{"id":134872,"date":"2025-04-24T05:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-targets-diversity-at-us-universities-trump-accuses-zelenskyy-of-endangering-peace-deal-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T05:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:49:00","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-targets-diversity-at-us-universities-trump-accuses-zelenskyy-of-endangering-peace-deal-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-targets-diversity-at-us-universities-trump-accuses-zelenskyy-of-endangering-peace-deal-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president targets diversity at US universities; Trump accuses Zelenskyy of endangering peace deal – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump signs orders that attack funding and accreditation as his administration pushes to reshape colleges \u2013 key US politics stories from 23 April
Donald Trump<\/a> has signed executive orders targeting US universities<\/a> as his administration seeks to reshape higher education institutions and crack down on diversity and inclusion efforts.
The actions address foreign gifts to universities as well as college accreditation, which the president has referred to as his \u201csecret weapon\u201d to upend US universities<\/a>.
Trump has also taken aim at the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, while giving the clearest hint yet that the US would be willing to formally recognise Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea as part of any peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
The Trump administration continued its all-out assault on US universities on Wednesday as the president signed executive orders cracking down on college accreditation and foreign gifts.
While reading the orders to Donald Trump, White House staff secretary Will Scharf said the third-party groups that accredited universities had relied on \u201cwoke ideology\u201d rather than merit.
\u201cWe should be looking at those who have real merit to get in, and we have to look harder at those universities that aren\u2019t enforcing that,\u201d Linda McMahon<\/a>, the education secretary, added during the signing in the Oval Office.
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Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> of endangering what he claimed was an imminent peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, hinting that the US would be willing to formally recognise Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea as part of any agreement.
\u201cNobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory,\u201d Trump wrote, implying that the US was willing to do so. \u201cIf he wants Crimea, why didn\u2019t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?\u201d
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A dozen states have sued the Trump administration to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.
Arizona\u2019s attorney general, Kris Mayes, called Trump\u2019s tariff scheme \u201cinsane\u201d and said it was \u201cnot only economically reckless \u2013 it is illegal\u201d.
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The contours of the White House\u2019s \u201cfinal\u201d peace proposal to halt the Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a> have come into focus with proposals to freeze the frontlines in exchange for terms that critics have termed a surrender to Russian interests in the three-year-old conflict.
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Stock markets have risen around the world after Donald Trump said his tariffs on China would come down \u201csubstantially\u201d and he had \u201cno intention\u201d of firing the chair of the US central bank, Jay Powell.
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The Senate<\/a>\u2019s second-highest ranking Democrat<\/a>, Dick Durbin, announced he will not seek re-election in 2026, bringing an end to a Senate career that spans nearly three decades. In a video statement posted online, Durbin said: \u201cI truly love being a United States senator, but in my heart I know it\u2019s time to pass the torch.\u201d
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As more develops about the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth<\/a>, and his repeated disclosures of sensitive military intelligence in unsecured Signal group chats, there are growing concerns his behavior has weakened the Pentagon in the eyes of its foreign adversaries and made him and his entourage a top espionage target.
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The federal court that has found itself in a pitched battle with the executive branch over the summary removal of Salvadorian Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda<\/a> despite a previous order against deportation has now accused the Trump administration of \u201cbad faith\u201d in the case.
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The Trump administration<\/a> has shunted one of the US federal government\u2019s top scientific agencies onto a \u201cnon-science trajectory\u201d that threatens to derail decades of research and leave the US with \u201cair that\u2019s not breathable and water that\u2019s not drinkable\u201d, say workers.
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Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro described shattered glass<\/strong>, melted furniture and burnt prayer books after arson at his residence weeks ago<\/a>.
Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers<\/strong> amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration<\/a>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 22 April 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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