Harvard vs. Trump: DEI, Pluralism, and Academic Freedom
Harvard resists Trump's threats over DEI. Colleges shift to pluralism amid political stress. Funding frozen. The debate: Academic freedom vs. political control and culture war.
What the World Learned from Donald Trumpâs Tariff Week
Viktor Shvets, a global-market strategist at Macquarie Capital, said, on Bloombergâs âOdd Lotsâ podcast, âI keep asking myself, âWhat is this Administration trying to do?â â Was the objective to reindustrialize the United States, or to raise revenue to help pay for tax cuts to the rich, or to change the global flow of funds?
Trump administration sued by 21 states’ attorneys general for trying to eliminate Institute of Museum and Library Services
A coalition of 21 state attorneys general is suing the administration of US President Donald Trump for attempting to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and several other agencies through executive orders and actions that, the group says in its legal filing, "are illegal several times over".
Against a tense political landscape, we can learn a lot from the cool head of a picture restorer
In times past, one of my favourite ways to switch off was to go through online auction catalogues in pursuit of mis-catalogued paintings (or âsleepersâ as the art trade calls them).
Trump signs executive order to âeliminateâ agency that funds museums and libraries
This decision undermines access to the arts, disproportionately harming marginalised groups and stifling diverse expression,â Julie TrĂ©bault, the executive director of Artists at Risk Connection, said in a statement.
Weâd Never Had a King Until This Week
I would plunk my tricorne hat atop my head and meet the incoming waves of visitors, herding them around the Common and telling them the story of the April morning in 1775 when brave townspeople made their stand against the British and their king in the first fighting of the Revolution.
Trump disbands presidential committee on the arts and the humanities
Other Biden appointees included the artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, the curator Nora Halpern, the actors George Clooney, Jennifer Garner and Kerry Washington, the playwright Anna Deavere Smith, the screenwriter and producer Shonda Rhimes and Steve Israel, a former US representative for New York.
How Much of the Government Can Donald Trump Dismantle?
In 2018, an anonymous Op-Ed in the New York Times, âI Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,â described internal efforts to curb the Presidentâs impulses, and became a book the following year, âA Warning.â The author eventually revealed himself as Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.
Even in Her Memoir, Melania Trump Remains a Mystery
During Trumpâs Presidency, she didnât speak publicly very oftenââThere is absolutely no question that she has been quieter than any modern First Lady weâve known,â the Washington Postâs Mary Jordan, who has written a biography of Melania, said, in 2020âand even when she did make a rare address, such as the speech she gave at the 2016 Republican National Convention, some of her words were revealed to have been lifted from Michelle Obama.
The Presidential Campaign, After Philadelphia
Her suggestion that voters pay attention to his rallies, and note how many attendees left early âout of exhaustion and boredom,â prompted the Republican to inveigh against the nonexistent pet-eating migrants; and a well-timed reminder that Trump had inherited a large fortune, during an exchange about Harrisâs recent move to the center, distracted him from what otherwise might have been an effective attack on her flip-flopping.
Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President
This past Saturday, two hours after a twenty-year-old Pennsylvania man with hazy political commitments and uncertain motives tried to kill Donald Trump, Senator J. D. Vance, a Republican from Ohio, typed out a reaction on social media: âToday is not just some isolated incident.
Nate Cohn Explains How Bad the Latest Polling Is for Joe Biden
His approval rating is a net ten points worse than it was in November, 2022 when inflation was much much higher and when he didnât have the benefit of running against Donald Trump, who since then has been indicted on many charges, and has also been convicted of crimes in New York.