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Canada鈥檚 new prime minister, Mark Carney, who won with a promise to confront U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggression, has the opportunity to do that in Tuesday’s face-to-face Oval Office meeting. The Trump administration sided with the Biden administration in asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit against telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone, effectively kicking the issue down the road. Another judge has ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees. And the White House says Harvard University will receive no new grants. The letter to Harvard鈥檚 president escalates Trump鈥檚 targeting of the Ivy League school. His administration also is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.

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What鈥檚 in Trump鈥檚 big bill? Money for migrant clampdown but tax breaks and program cuts hit 鈥榖umps鈥�

Congress is deep into drafting Trump鈥檚 big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up funding to halt migrants, but it鈥檚 鈥渂umpy,鈥� one Republican chairman says, with much work ahead to meet House Speaker Mike Johnson鈥檚 goal of passing the package out of his chamber by Memorial Day.

In fact, the tax cuts portion is still a work in progress. As are the reductions in Medicaid, food stamps and other mainstay government programs. Mostly, the Republicans, who have the majority in Congress, have made progress on parts that would increase spending, adding some $350 billion to the Pentagon and Homeland Security, including money for the U.S-Mexico border wall.

All told, some 11 committees in the House are compiling their bills, and about half have finished up.

Once all the committees are done, the different pieces of legislation will be rolled together at the Budget Committee into what Trump calls 鈥渙ne big, beautiful bill.鈥�

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Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands

Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from Trump鈥檚 administration, the Education Department announced Monday.

The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard鈥檚 president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump鈥檚 battle with the Ivy League school. The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.

Harvard has pushed back on the administration鈥檚 demands, setting up a closely watched clash in Trump鈥檚 attempt to force change at universities that he says have become hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.

In a press call, an Education Department official said Harvard will receive no new federal grants until it 鈥渄emonstrates responsible management of the university鈥� and satisfies federal demands on a range of subjects. The ban applies to federal research grants and not to federal financial aid that helps students cover college tuition and fees.

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Judge orders Trump administration to admit roughly 12,000 refugees

A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president鈥檚 efforts to suspend the nation鈥檚 refugee admissions program.

federal appeals court ruling that significantly narrowed an earlier decision from Whitehead.

The refugee program, created by Congress in 1980, is a form of legal migration to the U.S. for people displaced by war, natural disaster or persecution 鈥� a process that often takes years and involves significant vetting. It is different from asylum, by which people newly arrived in the U.S. can seek permission to remain because they fear persecution in their home country.

Upon beginning his second term on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the program.

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The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them

Even as the Bureau of Prisons struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure at its current facilities, Trump is counting on the agency to fulfill his vision of rebooting the infamously inescapable prison known in movies and pop culture as 鈥淭he Rock.鈥�

People tour the main cell house on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, March 15, 2021, as the historic island prison was reopened to visitors after being closed since Dec. 2020, because of the coronavirus threat. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Trump declared in a social media post Sunday that a 鈥渟ubstantially enlarged and rebuilt鈥� Alcatraz will house the nation鈥檚 鈥渕ost ruthless and violent Offenders.鈥� It will 鈥渟erve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE,鈥� he wrote on Truth Social.

Newly appointed Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III said Monday that the agency 鈥渨ill vigorously pursue all avenues to support and implement the President鈥檚 agenda鈥� and that he has ordered 鈥渁n immediate assessment to determine our needs and the next steps.鈥�

鈥淯SP Alcatraz has a rich history. We look forward to restoring this powerful symbol of law, order, and justice,鈥� Marshall said in a statement, echoing Trump鈥檚 post. 鈥淲e will be actively working with our law enforcement and other federal partners to reinstate this very important mission.鈥�

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Canadian Prime Minister Carney arrives in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump

Trump and Carney will meet in the Oval Office and have lunch. Carney has stressed that he was elected to specifically 鈥渟tand up鈥� to the U.S. president and that Canada is 鈥渋n a once-in-a-lifetime crisis.鈥� Carney said he expects 鈥渄ifficult鈥� but 鈥渃onstructive鈥� conversations with his U.S. counterpart.

Trump has shattered a decades-old alliance by saying he wants to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and levying steep tariffs against an essential partner in the manufacturing of autos and the supply of oil, electricity and other goods. The outrage provoked by Trump enabled Carney鈥檚 Liberal Party to score a stunning comeback victory last month as the ongoing trade war and attacks on Canadian sovereignty have outraged voters.

Trump told reporters on Monday that he wasn鈥檛 quite sure why Carney was visiting.

鈥淚鈥檓 not sure what he wants to see me about,鈥� Trump said. 鈥淏ut I guess he wants to make a deal.鈥�

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