Taiyler S. Mitchell

6 days ago | huffpost.com | Taiyler S. Mitchell |Nina Golgowski

President Donald Trump on Thursday lambasted former President Joe Biden’s administration as the worst in American history, adding that former President Jimmy Carter “died a happy man” knowing that his administration was supposedly better than Biden’s. “They were useless. They were incompetent. Worst administration in the history of our country. Worse than Jimmy Carter,” Trump said during a sit-down meeting with the Italian prime minister in the White House. “Jimmy Carter died a happy man.

1 week ago | huffingtonpost.jp | Taiyler S. Mitchell

トランプ政権は4月14日、政府の要求を拒否したハーバード大学に対し、22億ドルの複数年の助成金と6000万ドル相当の複数年契約を凍結すると発表した。 トランプ政権は事前に、政府の要求に従わなければ90億ドルの助成金を凍結するとハーバード大学に通告していた。 しかしハーバード大学は14日、トランプ政権の要求に従うことはできないとする学長声明を出していた。 助成金凍結を発表したトランプ政権の「反ユダヤ主義対策合同タスクフォース」は、ハーバード大学の声明を「名門大学に蔓延している、厄介な特権意識をさらに助長するものだ」と非難。 「ここ数年、大学のキャンパスを悩ませている学習妨害やユダヤ人学生への嫌がらせは容認できるものではありません。名門大学が今後も納税者の支援を受けたいのであれば、この問題を真剣に受け止め、意味のある変化に取り組むべき時だ」と述べている。 しかし、政府が4月11日にハーバードへ送った書簡で求めていたのは、ユダヤ人学生の保護だけではなかった。書簡には次のような要求が含まれていた。 ▽意義ある統治改革と組織再編...

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Taiyler S. Mitchell

The Trump administration has frozen billions of dollars in funding for Harvard University after the institution refused to fall in line with the administration’s demands. The Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, under the Department of Education, announced the freezing of $2.2 billion in multi-year grants as well as $60 million in “multi-year contract value” to the prestigious Ivy League just hours after the university’s president released a statement.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Taiyler S. Mitchell

President Donald Trump and White House officials walked back a Friday announcement that there would be tariff exemptions on imported electronics. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump directly denied the tariff exemption announcement.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Taiyler S. Mitchell

7 hours ago“This is not, like, a permanent sort of exemption. He’s just clarifying that these are not available to be negotiated away by countries,” Howard Lutnick said. The tariff exemptions on smartphones and other electronics that cheered investors and consumers after being announced Friday may only be …