News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, made it clear in a joint meeting that the Maryland man who was wrongly deported won't be returned to the US
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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A federal judge in Vermont suggested Monday that he will likely weigh in on a legal challenge to the detention and transfer of a Tufts University student by immigration agents, and may order that she be brought to Vermont for a May hearing. (via @wbur.org)
— NPR (@npr.org) April 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Exclusive: Days before masked ICE agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) April 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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NEW: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy pleads with President Trump to visit Ukraine to “understand what Putin did” after two Russian ballistic missiles hit Sumy, a city close to the Russian border, killing 34 people and injuring 119 others.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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President Trump said Russia’s deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy was "a mistake," calling it a "horrible thing" even as members of his administration went further with condemnation that served as a rare critique of Moscow while the White House is pushing for a cease-fire.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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The man charged in connection with an arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home allegedly climbed the residence's fence, used a hammer to break a window and threw Molotov cocktails in to start the blaze, prosecutors say.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Harvard University has rejected the Trump administration's demands for policy changes, putting nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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President Trump's administration on April 11 moved to cut off all federal education funding for Maine's public schools after state officials said they would not comply with demands that it ban transgender athletes from girls' sports teams reut.rs/4jzeWBv
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) April 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Exclusive: Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half. A document obtained by POLITICO shows plans to zero out or substantially reduce spending on many programs, including ones that promote democracy.
— Politico (@politico.com) April 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#BREAKING: The White House is preparing a rescission package that will seek to have Congress claw back more than $9 billion in approved funding through cuts to public broadcasting, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and agencies President Trump has sought to eliminate.
— The Hill (@thehill.com) April 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez to space with an all-female celebrity crew that includes Katy Perry and Gayle King.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Southern California was jolted by a strong earthquake near San Diego. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and was near the mountain town of Julian, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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