Politics and views in the United States.

Students' advocates call for free speech protections on campus. States consider funding for rape survivors and investigations and Trump administration's tariff, immigration and education policies face legal pushback.

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Welcome to 2025 Talks, where we're following our democracy in historic times.

The President's rationale for imposing these powerful tariffs was legally sound and grounded in common sense.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the two courts that ruled President Donald Trump lacks the authority to impose his sweeping import taxes are guilty of judicial overreach.

An appeals court is letting most of the tariffs move forward for now.

A separate federal court has temporarily blocked Trump from stripping Harvard's ability to enroll the many students it gets from other countries.

Sean Stevens with the Libertarian Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression says that move and threats to the visas of activists threaten campus speech.

Almost everybody is facing these threats.

A lot of people who previously would say there's not really that much of a problem, they recognize that there can be.

There's a much bigger cause for concern because it's now also coming from the government.

A report from the foundation found nearly two-thirds of campus speech controversies over the last four years resulted in the students being punished in some way.

The White House is facing pushback for ordering ICE to arrest 3,000 people per day.

Critics warn the policy could overwhelm detention centers and sideline other law enforcement priorities.

An unnamed Israeli official tells CNN the government has agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal.

Hamas says it is considering the 60-day pause that would see hostages returned and aid increased, wants more progress to a lawmakers want to ease th young Children.

Dearborn Sylvia Santana says legis credit and a cash allowan and child care.

What we'r of bills is making sure t those concerns when it co to sustain their family f feel supported in our sta has lost 40 percent of its child care capacity since 2015, costing the state's economy billions.

Ohio advocates want lawmakers to maintain $15 million budgeted for rape crisis centers.

Rosa Beltre with the state's Alliance to End Sexual Violence says funds from the Federal Victims of Crime Act has fallen more than three quarters since 2018.

Every survivor deserves to be believed, deserves to be served.

Every survivor deserves to be supported and every community in Ohio deserves to be equipped to prevent the violence before it happens.

Meanwhile, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati are joining hundreds of cities worldwide in the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact.

Zainab Pixler of the Cleveland Department of Public Health says it's part of a broader effort to take control of the food systems in a sustainable way, expanding access and reducing waste.

Cleveland has been at the forefront of food systems development for quite some time, but now Now we're really taking a holistic view, looking at how it impacts our local economy, how it impacts public health.

I'm Farah Siddiqui for Pacifica Network and Public News Service.

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