Trump live updates: President threatens Harvard tax status after Obama calls funding freeze ‘ham-handed’

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has said he has “not decided” on whether to run for a third term in office, fueling rumors that he may be mulling a run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.

“I have not decided if I’m running for re-election,” Pritzker told NBC Chicago, looking ahead to the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race.

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Mexico’s federal government is negotiating with its northern states to send more water to the United States, the country’s president said on Tuesday, following a historic shortfall that led President Donald Trump to threaten tariffs and sanctions.

Mexico is scrambling for solutions after falling critically behind on its obligatory deliveries to the U.S. under an 81-year-old water-sharing treaty.

“Talks are underway with the governors of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Chihuahua to reach a joint agreement to determine how much water can be delivered … without affecting Mexican producers while also complying with the 1944 treaty,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in her daily press conference.

Senator John Kennedy, typically a keen supporter of President Donald Trump, admitted that he did not know “what’s in his head” after the president’s recent movements on tariffs.

Trump introduced his steep “reciprocal” tariffs on goods exported by America’s allies in the White House Rose Garden earlier this month to much fanfare. He eventually bowed to pressure and suspended them for 90 days after the uncertainty caused traders to panic and sent the stock markets crashing.

The president has since caused further confusion regarding his strategy by insisting there would be no exceptions, just a day after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said smartphones would be exempt.

Interviewing Kennedy on his CNN show Monday, anchor Jake Tapper asked the Louisiana Republican what he made of Trump’s erratic messaging, the former having recently signaled some disquiet on the subject.

In an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, journalist Molly Jong-Fast said that the Trump administration is “using antisemitism as a cloak” to crack down on free speech in universities.

“I’m going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not ok… I say this as a Jew. They are using antisemitism as a cloak … This is about targeting speech … It has nothing to do with antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.”

Here’s an update from attorneys for Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to an El Salvador jail by the Trump administration and not returned, ahead of this afternoon’s status conference in the case:

“The government contends that the term ‘facilitate’ is limited to ‘remov[ing] any domestic obstacles that would otherwise impede the alien’s ability to return here.’

“Not so. The Supreme Court ordered the government… to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.

“That order is rendered null if construed solely to require removing ‘domestic obstacles.’

“To give any meaning to the Supreme Court’s order, the government should at least be required to request the release of Abrego Garcia.

“To date, the government has not done so.

“Since this Court’s April 10 order on remand, clarifying that the government is required to ‘take all available steps to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States as soon as possible’… and this Court’s April 11 order requiring daily updates… the government’s updates do not indicate that any steps have been taken to comply with this Court’s and the Supreme Court’s orders.

“There is no evidence that anyone has requested the release of Abrego Garcia.”

The Homeland Security Secretary is irritating some Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials with her “made-for-TV” approach to running the department, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Noem has been accused by some Department of Homeland Security insiders of jeopardizing an ICE raid in New York City in January after she posted about it on social media while the operation was still ongoing.

“We are doing this right – doing exactly what President DonaldTrump promised the American people – making our streets safe. Live this AM from NYC. I’m on it,” Noem wrote on her X account on January 28 at 4.43am, with a photo of herself wearing an ICE baseball cap surrounded by flashing lights.

The post “undercut the element of surprise,” people familiar with the raid told the Journal.

The department’s top spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, told the outlet that the raid was almost over when Noem posted about it on social media.

Still, people familiar with the plans claimed it resulted in fewer arrests than planned, according to the outlet.

Rachel Campos-Duffy took the opportunity during her new interview with the president to teach him how to say his political slogan “Make America Great Again” in Spanish, although the president’s interpretation wasn’t quite on the nose.

The two-part interview is set to air on Tuesday and Wednesday on Fox Noticias, an afternoon news show on the Spanish-language Fox Deportes network.

The conversation with Campos-Duffy, a MAGA diehard whose husband (former Fox host Sean Duffy) is the president’s transportation secretary, took place shortly after Trump met with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the White House.

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The U.S only wants a nuclear deal with Iran if it’s a “Trump deal”, the administration’s key negotiator said, after Iran’s supreme leader made his first public remarks following the first round of meetings on the weekend.

In couched language Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the initial talks over a nuclear agreement went “well”, ahead of a second round of talks this Saturday.

“We shouldn’t be overly optimistic about this dialogue, nor overly pessimistic,” he said on Tuesday, according to state television.

“The negotiations may lead to results, or they may not.”

Special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said: “A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal.

“Any final arrangement must set a framework for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East — meaning that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program,” he said.

“It is imperative for the world that we create a tough, fair deal that will endure, and that is what President Trump has asked me to do.”

The president says his administration would protect American farmers after reports China has ordered airlines to halt their purchases of aircraft equipment.

“Our farmers are GREAT, but because of their GREATNESS, they are always put on the Front Line with our adversaries, such as China, whenever there is a Trade negotiation or, in this case, a Trade War,” he wrote on social media.

“The same thing happened in my First Term. China was brutal to our Farmers.”

Trump sad he made “a great trade deal” with China handed out billions to farmers as a result.

“Interestingly, they just reneged on the big Boeing deal, saying that they will “not take possession” of fully committed to aircraft. The USA will PROTECT OUR FARMERS!!!” he said.