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‘Nobody wins a tariff war’: Professors react to Trump tax proposal

Executive orders from President Donald Trump, which propose 25% tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico have caused University of Rhode Island professors and staff to raise multiple economic and safety concerns for students. The orders calling for possible tariffs on imports from these countries were released by the White House on Feb. 1….

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Trump order targets trans women: NCAA announces compliance

President Donald Trump signed executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” on Feb. 5, targeting transgender athletes across the country and threatening to cancel funding to schools that do not comply. Shortly after, the NCAA announced it would be complying with the order and only allow “student athletes assigned female at birth” to compete…

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‘Resist. Wake up. Rise up.’ : Rhode Islanders protest Elon Musk, Trump actions

Protesters stood at Kennedy Plaza in Providence on Saturday for an emergency rally to oppose Elon Musk’s new roles in the federal government and demand that Rhode Island senators stand up against his actions. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is a revamped department put in place under President Barack Obama, previously named the “United States…

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Campus police to uphold community privacy amid executive orders 

The University of Rhode Island Police Department will not arrest individuals solely on the basis of immigration law violations and will not inquire about the immigration status of community members, according to URI Chief of Police Michael Jagoda. “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” one of President Donald Trump’s several executive orders signed on Jan….

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