The latest update Thursday for retail sales is expected to reflect a sharp drop to 0.2% in April from 1.4% the previous month.
The administration first threatened to revoke Harvard’s ability to host international students back in April. Trump also has said Harvard should lose its. Doing so would strike at the school’s ability to fundraise, as wealthy donors often give to tax-exempt institutions to lower their own tax burdens.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard’s
, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands.An invasive species on Socotra, free-roaming goats devour saplings before they have a chance to grow. Outside of hard-to-reach cliffs, the only place young dragon’s blood trees can survive is within protected nurseries.
“The majority of forests that have been surveyed are what we call over-mature — there are no young trees, there are no seedlings,” said Alan Forrest, a biodiversity scientist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Centre for Middle Eastern Plants. “So you’ve got old trees coming down and dying, and there’s not a lot of regeneration going on.”Mohammed Abdullah tends to dragon’s blood tree saplings at the Keybani family nursery on the Yemeni island of Socotra, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
Mohammed Abdullah tends to dragon’s blood tree saplings at the Keybani family nursery on the Yemeni island of Socotra, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Keybani’s family’s nursery is one of several critical enclosures that keep out goats and allow saplings to grow undisturbed.