Trump rants about ‘liberal mess’ Harvard’s strange connection to his family company: Live updates

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

President Donald Trump unloaded on Harvard University in an angry rant where he took on one of the 400-year-old anniversary’s attorneys.

‘Harvard is an Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution, as are numerous others, with students being accepted from all over the World that want to rip our Country apart. The place is a Liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom and spew fake ANGER AND HATE. It is truly horrific!’ Trump wrote.

‘Now, since our filings began, they act like they are all “American Apple Pie.” Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents me, who should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired. He’s not that good, anyway, and I hope that my very big and beautiful company, now run by my sons, gets rid of him ASAP!’

Trump may have been referencing William Burck of the prominent firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquart & Sullivan.

Also representing the school is Robert Hur, who Trump appointed as the U.S. Attorney for Maryland, an who conducted a probe into Joe Biden’s handling of classified materials. Trump and Republicans have used accusations of antisemitism during campus protests last year to call for sweeping changes at American universities.

The Trump administration froze more than $2 billion in federal research and other funds the university gets after it refused a series of demands relating to diversity, hiring, and curriculum. Harvard, which has the world’s biggest endowment, elected to sue, saying the demands violated its constitutional rights.

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

The White House has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a controversial ban on transgender servicemembers as the directive gets litigated in court.

The Trump administration requested the move Thursday.

It comes after Trump enacted an executive action banning trans military members because it ‘conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.’

A Washington U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle ruled in favor of multiple trans military members, saying the firing would cause damage to their careers.

A seasoned Fox News political commentator offered a blunt assessment when presented with polling data showing President Trump’s poll numbers coming back down to earth.

Trump, who began his term with majority approval following his contentious election campaign, now finds himself trailing his predecessors in his public approval rating as he approaches the 100-day mark of his second term – with tariffs and the economy evidently  driving the drop.

‘So much of what he’s undertaken remains a work in progress and you know – they haven’t got any trade deals yet. The tariffs are out there and people are worried about them and don’t like them. We don’t know how that’s going to play out,’ said Fox political commentator Britt Hume, discussing Trump’s 44 percent approval rating.

Donald Trump has said he is ‘not happy’ that Vladimir Putin launched a deadly barrage of missile strikes on Kyiv overnight after talks to reach a peace deal failed.

‘I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing,’ he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

Trump urged his Russian counterpart: ‘Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!’

By Emily Goodin, senior White House Correspondent

President Donald Trump demanded Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘stop’ his military strikes on the Ukraine.

‘I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!,’ he wrote on his Truth Social account.

Russia launched a huge attack on Kyiv, the capital city, early Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 60 others.

The strike came as Trump is pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept a peace deal that is seen as favoring Russia. The administration’s plan would grant Russia all of Ukrainian territory it has gained in the war. Zelensky called it unacceptable.

By Emily Goodin, senior White House Correspondent

President Trump is scheduled to meet with Norwegian leaders at the White House today and then will head to his golf club in Virginia for a fundraising dinner.

Trump will sit down with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway and his finance minister, Jens Stoltenberg, the former head of NATO. Topics will include the president’s tariffs and the situation in Ukraine.

Later Thursday evening, Trump will take Marine One to Sterling, Va., to land at his Trump National Golf Club there. He’ll host donors as part of MAGA Inc. fundraising dinner.

On Friday, the president, along with First Lady Melania Trump, heads to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral.

President Trump praised Elon Musk – at one point in the past tense – after the DOGE chief said he would pare back his government work to a ‘day or two’ per week after Tesla profits plunged.

Trump repeatedly lauded Musk, who has become a national lightning rod for spearheading the effort to slash agency spending, fire federal workers on short notice, and identify billions in savings by slashing what he calls waste and abuse.

‘He was a tremendous help both in the campaign and what he’s done with DOGE,’ Trump told reporters when asked about what role Musk would play in the future.

President Donald Trump will hold the first ‘rally’ of his second term on the eve of his first 100 days in office in a Michigan swing district.

Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Pentagon has reached a new level of Shakespearean drama complete with back-stabbing aides, battling rivalries, an ambitious wife and an internal civil war involving the future of America’s military.

Most striking about this drama are the players themselves.

It’s members of Hegseth’s own team, including longtime friend and allies, who are turning against him, telling tales of chaos, meltdowns and inappropriate behavior in the halls of the Defense Department.