内容摘要：Thursday’s decision to revoke Harvard’s SEVP certification is widely viewed as retaliation for the university’s refusal to fully comply with the federal requests. It is unclear if the Trump administration will reinstate Harvard’s SEVP certification if the university provides the requested information now.

Thursday’s decision to revoke Harvard’s SEVP certification is widely viewed as retaliation for the university’s refusal to fully comply with the federal requests. It is unclear if the Trump administration will reinstate Harvard’s SEVP certification if the university provides the requested information now.

Claims of corruption and contested election results marred voting in parts of the north, where many candidates from traditional political parties dominated.In Beirut, forces for change were dealt a heavy blow. After receiving about 40 percent of the vote in 2016, which still was not enough to earn them a municipal seat, the reformist Beirut Madinati (Beirut My City) list won less than 10 percent of this year’s vote.

The defeat took place despite the worsening living conditions in the capital, which critics blamed on establishment parties, including those running the municipality.“The municipality lives on another planet, completely detached from the concerns of the people,” Sarah Mahmoud, a Beirut Madinati candidate, told Al Jazeera on May 18 on the streets of Beirut as people went out to vote.took hold in 2019, electricity cuts have become more common, and diesel generators have plugged the gap. These generators contribute to air pollution, which has been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory ailments in Beirut and

carries cancer risksDespite the criticisms and degraded living situation in the city, a list of candidates backed by establishment figures and major parties, including Hezbollah and Amal, but also their major ideological opponents, including the Lebanese Forces and the right-wing Kataeb Party, won 23 out of 24 seats.

This list ran on a platform that stoked fears of sectarian disenfranchisement and promised sectarian parity.

Municipalities, unlike Lebanon’s parliament, do not have sectarian quotas.are amid one of the worst measles outbreaks in the past 50 years

. So far there have been over 1,000 cases, predominantly of unvaccinated children, two of whom have died.This renewed commitment to limit federal government resources dedicated towards the health and safety of all Americans has eugenics and longtermism written all over it. The work of Musk and Kennedy, in particular, have undermined the role of the federal government in the public eye. Their reluctance to help people in need and their belief that those with physical and intellectual disabilities (particularly those who are elderly or autistic) are a drain on economic resources are all part of a view that many Americans are expendable, even unto death.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.Government escalates row with university over demands to curb pro-Palestine student activism and change racial diversity policies.