Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

December 6, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

First Thing: US government shuts down after Democrats refuse to back Republican funding plan

The development came after the administration cut federal funding from the school and attempted to ban it from enrolling international students, following months of Trump accusing the university of violating federal civil rights law in its treatment of Jewish and Israeli students.Protesters, including some Jewish groups, have said the government wrongly equates criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza with antisemitism. Can the administration cut funding in this way? A federal judge ruled last month that the administration had unlawfully terminated about $2.2bn in grants awarded to Harvard and could no longer cut off research funding.

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