News Wrap: Judge hears Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration cuts
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🗓️ 21 July 2025
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| 0:00.0 | We start today's other headlines with the legal battle between the Trump administration and Harvard University. |
| 0:05.7 | At a hearing in Boston, Judge Allison Burrough seemed receptive to Harvard's arguments that the government illegally cut $2.6 billion in funding to the school. |
| 0:15.2 | Harvard sued the Trump administration two months ago, saying the cuts violated its First Amendment rights. |
| 0:20.7 | Government lawyers claim the funding freezes are justified, arguing that Harvard violated |
| 0:25.4 | President Trump's orders on fighting anti-Semitism. |
| 0:28.9 | Today's hearing ended without a ruling, though the judge is expected to issue a decision |
| 0:32.9 | later in writing. |
| 0:34.5 | In New York, officials say a second suspect has been arrested in the shooting of |
| 0:38.4 | an off-duty customs and border protection officer this past weekend. Christian Ibar Baroa is believed |
| 0:44.9 | to be the getaway driver in what officials are describing as a botched robbery. His alleged accomplice |
| 0:50.8 | Miguel Mora was taken into custody yesterday. Authorities say both men entered the U.S. |
| 0:56.3 | illegally from the Dominican Republic and have prior arrests. At a press conference today, Homeland |
| 1:01.9 | Security Secretary, Christy Noam said the 42-year-old officer is recovering in the hospital and is |
| 1:07.7 | expected to survive. The Pentagon is ordering hundreds of Marines to leave |
| 1:12.5 | Los Angeles more than a month after the Trump administration sent them to the city. The 700 |
| 1:17.8 | Marines were deployed on June 9th during protests against the administration's immigration crackdown. |
| 1:23.7 | They'd been ordered to guard two federal buildings, which included an ICE office and a detention facility. |
| 1:29.7 | In a statement, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the presence, quote, sent a clear message, lawlessness will not be tolerated. |
| 1:37.6 | About 2,000 National Guard troops still remain in Los Angeles. |
| 1:42.1 | In Gaza, Israel expanded its ground operations into a central |
| 1:46.2 | Gaza city today where several aid groups are based. Air strikes and tank shelling hit houses |
| 1:54.7 | and mosques in Baer al-Bala, where Israel believes some of the last remaining hostages are being held. |
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