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Mint
an hour ago
- Politics
- Mint
Trump gets SC nod to revoke legal status of 5 lakh migrants; Lady Victoria Hervey says, ‘We need this in UK'
The Donald Trump-led dispensation has hailed the Supreme Court's decision to cancel a Joe Biden-era immigration programme that granted legal status to 500,000 people from four countries - Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the US legally under 'humanitarian parole' programs. Following the Supreme Court order, Trump shared an image on his official Instagram account featuring dozens of aeroplanes taking off simultaneously, with bold text in the centre reading: "Let the deportation begin." The post also caught the attention of socialite Lady Victoria Hervey, who commented, 'We need this in the UK now.'Trump and his Republican leaders hailed the high court ruling, and said: 'You can't have a situation where the Biden administration can fly in half a million illegal aliens in the last 24 months, and we're having a conversation about, 'Oh, maybe they should get to stay for life,'' Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was quoted as saying by Politico — although neither the Supreme Court nor any other court has ruled that the Biden-era programmes were illegal. Read | Donald Trump doubles tariff on worldwide steel from 25% to 50%, claims China violated trade deal The Supreme Court has allowed Trump's administration to end temporary legal status, known as humanitarian parole, for over 500,000 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. This decision reverses a lower court's order and could lead to swift deportations while legal battles continue. The programme had been introduced by former President Joe Biden to manage immigration at the US-Mexico border, allowing people to live and work in the United States temporarily for humanitarian reasons or public benefit. Read | 'So much for being nice guy': Donald Trump says 'bad news' is China 'totally violated' trade agreement with US Trump, who returned to office in January, signed an executive order on his first day to halt these parole schemes. His administration argued that the change would help facilitate faster deportations through a process called 'expedited removal.' The Supreme Court's decision was issued without explanation, as is common in emergency cases. However, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, stating that the move would harm hundreds of thousands of people without a full review of their legal rights. Guerline Jozef, executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, one of the plaintiffs, expressed dismay at Friday's decision. "Once again, the Trump administration blatantly proves their disregard for the lives of those truly in need of protection by taking away their status and rendering them undocumented. We have already seen the traumatic impact on children and families afraid to even go to school, church or work," Jozef was quoted as saying by Reuters. The administration called Friday's decision a victory, asserting that the migrants granted parole had been poorly vetted. Ending the parole programs "will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety and a return to America First," Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. While many of those with parole status are at risk of deportation, at least 250,000 had pending applications for another legal status, according to Karen Tumlin, director of the Justice Action Center, one of the groups suing over the parole termination. Those applications had been frozen by Trump's administration but the freeze was lifted this week, said Tumlin, adding: "Those should be processed right now."
Russia Today
13 hours ago
- Business
- Russia Today
Trump hesitant to confront Putin over Ukraine
EU officials are reportedly concerned that US President Donald Trump is reluctant to pressure his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over the Ukraine conflict, according to Politico. Earlier this week, Trump said Putin is 'playing with fire' after Russia launched large-scale strikes on Ukrainian military-related facilities. The attacks came in response to a sharp increase in Kiev's drone raids targeting civilian areas in Russia. Despite his tough rhetoric, Trump has so far held back from approving what Senator Lindsey Graham called 'bone-crushing' sanctions against Moscow. In an article on Thursday, the outlet cited an unnamed EU official who said it is 'very clear there is something holding him [Trump] back from actually putting more pressure on Putin.' 'He may want the reset with Russia most of all, more than peace. If he just wants to get the war ended so he can do these deals [with Putin], then he may be weighing the cost of poisoning their potential relationship,' the source suggested. Asked on Thursday if he still believes that Putin is interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict, Trump said: 'I will let you know in about two weeks. We are going to find out whether or not he is tapping us along or not. And if he is, we will respond a little bit differently.' According to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, Trump is waiting for the outcome of potential talks between delegations from Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul on Monday. On Thursday, Moscow's envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, reiterated Russia's readiness to continue 'serious direct negotiations' with Kiev in order to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict that addresses the root causes. He warned, however, that if Ukraine 'tries to prolong the war… neither new anti-Russian sanctions, nor arms supplies to Ukraine, nor other hostile steps vis-a-vis Russia will be able to prevent the inevitable military defeat of the [Vladimir] Zelensky regime.'
