🗞️Harvard saved by a judge...for now

...also more tariff talk and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

May 23, 2025

May 23rd, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

Trump administration ban on Harvard international student enrollment halted by judge

"Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard," the lawsuit by the private school against the Trump administration says.

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/23/harvard-sues-trump-international-student-enrollment.html

  • A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s attempt to ban Harvard University from being able to enroll international students, this occurred just hours after Harvard filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the ban

  • President Trump said on social media today that trade talks with the European Union are going nowhere and threatened to implement 50% tariffs on them starting June 1st

  • President Trump signed four executive orders aimed at accelerating U.S. nuclear energy development by easing regulations, expediting nuclear reactor construction and licensing, allowing reactors on federal land, overhauling the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and expanding uranium mining and enrichment

  • The private equity company, RedBird Capital Partners, has struck a deal to acquire The Telegraph Newspaper for $674 million

  • President Trump has approved a deal allowing Nippon Steel to move forward with its acquisition of U.S. Steel, framing the outcome as a "partnership" after months of negotiations and increased investment commitments from the Japanese company…read more about it here

  • Nearly 75% of all restaurant traffic is now drive-thru, takeout orders, or delivery per the National Restaurant Association

  • DOW down .61% / S&P down .67%

  • The U.S. and Iran concluded their fifth round of nuclear talks in Rome today, there was “some but not conclusive progress” and no big breakthroughs as both sides held firm on key issues regarding uranium enrichment and sanctions relief

  • Russia and Ukraine have begun the largest prisoner exchange of the war so far, with each side set to release 1,000 detainees, which will include both soldiers and civilians, following the direct talks in Istanbul…the first phase saw 390 individuals from each country freed on today, with additional exchanges expected over the coming days

  • Israeli PM Netanyahu has criticized the leaders of France, UK, and Canada, accusing them of "emboldening Hamas" by them calling for an immediate halt to Israel’s military operations in Gaza and threatening sanctions against Israel rather than Hamas

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