Voters Welcome Immigration Curbs but Say Tactics Go Too Far, WSJ Poll Finds
The poll found just over half of voters approve of Trump's handling of illegal immigration, a centerpiece of his agenda, and that 62% of respondents favor deporting people who came to the country illegally. But the Trump administration's mechanisms and levers for doing so are proving unpopular.
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Trump taking executive action on university data requirements — targeting race-based admissions
President Donald Trump is expected to take executive action Thursday to expand the type of admissions data given to the federal government from colleges and universities — a move aimed at boosting transparency regarding race-based admissions, a senior White House official said. In a presidential memorandum, Trump is directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to revamp a longtime US higher education database called the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, which conducts surveys reviewing trends in areas like tuition and fees, admissions considerations, enrollment and financial aid. The memorandum, the senior official said, instructs McMahon to 'expand the scope of required reporting for institutions' admissions data in order to provide adequate transparency' and to 'increase accuracy checks' on that data. In June of 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission, a landmark decision overturning long-standing precedent that has benefited Black and Latino students in higher education. But since that decision, the White House official said, there is not enough admissions data available from universities, raising 'concerns about whether race is actually used in admissions decisions in practice.' The expanded data, the official said, is expected to verify that. It comes as Trump is more broadly pushing for policy changes at colleges and universities, including over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. The Trump administration has heralded multi-million-dollar deals in recent days with Brown University and Columbia University, and it remains engaged in a pair of lawsuits with Harvard University. As part of the deal with Columbia University, the school agreed to provide the federal government with admissions data showing 'both rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests.' Thursday's executive action appears to codify that for all other institutions receiving federal funding.
Newsweek
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- Newsweek
Fact Check: Did Trump Say Kids to Only Attend School 6 Months Out of Year?
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Rumors are circulating social media that President Donald Trump has said children should only attend school six months of the year. The Trump administration has embarked upon major changes to American education. In March, 2025, Trump signed an executive order to begin "eliminating" the Department of Education (DOE), marking a major change in the federal oversight of schools. A litany of concerns about the state of American education was compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption that followed. A 2024 report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), a research group at Arizona State University, found that the average American student is "less than halfway to full academic recovery" from the impact of the pandemic. In January, a report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that the reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students have declined in multiple states to below the national average. However, in June of this year, Gen Z students reported their most positive evaluations of schools in years. The standard U.S. academic or school year can vary slightly depending on the state, but the majority of states require 180 days per school year. The state with the lowest mandated school days is Colorado, which requires 160, while Kansas requires 186, according to the Pew Research Center. The Claim On TikTok, claims that Trump is trying to change the school year, making it only six months, have swept across the app. The claims differ slightly in different videos. Some social media users claim that Trump has announced this change, while others claim that he is actively trying to pass a law. One video, shared to TikTok by the account @uiort05 features a talking head of a man over images of Trump. That video has the text overlay "Donald Trump just announced kids only attend school 6 months Out of the year," and goes on to count six months of the school year as being from August to January. That video has been viewed over 200,000 times as of reporting. The audio of that TikTok has been widely shared across the platform. Another video, from the account @solyapp, claims "Donald Trump is tryna pass a law where kids only have to go to school for six months." That video has been viewed over 400,000 times as of reporting. Both of those videos were made by adults, not school aged children. The Facts The claim is false. There has been no wider reporting about the post, which would be the case if it were real. There is no record of Trump saying anything about changing the school year. The minimum amount of time that school must be in session is set by individual states, not the president. As it stands, children attend school for roughly 180 days each year. Per day, that amounts to six months. In practice, factoring in weekends and breaks for holidays, the total number of days is spread across approximately nine months, with the school year generally beginning either in late August or early September and ending in late May or early June. The TikTok from @uiort05 states in the description, "disclaimer for entertainment purposes only," indicating that it is false. The Ruling False. Trump has not said anything about changing the school year to six months. There is no evidence of the claims. The initial claim came from a source that is not reputable. FACT CHECK BY Newsweek's Fact Check team
CNBC
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Switzerland will pursue further talks with US over crippling tariffs
Switzerland will continue talks with the United States, its president said on Thursday, after President Donald Trump placed crippling import tariffs on Swiss goods, which threaten to inflict serious damage on its export-focused economy. The 39% import levy - among the highest of any applied under Trump's global trade reset - took effect at midnight Washington time (0400 GMT) after an 11th-hour effort by Swiss officials failed to produce a better deal. The tariffs are set to throttle the small alpine nation's access to the U.S., a leading export market for Swatch, Rolex and Patek Philippe watches as well as high-end cheeses and chocolates. The U.S. is also the single largest market for Swiss pharmaceuticals, worth $35 billion last year, produced by companies including Roche and Novartis, though those exports are not currently covered under the 39% rate. "For the affected sectors, companies, and their employees, this is an extraordinarily difficult situation," President Karin Keller-Sutter told reporters following an urgent meeting of the seven-member Federal Council - Switzerland's governing cabinet. Keller-Sutter left Washington on Wednesday without a deal following a hastily organised trip during which she did not meet with Trump or any of his leading trade representatives, according to two sources. Her proposal for a 10% tariff rate was rejected by U.S. officials, one of the sources added. "We have seen in other cases that President Trump's positions can evolve," said Swiss lawmaker Damien Cottier, chairman of the Swiss-U.S. parliamentary association. "We must continue to negotiate and argue our case, which is a good one." Dozens of countries that have failed to strike deals with Washington are facing new tariff rates, which U.S. importers began paying on Thursday. "BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LARGELY FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS, LAUGHING ALL THE WAY, WILL START FLOWING INTO THE USA," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. Switzerland was stunned by Trump's decision last week to apply the steep rate, which is much higher than those negotiated by the European Union, Britain, Japan and South Korea. Thursday's front page of the daily tabloid Blick was all black with the banner headline "39%". "This number is insanely high," said Manfred Elsif, director of research at the University of Bern's World Trade Institute. "Trump is simply obsessed with trade deficits in goods and does not understand that his short-sighted actions sour relations with allies." Switzerland removed tariffs on nearly all imports in 2024, extending virtually free access to its markets for U.S. products. But Keller-Sutter said last week that Trump was focused on its trade surplus with the United States, which amounted to 38.5 billion Swiss francs ($48 billion) last year. Industry associations and economists have said the tariffs will inflict major damage on the economy, put jobs at risk and curtail growth. They could also push the Swiss National Bank to cut interest rates next month. Hans Gersbach, an economist at KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH, at Zurich University, estimated that if the levies remain in place for an extended period, it would result in a GDP loss of 0.3% to 0.6% over the next year. "We will not enter a recession, but we are moving towards stagnation," he said. Switzerland's private sector urged the government to continue talks with Washington. "We are completely stunned because the horror scenario becomes reality now. And we fear this means the death of the export business of our industry to the U.S.," Jean-Philippe Kohl, vice director of industry association Swissmem, told Reuters. Most companies kept a low profile on Thursday, preferring not to comment on the tariffs' expected impact. "I think this is part of the game, to create chaos and make announcements every day," Zurich Insurance CEO Mario Greco, speaking as the company reported its first-half results, said of Trump's tariff announcements. The Swiss blue-chip index was, meanwhile, up 0.8% at 1045 GMT, in line with broader markets, after hitting its lowest level since late April on Monday. The franc firmed, leaving the dollar down 0.1% on the day at 0.80605 francs. "The lack of any drama so far on Swiss markets suggests a hope of some form of deal in the coming weeks," said IG broker Chris Beauchamp.
