Monday, April 14, 2025

Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism

People stand on a university campus holding U.S. flags and signs.

The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-admin-freezes-grants-harvard-1.7510361?cmp=rss

Palestinian activist arrested by ICE while expecting U.S. citizenship interview

A man in handcuffs gives peace signs while being held by police.

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mohsen-mahdawi-arrested-1.7510325?cmp=rss

Trump says he's considering 'help' for auto companies hit by tariffs

A man in a blue suit and red tie in a room with yellow drapes.

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt some auto manufacturers from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-auto-tariffs-car-companies-exemption-1.7510033?cmp=rss

Hungary's parliament amends constitution to ban 2SLGBTQ events

Protesters march across a bridge carrying flags.

Hungary's parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by 2SLGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-bans-2lgtbtq-events-1.7509816?cmp=rss

U.S. Original Six NHL clubs all miss playoffs for 1st time

A hockey goaltender wearing a blue and red uniform lifts his masked head upwards.

The New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings were eliminated from the playoffs with losses on Saturday, meaning for the first time since they all entered the league in the mid-1920s, none of the Rangers, Red Wings, Boston Bruins or Chicago will be in the postseason.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/original-six-us-nhl-teams-playoffs-1.7509444?cmp=rss