The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Harvard University is abusing its tax-exempt status as he escalated his fight with the institution. "I think Harvard is a disgrace," Trump told reporters.

Rubio’s remarks appear to reflect the president’s frustration with the difficulty of achieving peace in Ukraine after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration is set to change the employment classifications of tens of thousands of federal workers, a move governance experts say will make it easier to carry out more mass layoffs.

President Donald Trump is preparing to make one of the controversial personnel changes laid out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term. He plans to reclassify 50,000 federal employees under what's known as Schedule F,

The case is one of several challenging moves by the Trump administration to cancel the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Friday denied a request to block the Trump administration from deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members. Boasberg made the ruling at a hearing on Friday evening to weigh the ACLU's request for an emergency order blocking the administration from deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act.

A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told a judge on Friday that the Trump administration reserves the right to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members on Saturday. "I've spoken with DHS, they are not aware of any current plans for flights tomorrow but I have also been told to say they reserve the right to remove people tomorrow,

"There will be a trade deal 100%," Trump said ahead of a luncheon at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. "I fully expect it."

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that China has reached out to talk since the U.S. imposed tariffs on imports from the country. Trump added he would delay a deal on TikTok until the trade issue with China is worked out.