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First Post
15 hours ago
- Politics
- First Post
Poland presidential election: Can Trump decide Maga vs mayor battle in Warsaw?
Poland heads to the polls this Sunday in a fiercely contested presidential race between pro-EU centrist Rafał Trzaskowski and MAGA-aligned populist Karol Nawrocki. With global stakes and domestic divisions at play, the election could reshape Poland's future and Europe's. Trump's backing of Nawrocki adds a dramatic twist to this East-West ideological showdown. read more Karol Nawrocki, front, the conservative candidate heading into the second round of Poland's presidential election, meets with union members in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo) Poland is bracing for a pivotal presidential election on Sunday that has become a symbolic clash between pro-European centrism and MAGA-style populism. In a nail-biting race that could reshape Poland's domestic and international trajectory, the centrist mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski is locked in a dead heat with the right-wing populist Karol Nawrocki. A Politico poll released earlier this week shows the race on a razor's edge, with Trzaskowski narrowly ahead by a single point—47% to Nawrocki's 46%. While the margin is statistically insignificant, the stakes are anything but. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD At the heart of this contest is a broader ideological battle that reaches well beyond Poland's borders. Trzaskowski, a liberal-leaning figure and key ally of center-right Prime Minister Donald Tusk, represents continuity with Tusk's Brussels-friendly agenda. Nawrocki, by contrast, is a newcomer to electoral politics and the preferred candidate of Poland's conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), now clinging to its last major lever of power. The presidency, largely ceremonial on paper, plays an outsized role in practice. The current president, Andrzej Duda also aligned with PiS has wielded his veto power repeatedly to block legislation from the Tusk government, especially reforms aimed at restoring judicial independence and repairing ties with the European Union. Trzaskowski's victory would likely end this stalemate, paving the way for deeper EU integration and institutional overhaul. Nawrocki, a historian by profession, has become the de facto torchbearer for Poland's populist right. His campaign has championed nationalist rhetoric, traditionalist values, and a strong stance against immigration, rhetoric that has increasingly echoed the playbook of Donald Trump. That resemblance was made explicit this week when Kristi Noem, Trump's former Homeland Security chief and a key surrogate in Europe, visited Poland to endorse Nawrocki. 'Electing the right leader here ensures a strong American presence,' Noem said, invoking 'Fort Trump'—a symbolic and potentially permanent U.S. military base in Poland—as a bulwark against Russian aggression. 'This election is about security, sovereignty, and strength,' she declared. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Her remarks were interpreted by many as a direct attempt by Trump's orbit to influence the Polish vote. In return, Nawrocki has signaled enthusiastic alignment with Trump's worldview, pledging to be a 'reliable transatlantic partner' while resisting EU overreach. Trzaskowski, meanwhile, has framed the election as a referendum on Poland's future as a liberal democracy. 'We can either move forward with a modern, democratic Poland that plays a strong role in Europe, or return to isolation and division,' he told supporters during his final campaign rally in Warsaw. For Trzaskowski, the race also carries personal significance. He came within a whisker of winning the presidency in 2020, losing narrowly to Duda. Now, with Duda term-limited and the political winds shifting, this is his second—and perhaps last—chance. The outcome could determine not just the future of Polish politics but the balance of power in Europe. A win for Trzaskowski would mark a decisive turn toward the EU and liberal democratic values. A Nawrocki victory, on the other hand, would entrench a right-wing nationalist presidency, even as PiS's parliamentary grip has slipped. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD As voters head to the polls, the question looms large: Can Donald Trump's influence tip the scales in Warsaw? In a nation torn between westward ambition and populist nostalgia, the answer may reverberate far beyond Poland's borders.
