The Trump administration in attempting to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, but the president's actions have not legal reality says Cornell Law School professor Robert Hockett. 

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On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War, but without subsequent structural changes, the rebrand risks being performative says Cornell University professor Sarah Kreps. 

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On Friday, President Trump signed a proclamation requiring a $100,000 fee accompany new H-1B visas, but H-1B visas have long been beneficial for the U.S. economy as a whole and this move will hurt the American tech ecosystem say Cornell University experts. 

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The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted a lower court injunction that prohibited the Trump administration from deporting people to third countries without first giving them due process, negating a fundamental right says immigration attorney and scholar at Cornell Law School Stephen Yale-Loehr. 

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Under the agriculture provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Congress eliminated SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education), but there isn’t enough conversation about the role of SNAP-Ed in emergency response. 

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning on whether lower courts have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions – broad rulings that have, among other things, blocked President Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, but the outcome will depend on whether the justices think an alternative to nationwide injunctions is workable says Cornell Law School visiting assistant professor Jacob Hamburger. 

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President Trump issued a new travel ban last night slated to go into effect June 9, and while court challenges are likely, they may fail says Cornell Law scholar Stephen Yale-Loehr. 

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President Trump urged pharmaceutical companies to reduce their drug prices within a month to align more closely with those in other wealthy nations, warning that failure to comply could result in strict limits on their Medicare earnings, indicating that the pharmaceutical industry is not out of the hot seat says Cornell University professor Colleen Carey. 

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Providing Democrats with a long-awaited boost in energy, Cory Booker's historic speech in the U.S. Senate, in protest of President Trump's policies, was long-awaited “good trouble” within the Democratic Party says Cornell University professor Alexander Livingston. 

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Ian Greer is a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on newly announced 25 percent tariffs on cars and car parts imported into the U.S.

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