Trump administration

Columbia University said Friday its interim president, Katrina A. Armstrong, is stepping aside, a week after the university struck a deal with the Trump administration to negotiate its federal funding, NBC News reported.

Dave Portnoy, a Trump supporter and the founder of Barstool Sports, went viral for his blistering critique of the administration’s group chat debacle.

In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread in poultry flocks unchecked. Scientists say that’s risky because it gives the virus more opportunities to replicate, increasing the chance it could change to spread easily among humans.

The sudden implosion of Stefanik’s nomination came as a surprise to many Republicans on Capitol Hill.

The Trump administration is looking to continue deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act.

More than two dozen members of Congress demanded answers for Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained by ICE earlier this week.

Vice President JD Vance argued on Friday that Greenlanders would be better off being under the protection of the U.S. than under Denmark.

Housing’s yearslong winter might be showing the first hints of thaw, according to new data from the NBC News Home Buyer Index.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more student visas, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose whose main transgression seems to be activism, NBC News reported.

Federal prosecutors have opened compliance review investigations into admissions policies at UCLA and UC Irvine.

Donald Trump signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

Trump’s frustration is two-fold, according to two Republican sources with knowledge of the conversations.

Car dealerships and autobody shops are bracing for impact as President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles and parts are set to take effect. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports. 

Local car dealers and autobody shops are talking about how prices could rise after President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported cars and car parts take effect next week.

The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration.

Officials have offered a variety of comments on the fact that a journalist was accidentally included in a high-level chat about U.S. military plans.

The new tariffs, announced Wednesday, are likely to jack up new vehicle prices and will also impact the used car market.

A leader of the gang MS-13 was arrested in Virginia early Thursday, top Trump administration officials announced amid a crackdown on immigrants accused of gang activity.

Health and Human Services is planning to cut 10,000 jobs across the sprawling department.

A Tufts University student is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, and there are growing questions about how she was taken into custody and the timeline of sending her out of state.