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Trump Threatens Democrats Over Military “Illegal Orders” Video

President Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on Democratic lawmakers who posted a video last week urging members of the Armed Forces to refuse “illegal” orders from his administration. Trump called for the representatives and senators concerned to be jailed in a pair of late-night Truth Social posts Saturday, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” having previously argued that they should face the death penalty. The president also shared posts on his platform from users referring to the opposition as the “Domestic Terrorist party” and to the lawmakers as “traitorous communists.” Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly have insisted they will not be intimidated while Rep. Alexandria

Trump Plans Short-Term ACA Subsidy Extension with Limits

By Adriel Bettelheim, Peter Sullivan, Maya Goldman President Trump as soon as this week is due to outline a new initiative that calls for a short-term extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies in exchange for new eligibility limits and other changes. Why it matters: Mounting concern about medical costs and the looming expiration of enhanced ACA tax credits could amp up affordability concerns and give Democrats a potent weapon heading into an election year. Democrats made ACA financial assistance a centerpiece of the recent government shutdown fight. What we’re hearing: Trump plans to propose a framework that would address spiking premiums by extending for two years the

MacKenzie Scott Gives Over $700M to HBCUs in 2025 Wave

For some time, MacKenzie Scott has been hard at work turning her multibillion-dollar Amazon fortune into one of the most aggressive philanthropic runs in modern history. Mainly through her Yield Giving outlet, she distributed more than $19 billion to over 2,000 organizations, largely in the form of unrestricted grants that let recipients decide how to use the money. Higher education — specifically, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — sits at the center of that strategy. Scott gave about $560 million to 23 HBCUs in 2020, then returned in 2025 with another wave: More than $700 million to over a dozen HBCUs in just

Judge Orders End to Trump’s National Guard Deployment

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however. District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to challenge the Guard deployments. He asked the judge to bar the White House from deploying Guard troops without the

CCC to HBCU Transfer Caravan Connects California Students

By Khari Jones, Jr. As the morning sun warms the courtyards of community colleges across California, a fleet of representatives from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) embarks on a two-week journey with one shared mission — to open doors. Now in its 10th year, the California Community Colleges to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (CCC to HBCU) Transfer Caravan is hitting the road once again, connecting students with life-changing transfer opportunities and guaranteed admission pathways to 38 partner HBCUs across the country. At 15 stops across the state — from bustling urban campuses to small-town community centers — students

Trump Accuses Lawmakers of Sedition as Fury Over Posts Grows

By Alexandra Marquez, Megan Lebowitz and Allan Smith President Donald Trump on Thursday accused several Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior,” calling for them to “be arrested and put on trial” for behavior that, he said, could be “punishable by death.” The lawmakers, many of whom are veterans, had posted a video Tuesday telling military and intelligence officers to “refuse illegal orders.” “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET,” the president wrote in one Truth Social

Appeals Court Halts Release of 400 ICE Detainees in Chicago

By Madison Savedra A federal appeals court is temporarily pausing the release of more than 400 people who have been arrested by federal immigration agents in recent months. A federal judge had ordered the release of hundreds of people who have been detained in Chicago since June, following a ruling last month that federal agents violated a 2022 consent decree governing warrantless immigration arrests. The consent decree limits the circumstances in which agents can make warrantless arrests while enforcing civil immigration laws. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said detained people who have no criminal history or prior removal orders were to be released on

Trump Moves to Dismantle Education Dept, Shift Major Grants

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. It represents a major step forward for the administration’s dismantling of the department, which has mainly involved cutting jobs since President Donald Trump called for its elimination with an executive action in March. Six new agreements signed by the Education Department will effectively move billions of dollars in grant programs to other agencies. Most notable is one that will put the Department of Labor over some of the largest federal funding

Trump Signs Bill Releasing Epstein Case Files to Public

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching development in a years long push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning. Both the House and Senate passed the bill this week with overwhelming margins after Trump reversed course on his monthslong opposition to the bill and indicated he would sign it. Now that the bill has been signed by the president, there’s a 30-day countdown for the Justice Department to produce what’s commonly known as the

House Republicans Scramble to Address Looming ACA Funding Cliff

By Sahil Kapur, Melanie Zanona and Julie Tsirkin WASHINGTON — Inside a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, Rep. Jen Kiggans, a swing district member who is a linchpin of the party’s narrow majority, stood up and made a plea. “Doing nothing on health care is not the right answer,” the Virginia Republican later told NBC News, summing up her message to colleagues. “I would really appreciate if we could have a timeline because we know that the end of the calendar year is coming, and I don’t want to see people’s premiums go up. I don’t want to see people lose their

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