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Opinion - On education reform, Rahm Emanuel talks a big game but is unlikely to deliver
San Francisco's public high schools recently tried to implement a massive change to their grading system— part of a 'grading for equity' program under which students can pass with scores as low as 41 percent. Moreover, homework, attendance and classroom participation would no longer factor into students' grades, which would instead depend mainly on a final exam — which, of course, they could retake multiple times if needed. Understandably, parents were outraged, in particular because this absurd system has been adopted by other cities and has failed to improve performance. After receiving 'significant backlash,' the plan was canceled. What a shock. Our public schools are in trouble, and even Democrats are noticing. Politico reports that Rahm Emanuel, former congressman, chief of staff to President Obama, Chicago mayor and ambassador to Japan, wants to run for president in 2028 on a platform of education reform. Emanuel has reportedly been 'road testing the outlines of a stump speech,' and it's a good one. He recently said in an interview, 'I am done with the discussion of locker rooms, I am done with the discussion of bathrooms and we better start having a conversation about the classroom.' Later, Emanuel told Bill Maher, 'We literally are a superpower, we're facing off against China with 1.4 billion people and two-thirds of our children can't read eighth grade level.' The feisty former mayor is stealing a powerful issue from the Republican playbook. It's a gutsy move. Attacking our education establishment, and especially calling out the teachers' unions, has long been the third rail of Democratic politics. The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers are, to lefty politicians, the most sacred of sacred cows. Not only do those two organizations claim enormous membership rolls — the NEA has 3 million members and the AFT has 1.8 million — that can help get out the vote and mobilize the public, they also spend tens of millions of dollars for political candidates, with more than 90 percent going to Democrats. For proof, look at the 2023 mayoral race in Chicago, during which both the disgraceful shortcomings of the city's schools and rampant crime were on the ballot. Paul Vallas, a tough-on-crime Democrat known as an accomplished school reformer, faced off against another Democrat, Brandon Johnson, a former teacher and labor organizer who was the favorite of the Chicago Teachers Union and its nearly 30,000 members. The race should not have been close. Vallas had a track record of success and the backing of the police. But he lost to Johnson anyway, who received over $5 million from CTU and other teachers' unions. From 2011 to 2019, Emanuel served as mayor of the Windy City. During those years he attempted school reform and took on the teachers' unions. The sparring resulted in the strike of 2012, which unions today celebrate because they won significant concessions, such as higher pay and reduced accountability. That strike also squashed the budding reform movement that had led to some school closings and efforts to set higher standards. It is credited with paving the way for similar walkouts in Los Angeles, Oakland, and Denver in the years that followed. The CTU calls the 2012 work stoppage 'The strike that brought teachers unions back from the dead.' All of this makes Emanuel a peculiar person to talk up school reform. That's not to say he isn't right in calling out the failures of our public education. In his home city, testing from last year showed that fewer than one in three students could read and fewer than one in five could do math at their elementary grade level. Among Chicago's 11th graders, only 22.4 percent could read at grade level in 2024, and only 18.6 percent performed math proficiently. This is unacceptable. Nationally, the news is grim as well. The most recent assessments from the Program for International Student Assessment tests 15-year-olds in over 65 countries; the U.S. places 18th overall, with an overall score of 1468, well below leader Singapore's 1679 and runner-up China's 1605. In math, the U.S. comes in 26th. The Chamber of Commerce Foundation reports that students in Singapore 'scored 110 points more than their American peers [in math] — five staggering academic years ahead of U.S. students.' As they point out, 'These results have huge implications for the United States' global competitiveness and national security.' Our country's education system is not short of money; U.S. public schools are spending over $17,000 per student on K-12 education. In 2019, our outlays per pupil were 38 percent above the level of other OECD countries. Something is wrong with this picture, and America's parents know it. We should care not only about national security and U.S. competitiveness, of course; we should also care about the kids — mostly non-white kids — who fall through the cracks of our broken schools every year and whose fates are often sealed by that failure. Recent state exams reveal that in 40 percent of Baltimore's high schools, not a single student was proficient in math. In Chicago, there are 22 schools where not a single student can read at grade level. How can local politicians — nearly all Democrats, who routinely ask for minority votes — accept that? Tackling the teachers' unions, imposing high standards, discipline and innovation — like using AI and other new technologies to augment in-class teaching — is part of the answer. Pushing school choice, which introduces competition into our sclerotic and underachieving system, is essential. President Trump and Republicans are on the right side of these issues, and must prioritize reforms. Emanuel is right to challenge the teachers' unions, and our failing schools. But his record shows he's not the guy to get the job done. Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim and Company. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
‘A bit of a blink': Judge blocks Trump's foreign student ban at Harvard—for now
A federal judge extended a block on the Trump administration's move to bar Harvard from enrolling international students. On Morning Joe, Politico's Josh Gerstein—who was inside the courtroom—breaks down what happened, why it's a rare moment of apparent compromise from the Trump administration, and what may come next.
