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Quelques heures après qu’Harvard a annoncé son refus de se conformer à une série de demandes de l’administration Trump, Donald Trump a répliqué en annonçant le gel de plus de deux milliards de dollars de fonds fédéraux et contrats destinés à l’université.
Selon une lettre de l’administration Trump adressée à Harvard, obtenue par le New York Times, la Maison-Blanche exigeait que l’université se conforme à une série de mesures, sous peine de perdre son financement, notamment destiné à la recherche.
Harvard accuse le gouvernement de dissimuler, derrière certaines de ces exigences liées à la lutte contre l’antisémitisme, une tentative de régulation directe des conditions intellectuelles au sein de l’université.
Le message du président de l’université d’Harvard à l’administration Trump est sans équivoque:
«L’Université ne renoncera ni à son indépendance ni à ses droits constitutionnels.»
Il a également déclaré: «Aucun gouvernement, quel que soit le parti au pouvoir, ne devrait dicter ce que les universités privées peuvent enseigner, qui elles peuvent admettre ou recruter, ni les domaines de recherche qu’elles peuvent explorer.»
Cette déclaration ferme a été rapidement applaudie par l’ancien président Barack Obama, lui-même diplômé de la réputée faculté de droit de Harvard. Il a qualifié les tentatives de l’administration Trump de contrôler la liberté académique d’«illégales et maladroites».
Obama a exprimé l’espoir que la décision prise par Harvard serve d’exemple et encourage d’autres universités et institutions à suivre la même voie.
Les universités américaines sont confrontées à des pressions de l’administration Trump, accusée de s’en prendre aux principes fondamentaux d’une société démocratique, tels que la liberté d’expression, d’association et la liberté académique. Cette tentative a été dénoncée dans une lettre signée par près de 900 institutions, dont des membres du corps professoral de Yale, selon The Guardian.
Les exigences de Trump incluaient notamment que l’université supprime ses programmes de diversité, d’équité et d’inclusion (DEI), modifie ses politiques d’admission pour les baser uniquement sur le mérite, restreigne l’admission des étudiants internationaux jugés hostiles aux valeurs américaines, interdise les groupes étudiants pro-palestiniens, collabore avec les autorités d’immigration et impose une interdiction du port de masques lors des manifestations sur le campus.
During the visit of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to the White House on April 14, he and Donald Trump passed the responsibility back and forth regarding the mistaken deportation of a migrant to a controversial prison in El Salvador
President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, made it clear in a joint meeting that the Maryland man who was wrongly deported won't be returned to the US
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was deported by mistake to a controversial prison in El Salvador, despite a Supreme Court decision requiring the Trump administration to facilitate his return, a ruling that had prohibited his expulsion for security reasons.
The meeting between Donald Trump and the Salvadoran president could have been the ideal opportunity to correct the error made by the Trump administration in Garcia’s case. However, the two leaders instead chose to pass the responsibility back and forth regarding who has the power to decide on the man’s freedom. Worse, they seemed amused by the situation.
Donald Trump admitted that an administrative error had been made in Garcia’s expulsion, but claimed that his administration had respected the Supreme Court’s decision by removing legal or logistical barriers on the American side.
According to him, Garcia’s return now depends exclusively on the Salvadoran authorities, ruling out any diplomatic effort to repatriate him.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele stated that he would not facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States, despite the injunction from the US Supreme Court.
He even claimed « not to have the power » to send him back, labeling Garcia a « terrorist » and rejecting any clandestine return operation.
The terrorism accusations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia by the Trump administration and President Nayib Bukele are based on no concrete evidence. Although allegations of ties to the MS-13 gang have been made, no criminal charges have ever been brought against him in the United States or El Salvador.
Recall that the Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegally deported to El Salvador, estimating that this deportation violated a previous decision protecting him.
Since then, the administration has been trying to evade this obligation, notably by playing on the interpretation of the word « facilitate ».
Recall that Abrego Garcia, who entered the United States illegally around 2011, had obtained an exception to his deportation to a specific country due to the dangers to his life, a decision made in 2019 after examining the evidence by an immigration judge. The judge had concluded that Garcia could not be deported, as he was a target of a gang in his home country, El Salvador.
