The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda.
The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who use the CBP Home app to announce their “self-deportations” would get the money and be “deprioritized” for detention and removal.
Trump administration asks judge to toss lawsuit restricting abortion medication
The Trump administration on Monday asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three GOP-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.
Justice Department attorneys stayed the legal course charted by Biden administration. But they didn’t weigh in on the underlying issue of access to the drug. Instead, the government argued that Missouri, Kansas and Idaho don’t have the legal right, or standing, to sue.
Trump signs executive order that aims to prevent viral leaks from future research
Trump asserted an unproven theory that the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a lab leak moments before he signed the executive order. He said the order aims to stop “dangerous gain-of-function research,” defined as scientific research on an infectious agent or toxin by enhancing its ability to cause disease or making it more transmissible.
Scientists stress that “gain of function” does not always involve risky experiments; it can also cover general research.
Among other things, the order says it will end federal funding of this research by foreign entities in places such as China or other countries where there’s not adequate oversight to ensure they comply with U.S. policies and standards.
Moments before signing the order, Trump said the virus that causes COVID-19 “leaked out in my opinion,” from a lab in China, a theory the president has wholly embraced since coming back into the White House.
The origins of COVID-19 have never been proven.
White House says Harvard will receive no new grants
Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced in a letter to Harvard’s president Monday.
The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.
In a press call, an Education Department official said Harvard will receive no new federal grants until it “demonstrates responsible management of the university” and satisfies federal demands on a range of subjects.
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