Department prosecutor is challenging his firing by the White House, saying it was for “unprecedented partisan and political reasons” and undermines a “bedrock principle” of the justice system after he was dismissed following a post by right-wing activist Laura Loomer. Adam Schleifer, an assistant U.S. attor…
One Friday after school last June,I went to play soccer with friends in the park in Brentwood, New York, where I live. I love the soccer fields there. There are lights and grass, and it feels so much nicer and safer than the fields where I used to play. In El Salvador, where I’m originally from, a gun might go off or gang members might grab a player off the field and beat him up.
Walking home with my friend, Juan* around 8 p.m., I felt good. We ran into a kid we knew from school, Andres,* and he joined us. I knew Andres’ face, and I would say, “Hey, what’s up?” when we ran into each other at school, but I didn’t know him well.
As we were walking, Juan and I started to joke around and shove each other, laughing. All of a sudden, we saw a police car pull up. For months, the police had been stopping me frequently and accusing me of being in a gang. Their “evidence” was based on nothing — a doodle they found in my notebook and people I said hello to at school. I had even asked to meet with the police to explain to them that I’m not in a gang.
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I don’t belong locked up. I can’t understand why I’ve been in jail for more than two months. I never belonged to a gang. I never hurt anyone. I never threatened anyone. I fled from the gangs in my country. And I thought I was coming to a country where I would be safe.
There’s No Evidence I’m in a Gang — Because I’m Not. But I’ve Been Locked Up for Two Months for Gang Membership. | ACLU
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Immigration authorities did not have an arrest warrant when agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security said in a court filing this week.
The big picture: Khalil, a leader of Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protests, is alegal U.S. resident who has been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since last month. His arrest sparked outcry across the U.S.
Zoom in: Government lawyers argue in the filing that DHS was not required to obtain a judicial arrest warrant before taking Khalil, a U.S. green card holder from Syria, into custody on March 8.
The “officers had exigent circumstances to conduct the warrantless arrest, it is the pattern and practice of DHS to fully process a respondent once in custody,” wrote the lawyers in the document that was originally filed in immigration court Wednesday and submitted to federal court Thursday
They argued agents had reasons to believe Khalil “would escape before they could obtain a warrant” when they approached him inside the foyer of his apartment building.
Khalil was eventually served an arrest warrant after being taken into custody and transported to an ICE office in New York.
The other side: The revelation contradicts what agents told Khalil at the time of his arrest and what agents wrote in the arrest report, Khalil’s lawyer said.
“The government’s admission is astounding, and it is completely outrageous that they tried to assert to the immigration judge – and the world – in their initial filing of the arrest report that there was an arrest warrant when there was none,” said Khalil’s attorney, Marc Van Der Hout, in an emailed statement.
Van Der Hout called it “egregious conduct by DHS that should require under the law termination of these proceedings.”
Never forget: Cops lie. All. The. Time.
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without a warrant, DHS lawyers Trump admin lawyers say
The revelation contradicts what agents told Mahmoud Khalil at the time of his arrest, his lawyer said.
Ranjani Srinivasan didn’t think the knock would come so soon.
A Fulbright scholar. A doctoral candidate. She spent her days studying how cities displace the poor — and nights convincing herself it wouldn’t happen to her.
Then came March 5, 2025.
An email. Cold. Clinical. The U.S. Consulate in Chennai revoked her visa from halfway across the planet, citing alleged “support for Hamas.” No evidence. No hearing. No appeal. Her real offense?
She shared a protest flyer on Instagram.
ICE showed up soon after. Agents visited her New York apartment multiple times — initially without a warrant. On a later visit, they returned with a judicial one. No charges. No formal deportation order. Just pressure.
So she did what people with no choices do.
She left.
On March 11, Ranjani boarded a one-way flight to Montreal. DHS later claimed she “self-deported” using the CBP One app — but her attorney disputes that, saying she simply complied with the law after her visa was revoked.
Her friends smuggled her laptop across the border days later. Her cat, Cricket, she left behind — safe with a friend, but missed in every moment.
Now she’s in Canada. Stateless. Stunned.
Her belongings? Confiscated or inaccessible.
Her research? Interrupted.
Her future? Dangling by the thread of a refugee claim.
She’s no radical. No operative. She liked and reposted human rights content. That’s it. And for that, the country that once welcomed her turned cold and suspicious — as if brilliance were a threat and dissent a crime.
This wasn’t deportation.
It was coerced exile.
Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge
Ranjani Srinivasan didn’t think the knock would come so soon. A Fulbright scholar. A doctoral candidate. She spent her days studying how cities displace the poor — and nights convincing herself it…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is seemingly no longer welcome in the United States.
Petro, a former member of the 19th of April Movement guerrilla group and Colombia’s first leftist president, claimed the Trump administration revoked his visa to attend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
He is instead be replaced by the Minister of Finance Germán Avila, who is in Washington, D.C. this week.
The major international snub comes after Donald Trump threatened ‘decisive retaliatory measures’ against government officials over Colombia’s refusal to let two US Military flights full of migrants land in January.
‘I can’t go anymore because I think they’ve revoked my visa,’ Petro said during a Council of Ministers meeting on Monday.
‘I didn’t need a visa, but hey, I’ve seen Donald Duck several times. So, I’m off to see other things.’
King Donald is like a child in a school yard who can’t bear to lose a marble.
World leader stunned to learn his US visa has been revoked
A world leader says he’s been denied entry into the United States in what appears to be a major escalation in the Trump administration’s trade and tariff war.
