Michael Schmidt

5 days ago | seattletimes.com | Michael Schmidt |Alan Blinder

Harvard University became the leader of academia’s resistance to the Trump administration — and soaked in acclaim from the White House’s critics — when it refused a roster of intrusive demands and took the government to court last month. Legal experts saw a strong case, built by a team of elite conservative lawyers, to win back billions of research dollars that the government had stripped away. Supporters cheered on Harvard’s unusually sharp public tone.

1 week ago | nordkurier.de | Michael Schmidt

NordwestmecklenburgGadebusch / Lesedauer: 1 minWegen eines vermeintlichen Brandes musste die Freiwillige Feuerwehr in Gadebusch ausrücken. Veröffentlicht:04.05.2025, 17:09Das ging wohl gerade noch mal gut: In Gadebusch hat ein auf dem Herd vergessenes Essen einen Feuerwehreinsatz ausgelöst. Feuerwehr Gadebusch war mit drei Fahrzeugen vor Ort18 Brandschützer rückten am Sonntagnachmittag aus, um das vermeintliche Feuer in der Altstadt zu löschen.

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Michael Schmidt |Alan Feuer |Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Maggie Haberman

The Trump administration recently sent a diplomatic note to officials in El Salvador to inquire about releasing a Salvadoran immigrant whom government officials have been ordered by the Supreme Court to help free, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. But the authoritarian government of Nayib Bukele, the leader of El Salvador, said no, two of the people said.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Schmidt |Alan Feuer |Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Maggie Haberman |Maria Abi-Habib

It remained unclear whether the diplomatic effort was a genuine bid by the White House to address the plight of the immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The Trump administration recently sent a diplomatic note to officials in El Salvador to inquire about releasing a Salvadoran immigrant whom government officials have been ordered by the Supreme Court to help free, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rob Copeland |Maureen Farrell |Michael Schmidt

Harvard frantically tried to avoid a showdown with the Trump administration. Now many of its big donors are pushing the university's leaders to back down and renew talks with the White House. To much of academia, many on the left and some on the right, Harvard is a hero for standing up to the White House and rejecting its demands to reshape academic and student life.