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In the news today: the Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students; the Supreme Court said President Trump likely has the authority to fire independent agency board members; and nine EU countries want a new interpretation of European rights to ease deportations. Also, a Norwegian man awoke to discover that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home. |
Students, faculty, and members of the Harvard University community rally in April in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo)
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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
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The Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country. Read more.
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- Harvard called the action unlawful and said it's working to provide guidance to students. Harvard enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, accounting for more than a quarter of its student body. Most are graduate students, coming from more than 100 countries.
The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators" to assault Jewish students on campus. It also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, saying it hosted and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.
- The Trump administration's clash with Harvard, the nation's oldest and wealthiest university, has intensified since it became the first to openly defy White House demands for changes at elite schools it has criticized as hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.
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Supreme Court declines to reinstate independent agency board members fired by President Trump
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The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Thursday said President Donald Trump likely has the authority to fire independent agency board members, endorsing a robust view of presidential power. Read more. |
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9 EU countries want a new interpretation of European rights to ease deportations
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Leaders of nine European Union countries say they want a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights in order to better tackle irregular migration to the continent and increase deportations. The letter was signed by leaders of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Read more. |
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Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)
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Norwegian man sleeps through a container ship nearly hitting his home
A Norwegian man awoke to discover that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord's coast. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd slept through the whole thing Thursday morning and only woke up when a neighbor started ringing his doorbell. |
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