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Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting 08/30/2025 12:03am • One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn't get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one. Even though demand was just as high as ever, half as many new international graduate students showed up for fall classes co The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress 08/29/2025 09:34pm • In a letter sent Thursday to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid ��� effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. The letter was posted Friday morning on the X Court finds Trump's tariffs an illegal use of emergency power, but leaves them in place for now 08/29/2025 08:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs on almost every country on earth but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeal Zelenskyy seeks talks with Trump and European leaders on slow progress of peace efforts with Russia 08/29/2025 06:48pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukrainian officials want to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders next week to discuss recent developments in efforts to end the three-year war with Russia. The proposed meetings appeared designed to US revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly 08/29/2025 06:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month���s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law. A State Depart Trump admin cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects as attacks on reeling industry continue 08/29/2025 03:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 millio South Carolina GOP governor hopefuls clamor to show Trump ties, as Evette launches race's first ad 08/29/2025 02:24pm • CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette is playing up her connection to President Donald Trump in the first TV campaign ad of a hotly contested gubernatorial race, highlighting the Republican candidates' heated pursuit of the president���s backing in a state where his support rem A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift 08/29/2025 01:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Broadway rom-com ���Maybe Happy Ending��� isn't in a very happy place these days. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show's post-Tony Award-winning glow. The strife began when producers of the South Korea-based musical chose to cast Andrew Barth Feldman as the male l New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is working to woo Black voters away from Adams and Cuomo 08/29/2025 01:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani seemed at ease as he made his way from a high-rise apartment building to a street festival in the historic Black neighborhood of Harlem on a recent Sunday. His reason for being there was clear: While he won the Democratic primary in June Tensions soar in Indonesia as protests over police brutality and lawmakers' allowances continue 08/29/2025 01:02pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Protests erupted for a fifth day Friday in multiple cities and tensions soared across Indonesia, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes between riot police and students protesting lawmakers' allowances. Protesters m Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE's arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions 08/29/2025 12:24pm • OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) ��� The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called ���E-Verify��� has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure they���re employing people who can legally work. E-Verify is a Panama signs agreement with banana giant Chiquita Brands to resume operations after strike 08/29/2025 12:10pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� Panama President Jos�� Ra��l Mulino signed an agreement Friday with Chiquita Brands to resume work in Panama, months after the banana giant fired thousands of striking workers and suspended operations. Chiquita banana workers in the Western Panama province of Bocas del Toro in M What is E-Verify, which is used to vet employment eligibility? A look at the system by the numbers 08/29/2025 12:09pm • OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) ��� Some U.S. businesses verify applicants' eligibility to work using an online government system called E-Verify. When individuals present their documents showing they're authorized to work, employers can check the validity of that information by using the free tool to Trump cancels Kamala Harris��� Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order 08/29/2025 07:32am • (CNN) ��� President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris��� Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN. Former presidents receive Secret Service protection for life. Harris, as a former vice president, received six months of protection after leaving offic Kabul blames Pakistan for airstrikes that killed 3 people in eastern Afghanistan 08/29/2025 03:19am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Airstrikes that Afghanistan's Taliban government blamed on neighboring Pakistan struck two eastern provinces of the country, killing at least three people, wounding seven others and damaging homes, officials and witnesses said Thursday. In Kabul, the foreign ministry decried the