Here’s a look at what made news on March 31, 2025.
- **Daily Digest for March 31, 2025**:
– The Trump Administration has launched a comprehensive review of Harvard University due to allegations of campus antisemitism. This could jeopardize billions of dollars of federal funding for the Ivy League institution.
– A federal judge has stopped the Trump Administration’s plans to end deportation protection for Venezuelans.
– President Donald Trump’s executive order to require proof of citizenship in elections has prompted lawsuits from Democratic groups and non-partisan organizations.
– New Jersey Senator, Cory Booker, has embarked on a marathon Senate floor speech to protest actions taken by the Trump Administration.
– The Trump Administration’s plan to bar entry into the U.S. from countries failing to meet vetting standards has been indefinitely postponed.
– Eric Trump is collaborating with Hut 8 to establish a leading American Bitcoin mining venture called American Bitcoin.
– The Trump Administration is reviewing $9 billion in federal contracts and grants given to Harvard University as part of an effort to combat campus antisemitism.
– Speculations around President Donald Trump’s intention for a third term are causing controversy.
– For Women’s History Month, the spotlight is on Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president in 1870, 50 years before women could vote.
– The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave.
– President Trump is planning to sign an executive order to combat ticket scalping and reform the U.S. live entertainment ticketing industry.
– Key highlights to watch include upcoming special elections in Wisconsin and Florida.
– Trump’s plan to reinstate an “alien registration” law requiring immigrants to register with the government has sparked controversy and a lawsuit from immigrant advocates.
– The Justice Department has withdrawn a lawsuit against Georgia’s election law changes, now deeming them as “commonsense reforms”.
– Despite a reprieve from President Trump, the fate of TikTok remains unclear as the deadline to save the app approaches.
– The White House has concluded its review of the inclusion of Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal group chat of high-ranking officials.