Karoun Demirjian

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian

A number of prominent Republicans, including several former members of the first Trump administration, have signed an open letter decrying the president for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him, likening his actions to those of a "royal despot.""For a president to personally and publicly direct the levers of the federal government against publicly named citizens for political reasons sets a new and perilous precedent in our republic," the group wrote.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Karoun Demirjian

13 hours agoUS senator says 'traumatised' man deported to El Salvador moved to new prisonA Maryland man who the Trump administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador has been moved to a new prison, US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said.

5 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Karoun Demirjian

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., April 17, 2025. The Education Department accused the university of failing to report large foreign donations to the government, as required by law. Harvard disputed the claim. (Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times) CODY O'LOUGHLIN NYT EDITORS NOTE: EDS: SUBS to expand and revise throughout; SUBS headline.); (ART ADV: With photo.); (With: TRUMP-IRS-ASSESS); Vimal Patel contributed reporting.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian

The Trump administration on Thursday accused Harvard University of failing to report large foreign donations to the federal government as required by law, part of a widening effort to target the institution after it refused to comply with President Trump's demands. In a letter to Alan M. Garber, the university president, the Education Department told Harvard to provide names and all records of communication with foreign donors from the beginning of 2020.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Karoun Demirjian

6 hours agoRubio’s firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdownWhen Marco Rubio fired the man in charge of dismantling USAID, he made enemies inside the MAGA movement. Peter Marocco, the Trump administration official in charge of dismantling USAID, left a meeting at the White House last week to return to his office at the State Department.