Garcia’s future remains uncertain, and it remains to be seen how the Supreme Court will react to the Trump administration’s persistent inaction in this case.
Katy Perry successfully achieved a dream she had for the past 15 years by participating in her first space trip alongside an all-female crew from Blue Origin.
Katy Perry kisses the floor after returning from Space.
The star shared her experience on Instagram, offering her fans a glimpse of the facilities and the capsule she was about to board.
Perry expressed her great pride in living this adventure alongside five exceptional and inspiring women, including Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of billionaire Jeff Bezos, emphasizing that they formed the very first all-female space crew.
An hour before her takeoff on the Blue Origin rocket, Katy Perry shared a video in which she expressed deep emotion, stating that she had never felt such a mix of excitement and inner love.
In her message, she explains that one only becomes fully aware of the love and emotions one carries within oneself when one is about to experience something as significant as takeoff.
The star also described this experience as historic, emphasizing that it was the very first time an all-female crew went to space together, on board the New Shepard NS-31 mission, launched on April 14.
Perry also shared a video in which she presents the training capsule used by her and the other crew members before the flight. We see a seat with her name embroidered on it, and the singer expressed her desire to sing in space.
She was briefly heard during the live broadcast of the mission, upon her return to Earth.
Visibly moved, she appeared leaving the capsule, kissing the ground with a daisy in her hand. Her 4-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, was present on site to witness both the takeoff and the landing.
The singer explained that she chose to perform What a Wonderful World in space rather than one of her own songs, believing that this moment should not be centered on her, but on a collective energy, on humanity as a whole, and on the beauty of the world.
The residence of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was targeted in a violent attack on the night of Saturday, April 12, to Sunday, April 13, while the governor, his wife, their four children, their two dogs, and a guest family were inside, asleep at the time of the incident.
The incident occurred on the first night of Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrated by Shapiro and his relatives earlier in the evening.
Police have arrested a Harrisburg man in connection with what they call a “targeted attack” that caused a fire that heavily damaged the Pennsylvania governor’s residence early Sunday morning as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside.
— Pennsylvania Capital-Star (@penncapital-star.com) 2025-04-13T23:10:19.935Z
Cody A. Balmer, a 38-year-old man, was then arrested and charged with planning and carrying out the attack.
According to authorities, the individual allegedly admitted to being motivated by a deep-seated hatred for the governor. He allegedly climbed the fence surrounding the official residence, broke two windows with a hammer, and then threw two Molotov cocktails inside.
The fire quickly spread, causing significant damage to a section of the house, fortunately located away from the area where the occupants were sleeping.
The attack, which occurred around 2 a.m., took place while all the occupants of the residence were asleep. Thanks to the presence of state police officers responsible for the governor’s security, an evacuation operation was quickly launched, allowing all residents to be put to safety. At the same time, a search was initiated to find the perpetrator, who had managed to evade surveillance.
The rapid intervention of law enforcement prevented a tragedy from occurring. Although no injuries were reported, part of the residence suffered significant material damage, and the circumstances of the attack clearly testify to the seriousness of the perpetrator’s intentions.
According to law enforcement, Balmer allegedly stayed inside the property for a few minutes before triggering the fire. A few hours after the attack, he turned himself in to the authorities, providing detailed information about the planning of his actions during his interrogation, corroborated by surveillance footage. However, he did not provide any explanation for his motivations.
According to investigators, surveillance footage shows Balmer climbing the fence and then heading towards the windows on the south side of the residence, which he breaks with a hammer. During his interrogation, he also allegedly admitted that if he had found Josh Shapiro inside, he would have attacked him with his hammer with the intention of killing him.
During a press conference held in front of his fire-damaged residence, Governor Josh Shapiro reacted firmly, stating that the attack would only strengthen his determination to do his job. He declared that if the perpetrator of the assault had sought to intimidate him, he had failed.
Balmer now faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, arson, burglary, and terrorism.
