Where Things Stand
Proxy voting:
President Trump threw his support behind a measure that would after the birth of a child, a bipartisan rule change that Speaker Mike Johnson tried and failed to kill earlier this week, resulting in the House being paralyzed and members abruptly being sent home for the week.
College cuts:
The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University, expanding its campaign to hold universities accountable for what it says is relentless antisemitism on campus, according to two White House officials familiar with the plans.
Security officials fired:
President Trump fired at least six senior National Security Council officials at the urging of the far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomed, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter. The dismissals came a day after she met him in the Oval Office with a list of administration personnel she deemed disloyal to him.
Deportation fight:
A federal judge said there was a “fair likelihood” that the Trump administration had violated a court order halting deportations under an obscure wartime law, but he did not immediately issue a ruling. Judge James E. Boalsburg said he would most likely rule next week on whether deportations to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act had been in violation of his order last month.
Tariffs fallout:
Follow our of the global response to the tariffs that Mr. Trump unveiled on Wednesday.
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