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(WASHINGTON) -- Escalating an ongoing clash between President Donald Trump's administration and Harvard University, the Department of Education announced an immediate pause on Harvard's grant funding -- making the school ineligible for new research grants until it agrees with compliance criteria."Harvard is not eligible for any new grants from the federal government until they demonstrate responsible management of the university," a senior official from the Department of Education said on […]

(WASHINGTON) -- After having his security clearance revoked by President Donald Trump, high-profile whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to have his security clearance restored -- saying that it was revoked for "improper political retribution.""The Trump Administration is seeking to neutralize someone viewed as an adversarial threat," the complaint, filed in Washington, D.C., stated.In March, Trump issued a presidential memorandum that revoked […]

(BOSTON) -- A first responder testified Monday in Karen Read's murder retrial that she heard the defendant say, "I hit him," multiple times after her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, was found unresponsive in the snow outside a Massachusetts home in 2022.Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, that Read struck O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him […]

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is drawing new attention to the infamous prison.Alcatraz closed its doors as a federal prison 60 years ago after housing some of America's most infamous criminals, including Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly. During its 29-year run as a federal penitentiary from […]

(SEATTLE) -- More than 25 people were arrested after a group occupied an academic building at the University of Washington, demanding the school sever ties with Boeing as the war in Gaza continues, according to the university and a spokesperson for the group.A group called Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return claimed it was behind the takeover, with a spokesperson telling ABC News that all of the people who […]