Author: Bill Chappell

The Trump administration has focused its efforts on using funding to affect policies at elite schools. Getty Images/Photo illustration by Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Photo illustration by Emily Bogle/NPR A year ago, President Trump issued an executive order that put U.S. universities on notice. The Jan. 29, 2025, directive targeted antisemitism on campus and launched investigations at five schools — later widened to 60. But within weeks of the executive order, federal agencies started withholding billions of dollars in contracts and grants from several high-profile schools and pressuring them to align their policies more closely with Trump’s…

U.S. children born after Dec. 31, 2024, and through the end of 2028 will be eligible for Trump Accounts, seeded by $1,000 in federal funds. Families can add up to $5,000 each year until the year a child turns 18. Virojt Changyencham/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Virojt Changyencham/Getty Images Millions of babies born in the U.S. in the coming years will be eligible to receive a $1,000 “Trump Account,” courtesy of the federal government. The pilot program is a creation of President Trump’s signature legislation that brings a host of changes to tax and spending programs. Money in a…