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The team clinched first place at the annual Oregon Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated Vehicle competition in Newport earlier this month and has qualified to compete in the World Championship next month.

A cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by The Associated Press says the State Department plans to issue guidance on expanded social media vetting.

U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane wrote Friday that immigration authorities had never explained their justification for revoking the two students’ visas.

Advocates argue the Trump administration’s recent actions targeting the preschool programs undermine ‘the very premise of Head Start.’

A week after Harvard University refused to comply with Trump administration demands, the presidents of Lewis & Clark College, Willamette University and Reed College are denouncing the cascade of federal actions that have thrown higher education institutions nationwide into financial uncertainty.

The designation opens Western up to more federal funding. But it also comes as the Trump administration looks to cut back on programs it deems as race-based.

Thirty-four international students in Washington were deleted from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), jeopardizing their visa status and potentially making them out of compliance with U.S. immigration rules.

Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle, who called the cap “unconscionable and maybe unconstitutional,” said its elimination is “a historic achievement.” It commits the state to amply fund the education of every child with a disability, he said.

At least four UO students have had their student visas revoked for unspecified reasons, according to university officials.

Over 27 years, Oregon students working with Schnitzer Cares: Student Grantmaking have given out over $5 million to more than 560 nonprofit organizations and school programs.