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Trump, Harvard duke it out

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24.05.2025
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A FEDERAL JUDGE on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to ban foreign students from attending Harvard University, the latest in the ongoing feud between President Trump and the nation’s oldest and richest school.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, an appointee of former President Obama, agreed with Harvard’s argument that it would “sustain immediate and irreparable injury" if the ban was implemented immediately.

“Thus, a [temporary restraining order] is justified to preserve the status quo pending a hearing,” the Boston-based judge wrote.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday notified Harvard it would no longer be able to admit foreign students and that those currently enrolled –– about a quarter of all students –– would have to transfer immediately or leave the country.

Princess Elisabeth, the future Queen of Belgium, is among those that would have to leave under the order.

“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments,” DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “The Trump administration is committed to restoring common sense to our student visa system; no lawsuit, this or any other, is going to change that. We have the law, the facts, and common sense on our side."

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem called the move “a warning to every other university to get your act together,” as the administration seeks to crackdown on antisemitism and political protests.

The DHS move is the latest in Trump’s bitter feud with Harvard. The administration has revoked billions in research funding and grants earmarked for Harvard, which the school has challenged in court.

"Harvard's going to have to change its ways," Trump told reporters on Friday.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), a Harvard alum who has been critical of his school, blasted the Trump administration, accusing them of “acting just like the most unhinged of the anti-Israel campus protestors last year –– performative, irrational and cruel.”

Vice President Vance blasted the courts on the The New York Times’s “Interesting Times” podcast.

“I think you are seeing an effort by the courts to quite literally overturn the will of the American people," he said.

ISRAELI EMBASSY SUSPECT CHARGED

The man suspected of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy workers has been charged with two counts of first degree murder, as well as the murder of foreign officials and other crimes.

Authorities say Elias Rodriguez, 31, told them, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.”

Charging documents reveal the gruesome nature of the killing of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a young couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy.

Jewish members of Congress gathered at the scene Thursday to honor the dead.

“There is no justification ever for terrorism,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

The killings took place amid the broader political debate in Washington about antisemitism and the war in Gaza.

Progressive lawmakers that support the Palestinian cause unequivocally denounced the violence.

But Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a steadfast ally to Israel, told Jewish Insider that the progressive left tries “to hide behind this idea that it’s free speech to intimidate and terrorize members of the Jewish community.”

Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter connected the killings to the pro-Palestinian protests on campuses, according to

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