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Trump administration subpoenas Harvard for international student information

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday it will be subpoenaing Harvard University for “relevant information” on international students, in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s battle with higher education institutions. The department said in a press release Wednesday that the administrative subpoenas come after Harvard “repeatedly refused past non-coercive requests to…

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Trump administration pulls lever to threaten Harvard’s accreditation

The Education Department and Department of Health and Human Services told Harvard University’s accreditor on Wednesday there is “strong evidence to suggest the school may no longer meet” accreditation standards.  The letter to the New England Commission of Higher Education is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s multi-front effort against the nation’s oldest college.…

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Watch live: Senate convenes hearing on cybersecurity, health care

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday is holding a hearing on cybersecurity and how to ensure privacy for Americans, including protecting sensitive data within the health care system. Lawmakers and health sector experts will come together to weigh options for implementing technology to establish privacy protections. The hearing comes directly following…

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Watch live: Neil Jacobs, Trump’s pick to head NOAA, faces Senate confirmation hearing

Neil Jacobs, who was tapped by President Trump to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will face the Senate in a confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. Jacobs’s testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee comes just days after heavy rainfall and disastrous flooding killed more than 100 people in Texas’s Hill Country…

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US condemns Houthi attacks on cargo ships in Red Sea

The United States has condemned a pair of recent Houthi rebel attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, warning that the escalation by the Iran-backed militants in Yemen risks jeopardizing freedom of navigation and “maritime security.”  “The United States condemns the unprovoked Houthi terror attack on the civilian cargo vessels MV Magic Seas and…

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