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US attorney tells Georgetown law he won’t hire from any school with DEI
Ed Martin, interim US attorney for DC appointed by Trump, threatens law school over diversity initiatives in letter
A Donald Trump -appointed US attorney has told one of the country’s top law schools to immediately end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, warning that his justice department office will not hire students or other affiliates associated with a university that utilizes DEI.
In an extraordinary letter sent to the dean of Georgetown law school, the recently appointed interim US attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, said he was investigating the academic institution after it had come to his “attention reliably” that they were teaching and promoting DEI.
When you come out as gay, your family’s support makes all the difference | Letters
Readers respond to a piece by Sam Dick about the letter his father wrote to the Guardian in 1998 in praise of his gay son
I was moved by Sam Dick’s article that detailed his coming out to his family and, in particular, the letter that his father wrote to the Guardian about their pride in and respect for him (A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …, 5 March ). Sam’s experiences were very familiar to me, in that they were a reminder of my brother coming out more than 20 years ago.
My brother is younger than me and, although our family home was a loving one, I guess that my brother will have viewed our dad and I as being very “male”. We both enjoyed our football, enjoyed socialising, and had groups of like-minded friends; my brother was the polar opposite. As a result, he was terrified of coming out.
After bragging about his tariff plan, Trump bails on his tariff plan
Just days after using his prime-time address to a joint session of Congress to tout his tariffs on Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump has found himself in the middle of a humiliating situation as he walks back those very tariffs.
In his speech on Tuesday, Trump hailed tariffs and looming trade wars with China, Mexico, and Canada as a surefire pathway to economic success.
“Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again. And it’s happening, and it will happen rather quickly. There’ll be a little disturbance. We’re okay with that. It won’t be much,” he said.
But less than 48 hours later, Trump announced that he postponed the tariffs on most Mexican goods after speaking on the phone with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Despite Trump’s bravado, Sheinbaum said they “had an excellent and respectful call in which we agreed that our work and collaboration have yielded unprecedented results.”
The retreat on tariffs against Mexico echoes Trump’s near-simultaneous concession to Canada.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration was discussing plans to exempt automakers from Canadian tariffs after a devastating Fox Business report that featured the owner of an auto dealership explaining that Trump’s tariffs would increase the cost of a car by $20,000. This isn’t the first time that Trump, an avid fan of Fox, has made a policy decision based on a segment from the network.
And on Thursday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced in a CNBC interview that Trump was going to concede on his tariffs.
“It’s not likely to be just the automakers. I think it’s likely that it will cover all USMCA compliant goods and services,” he said.
“USMCA” is the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement that was signed in 2018 and enforced in 2020.
Trump’s cold feet on his tariffs comes on the heels of a terrible few days for the stock market. In reaction to Trump’s tariffs, the Dow average fell 1,300 points in just two days as the market began assessing how consumers will deal with massive price hikes.
For all of Trump’s false bravado , the leaders of China, Mexico, and Canada immediately responded to his tariffs either with tariffs of their own or future plans for retaliatory tariffs.
“Today the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they are talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a press conference .
Trump’s trade war with China during his first term failed, triggering a farmer bailout. Now just weeks into his second term, he has proven that he didn’t learn a thing from his past mistakes.
AZ v Tottenham, Fenerbahce v Rangers: Europa League last 16, first legs – live
Clockwatch updates from all the 5.45pm GMT kick-offsLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail YaraA Rangers supporter has died in a road