Dareh Gregorian

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President Donald Trump’s public threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status could come back to bite him, legal experts told NBC News. In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump said, “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!”While the IRS has the authority to do exactly what Trump wants, his social media post targeting Harvard adds a potentially complicating wrinkle.

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National security adviser Michael Waltz and deputy national security adviser Alex Wong are expected to leave President Donald Trump's administration, according to three sources with knowledge of their expected departures. Waltz, a former Florida congressman, has been on shaky ground with Trump since March after he inadvertently added a journalist to a private chat on the messaging app Signal with other top national security officials to discuss military strikes in Yemen.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Dareh Gregorian

National security adviser Michael Waltz is expected to depart his post, according to numerous media reports citing anonymous U.S. officials. NBC News has not independently confirmed these reports. Waltz, a former Florida congressman, came under fire in March after a journalist was mistakenly added to a group chat with other top administration officials about U.S. military plans in Yemen.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Dareh Gregorian |Gary Grumbach |Didi Martinez |Lisa Rubin

President Donald Trump said in an interview with ABC News on Tuesday that he "could" have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. with one phone call, even though the administration has argued in court that the government has no ability to get him back. “If he were the gentleman that you say he is, I would do that. But he is not,” Trump told ABC News' Terry Moran when asked if he couldn’t simply call El Salvador’s president and ask for his return.

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President Donald Trump has fired former second gentleman Doug Emhoff from the board that oversees the Holocaust Museum. “Today, I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council," Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a vice president, said in a statement. "Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized.