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What are the legal arguments in the Trump administration's fight over Harvard federal grants?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman, a federal judge is weighing the case between the Trump administration and its effort to cut billions of dollars in federal grants from Harvard University. Both sides appeared in a federal courtroom yesterday in Boston. Harvard says the Trump administration is violating free speech rights by demanding control over the university's viewpoint diversity policies. NPR's Alyssa Nadwarney says the Trump administration appears to have changed its focus in its legal argument.
In court filings, the administration said these grants were canceled because Harvard violated civil rights law by allegedly fostering anti-Semitism on campus. But in court on Monday, The lone lawyer representing the Trump administration, Michael Velchik, seemed to pivot, arguing that the administration has the right to cancel government grants at any time if it decides that an institution doesn't align with its priorities. He essentially framed the issue as one about finances and told the judge that the government has the ability to simply give the research funding to another institution.
And Pierre's Alyssa Nadwarning reporting, it's not clear when the judge will issue her decision. Cases of COVID nineteen appear to be surging in the United States. NPR's Rob Stein reports that's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
COVID has surged every winter and summer since the pandemic began, and this summer looks no different.
How is the recent surge in COVID‑19 cases affecting hospitals and wastewater monitoring?
The amount of virus showing up in wastewater and the number of people testing positive and showing up in emergency rooms to get treated for COVID have been increasing now for weeks in some bellwether parts of the country, like the south and the west. It's impossible to know how big this summer's wave will be or how long. long it will last, but many people are susceptible to the virus because it's been so long since they got vaccinated the last time and last winter's surge was so mild. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Stocks on Wall Street open mixed today as more big companies reveal how they're dealing with President Trump's tariffs. As NPR's Maria Aspen reports, the Dow Jones industrial average is up more than 50 points.
How are tariffs impacting major U.S. companies like General Motors and Coca‑Cola?
Is feeling tariffs bite into its business. Profits fell at the Automaker, which imports roughly half of the Chevy's, Buick's, and other cars it sells in the United States. CEO Mary Barra says GM is working to greatly reduce our tariff exposure, but it still has work to do. The company said it felt more than $1 billion of impact from the new import taxes. That echoes rival car companies. Stellantis, which also saw tariffs eat into its recent earnings. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola reported better than expected results, and says it will launch a new product made with U.S. cane sugar this fall. President Trump said last week the company had agreed to do so at his request. Maria Aspen
NPR News New York.
You're listening to NPR News. A Justice Department official says he wants to interview the former girlfriend of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Why is the Justice Department seeking to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend now?
Elaine Maxwell has was convicted and imprisoned for helping Epstein sexually abuse girls. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says he anticipates meeting Maxwell shortly. There's been backlash from President Trump's supporters after the Justice Department did not release additional records from the Epstein investigation. The Trump administration says it's going to withdraw from the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural agency. This is the second time President Trump has pulled the US out of UNESCO. People on Medicaid will have to prove they're eligible for benefits under the tax cut and spending bill recently approved by Congress. Katherine Houghton with KFF Health News reports on one man who says he's reluctantly breaking the rules.
James works in Missoula, Montana doing food prep.
What is the ‘benefit cliff’ and how is it affecting Medicaid recipients like James?
After a recent raise, he now makes more than the limit to qualify for Medicaid by about fifty bucks a week.
I don't wanna be a fraud, but I've been given no other choice.
We're using James, his middle name, because he fears he'll get kicked off of Medicaid and lose the coverage that pays for his medicine.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What are the legal arguments in the Trump administration's fight over Harvard federal grants?
0:00–1:21
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How is the recent surge in COVID‑19 cases affecting hospitals and wastewater monitoring?
1:21–2:06
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How are tariffs impacting major U.S. companies like General Motors and Coca‑Cola?
2:06–3:06
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Why is the Justice Department seeking to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend now?
3:06–3:58
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What is the ‘benefit cliff’ and how is it affecting Medicaid recipients like James?
3:58–4:39