Thursday, 24 July 2025

Trump visited the Federal Reserve headquarters and clashed with Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank's $2.5 billion renovation project. Powell pushed back on Trump's criticism of construction costs during the rare in-person meeting.

A federal appeals court ruled that Trump's push to ban birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, with a 2-1 decision from the ninth US circuit court of appeals. The ruling echoes an earlier federal judge's nationwide blockade of the president's executive order.

Trump signed an executive order directing local officials to clear unhoused people from streets while removing restrictions on municipalities and redirecting funds toward rehabilitation and treatment programs.

Trump signed executive orders targeting 'woke' artificial intelligence models and regulation, including measures to streamline datacentre construction and remove environmental protections.

Trump signed an executive order to regulate what he described as the 'chaotic' influence of money on college sports, banning third-party inducements for athletes and urging scholarship protections.

The EU failed to reduce a 50% steel tariff in outline trade negotiations with the US, with industry bodies warning European steel exporters face 'catastrophic' consequences—potentially double the rate for UK exporters.

The US and Israel announced an end to ceasefire negotiations regarding Gaza, with a Trump envoy pointing blame at Hamas amid ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region.

Columbia University reached an agreement to pay the Trump administration over $220 million to settle allegations of violations of federal anti-discrimination laws, though the deal fell short of more stringent measures including a consent decree.

Trump's administration moved to rescind an EPA 'endangerment finding' on greenhouse gases; climate experts warned the action ignores scientific consensus and will lead to more extreme weather in the US.

The Trump administration announced it was striking down school desegregation consent decrees, with Plaquemines parish, Louisiana no longer required to follow desegregation law for the first time since the 1960s.