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  BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school. The decision by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston marked a major legal victory for Harvard as it seeks to cut a deal that could bring an end to the White House's multi-front conflict with the nation's oldest and richest university. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based school became a central focus of the administration's broad campaign to leverage federal funding to force change at U.S. universities, which Trump says are gripped by antisemitic and "radical left" ideologies. The administration cancelled hundreds of grants awarded to Harvard researchers on the grounds the school failed to do enough to address harassment of Jewish students on its campus. Harvard sued, arguing the Trump adm...

  S en . Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, pushed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the Senate Finance Committee. Epstein, who was a wealthy financier, died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges. Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to request the release of Treasury files related to Jeffrey Epstein to the Senate Finance Committee. The Oregon senator, who has been investigating Epstein for years, specifically requested in his letter -- which was sent on Tuesday -- "all files related to transactions with Epstein and any co-conspirators," including "suspicious activity reports" (SARs) issued by financial institutions. The reports flagged concerning payments made to or from Epstein, his convicted co-conspirator Ghislane Maxwell and 58 other people and groups, a...

  A t least 15 people have been killed and a further 18 injured after  Lisbon 's historic  Gloria funicular railway derailed and crashed. Nine of those hurt in the incident on Wednesday involving the popular tourist attraction are said to be serious, authorities said. Officials have confirmed that some of those killed in the crash were foreign nationals.

  S T. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates, a longtime cornerstone of public health policy for keeping schoolchildren and adults safe from infectious diseases.

  China showed off a range of weapons and military hardware with a  massive parade  on Wednesday, staged in front of President Xi Jinping and 20 other heads of state, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.  Link  What new weapons did China show off in its massive military parade? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/content/ar-AA1LNhBP?ocid=sapphireappshare

  I n 2008, the  tea party  was born in opposition to Washington’s bailout of  Wall Street . Those bailouts were sold as one-time responses to an emergency, yet they became a blueprint for deeper federal entanglement in private markets. Now, less than two decades later and with no crisis underway, the Trump administration is not only bailing out companies — it’s buying them outright. From taking golden shares in steelmakers to demanding a cut of Nvidia’s sales to  China  to the latest decision to buy a 10% stake in Intel, the line between free enterprise and state control has never been more blurred.