N.Y.U. College Republicans President Resigns After Remarks About Barron Trump

The New York University chapter president of the College Republicans resigned this week, yielding to pressure from the national organization after she was prominently quoted in a “Vanity Fair” profile saying that Barron Trump, President Trump’s youngest son, was “sort of like an oddity on campus.” In the profile, published on Feb. 12, Kaya Walker, … Read more

Republicans Love Trump’s Spending Cuts. Just Not in Their States.

  Republicans in Congress have responded to President Trump’s unilateral moves to freeze federal spending, dismantle programs and fire civil servants with a collective shrug, staying mostly silent and even praising him as he circumvents the legislative branch. Republicans in Congress have responded to President Trump’s unilateral moves to freeze federal spending, dismantle programs and … Read more

Linda McMahon Faces Confirmation Hearing for Education Secretary

  Linda McMahon, a sports entertainment mogul and longtime booster of President Trump, will face lawmakers on Thursday for the beginning of confirmation hearings as she seeks to lead the Department of Education. A former executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Ms. McMahon has been tapped to run an agency in the middle of intense upheaval, … Read more

Trump’s Orders Could Drain Millions From Universities, but Few Protest Openly

The opening weeks of President Trump’s second term have cast America’s campuses into turmoil, with upheaval that threatens to erode the financial foundation of higher education in the United States. As the administration orders the end of diversity programs and imposes cuts to foreign aid, university presidents and their lawyers fear that millions of dollars … Read more

West Point Disbands Clubs for Women and Minorities After Trump DEI Orders

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has ordered 12 officially sanctioned clubs for women and ethnic or racial groups to shut down immediately, in a drive to comply with the Trump administration’s directives on diversity, equity and inclusion, the academy said on Wednesday. In a memo dated Tuesday, the academy’s deputy commandant, Chad R. … Read more