A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate part of the federal grant funding it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) over civil rights violations and antisemitism concerns.
Speaking from the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the honorees for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors and confirmed he will personally host the event. Trump said he initially declined the invitation, joking, “Are you fools asking me to do that? I’m President of the United States. I won’t do it.” He ultimately agreed after a request from White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, saying, “Okay Susie, I’ll do it. That’s the power she’s got.”
The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Air Force Academy to permanently end race-based admissions policies, concluding a lawsuit brought by Students for Fair Admissions Inc. The group, which has successfully challenged affirmative action in higher education, dropped its legal challenges this week after the Trump administration secured the agreement.
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund says rising violent crime in Washington, D.C., justifies President Donald Trump’s decision to place the city’s police department under federal control and deploy the National Guard. Speaking on Breitbart News Daily, Sund said D.C.’s homicide rate remains far above historic lows despite a recent dip from last year’s peak.
MSNBC legal analyst Anthony Coley said Wednesday on Morning Joe that Democrats on Washington, D.C.’s city council created the “political opening” that allowed President Donald Trump to take control of the city’s police force. Coley, who lives in D.C., said frustration over crime—particularly juvenile offenses—has left many residents dissatisfied with local leadership.
The Trump administration is conducting a review of museums as the Smithsonian in order to ensure the exhibits are in line with President Trump's order, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."
A whistleblower told the FBI that Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), then a House member, approved the leak of information intended to hurt President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has shifted his position on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, just days after demanding Tan step down over reported ties to Chinese companies. The reversal came following a White House meeting with Tan, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, host Symone Sanders Townsend pushed back on the idea that more police automatically make streets safer, while discussing President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration placing Washington, D.C.’s police force under federal control. The move came as Trump cited what he called a crime emergency in the nation’s capital.
