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BREAKING: Harvard Sues the Trump Administration

Harvard has sued the Trump Administration, the first Republican in Congress calls on Pete Hegseth to resign, Kristi Noem had thousands of dollars in cash stolen from her, and so much more.

Aaron Parnas Apr 21

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Now, let’s get into the news.

• Harvard filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in federal court, claiming that the government was unfairly slashing research funding as a way to retaliate against the university for standing up for its constitutional rights.

• According to NPR, the White House has started looking for a new Secretary of Defense. The White House has denied this report.

• Rep. Don Bacon, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee’s cyber subcommittee, has become the first Republican in Congress to publicly say Pete Hegseth should step down. Speaking on the situation, Bacon said, “I’m not going to tell the White House how to manage this … but I find it unacceptable, and I wouldn’t tolerate it if I was in charge.” He added that the Pentagon appears to be in disarray and pointed out that this turmoil is one reason many Republicans on the Hill were already uneasy about Hegseth’s nomination as Defense Secretary.

• CNN reports that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had her bag stolen from a restaurant in Washington, D.C., with $3,000 in cash inside.

• A recent RMG poll shows Democrats holding a slight edge over Republicans in the Congressional generic ballot, leading 48% to 44%.

• Stocks are dropping, with the S&P 500 closing down 2.4% and the Nasdaq 100 falling 2.5%.

• S&P Global Ratings warned Monday that the White House’s crackdown on higher education could financially strain colleges and universities that depend heavily on federal research funding. The agency noted that “material cuts to federal research funds could create operating pressures.” The warning follows recent actions by the Trump administration, including a freeze on roughly $2.2 billion in grants and contracts at Harvard University and the cancellation of $400 million in funding for Columbia University earlier this month.

• On Monday, the watchdog group American Oversight urged a federal judge to block the Trump administration from deleting messages from a second Signal chat used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The request comes amid growing political scrutiny over Hegseth’s use of the encrypted app to discuss a planned military operation against the Houthis in Yemen—messages he reportedly sent from his personal phone to his wife, lawyer, and brother.

• Bob Menendez’s wife has been found guilty for her role in a bribery scheme.

• CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has blocked state laws in Wyoming, allowing the state’s only abortion clinic to start offering surgical abortions again.

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• This morning, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330, operating as Flight 1213 from Orlando to Atlanta, experienced an engine fire during pushback at Orlando International Airport. The incident occurred around 11:15 a.m. EDT, prompting an emergency evacuation of all 282 passengers and 12 crew members via emergency slides.

• President Trump announced that he and the First Lady plan to attend Pope Francis’s funeral.

• Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has empowered a former oil executive and former aide to Elon Musk with significant authority to slash costs and streamline operations across the department—which manages over 500 million acres of public land throughout the U.S.

See you in the morning.

— Aaron