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Trump news at a glance: Lutnick threatens Harvard patents; former Fox commentator bound for UN | Trump administration
The Trump administrations has threatened Harvard’s lucrative portfolio of patents amid its long-running dispute with the university, accusing it of breaching legal and contractual requirements tied to federally funded research. In a letter, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick demanded that Harvard provide within four weeks a list of all patents stemming from federally funded research grants, including how the patents are…
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Sen. Ruben Gallego charges up Iowa crowd as he attacks Trump’s tax bill
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of people cheered Sen. Ruben Gallego at a town hall meeting in eastern Iowa Saturday as the first-term Arizona Democrat assailed the massive, Republican-backed tax bill signed by President Donald Trump as likely to make “America poorer and sicker.” Gallego’s upbeat event struck the opposite tone from Rep. Mike Flood’s town hall meeting earlier in…
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Teenager arrested after three shot in New York City’s Times Square
A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested after three people were shot in New York City’s Times Square in the early hours of Saturday. Gunfire rang out at around 01:20 EDT (05:20 GMT) at West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue, below the towering billboards in one of the world’s busiest tourist hotspots. The teenager has not been named by police, and…
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Whitmer to Trump: Change course on tariffs to help Michigan’s auto jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: the automotive industry he said he wants to save were being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points in a visual presentation. Just getting the…
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Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory : NPR
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference during his visit to Vienna, Austria, June 16, 2025. Heinz-Peter Bader/AP hide caption toggle caption Heinz-Peter Bader/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Saturday the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.” The…
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Evacuation orders lifted as firefighters make progress on Canyon fire
Firefighters are continuing to make progress battling a wildfire burning in the hills near the Los Angeles and Ventura county line, allowing thousands of evacuated residents to return to their homes Friday evening as public health officials warned of potentially unhealthy air in the area through the weekend. By 6 p.m. Friday, crews had reached 28% containment on the 5,370-acre…
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Gunman dead in Atlanta shooting near CDC and Emory University; officer killed, police say
Police in Atlanta say the gunman is dead after an active shooting situation Friday near Emory University, outside the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A DeKalb County police officer who was shot has died of his injuries, officials said. The mayor said no civilians were shot. At about 5 p.m., Emory University posted an emergency…
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Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head
Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., nominee to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner, a White House official and…
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DOJ opens investigation into New York AG’s office that brought fraud case against Trump
Federal prosecutors are in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the matter. The probe is focused on whether James’ office used its authority to violate Trump’s legal rights through its civil lawsuits against the…
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NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 : NPR
A full supermoon rises behind a mountain in the village of Dodekametro, in the region of Arcadia in Greece, on July 10. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch…
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