Today's Clips (5/9/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
I’m a political writer in Washington and I ignore Donald Trump. It’s the only way, I’ve concluded after nearly a decade covering the 45th and 47th president, to make sense of his administration.
IN OTHER NEWS

A Jan. 29 order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led to canceled classes, book bans and an argument about American greatness.

Harvard could choose to either keep fighting or seek a deal with the administration. Its leaders are starting to realize that any path will very likely change the identity of the school.

When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.

The police moved in to make arrests after demonstrators left the college grounds and gathered outside. Officers punched some students and slammed others to the ground.

The Education Department accused the school of filing inaccurate reports, adding to the growing list of elite schools it has targeted over foreign funding disclosures.

A weaponized tax code could backfire on conservatives.

Millennials were just coming of age when the 2007-09 recession hindered their early career prospects. A handful of lucrative industries helped some of them catch up. 

If the school really wants freedom from political meddling, it needs to stop rolling over for the left.

New York police arrested about 80 people Wednesday at a demonstration at the school’s library that injured two public safety officers.

TRADES

The grant programs have supported the international research of students and scholars for more than 60 years. The Department of Education canceled this year’s competition for three Fulbright-Hays fellowship programs, adding to the growing list of higher education grants that have been eliminated since President Donald Trump took office in January.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the past several days have led to more than 100 arrests, as well as suspensions for violating colleges’ policies and protest restrictions.

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