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Donald Trump today expressed his dissatisfaction with the results of trade talks by making new threats of a 50% tax on EU imports and a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America.

Citing its First Amendment rights, Harvard University filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston today in response to the Trump administration’s move yesterday to bar it from enrolling foreign students. Harvard also said it plans to file for a temporary restraining order to block the government from proceeding.

The bill passed by U.S. House Republicans yesterday is now in the Senate, and major changes are expected. Reconciling larger spending reductions with cuts to Medicaid and more green-energy incentives will be challenging.

As part of a €800 billion rearmament plan for Europe, the €150 billion Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme was approved on Wednesday. The loan program is expected to be an important step in military support for Ukraine.

Record flooding in Australia has killed four, with several others still missing. About 50,000 people have been cut off by the floodwaters.

BREAKING Hidden within the enormous domestic policy bill that U.S. House Republicans pushed through on Thursday is a provision that would limit the power of federal judges to hold anyone in contempt of court. It has the potential to protect Donald Trump and members of his administration from any consequences from their violation of court orders. The provision would apply retroactively.

BREAKING A federal district judge in San Francisco has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of foreign students at colleges and universities across the U.S.

The Trump administration's battle with Harvard University escalated dramatically today as Trump's Dept of Homeland Security revoked Harvard's right to enroll international students. Thousands of current students were told to either transfer to other schools or leave the country.

After U.S. announced that its intelligence indicated that Israel was preparing for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites, Iran said that it would view the U.S. as a "participant" in any Israeli attack.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun has blocked the Trump administration’s firing of thousands of workers at the Department of Education, calling it an effort to dismantle the department without congressional approval.

Following weeks of conflict and uncertainty, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," including tax breaks, severe cuts to Medicaid, and new military and border security funding. The bill now goes to the Senate for its changes.

Romania's constitutional court unanimously rejected a request by the defeated ultra-nationalist candidate, George Simion, to annul the result of Sunday's presidential election result. Simion's claim was foreign interference.

As Russia expands its presence near its borders, Germany is inaugurating a new German brigade in Lithuania, and Finland says it's "preparing for the worst."

The Israeli army has issued evacuation warnings for 14 areas in northern Gaza, and 29 "starvation-related" deaths in Gaza have been reported by the Palestinian health minister.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has been praised for retaining composure during an Oval Office meeting yesterday, during which Donald Trump maintained, against all evidence, that white South Africans were being persecuted.

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