Trump inflicts more pain on markets

US stocks fell again on Thursday after a historic rally following Donald Trump’s shock retreat on Wednesday on the hefty tariffs he had just imposed on dozens of countries.

The falls came as the president blamed “transition problems” for the market reaction and the sell-off deepened after a White House clarification noted that total tariffs on China had been raised by 145% since Trump took office.

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Supreme court orders US to return wrongly deported man

The supreme court told the Trump administration it must return a Salvadorian man wrongly deported from the United States. It follows an order by a US district judge that the administration “facilitate and effectuate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, in response to a lawsuit filed by the man and his family challenging the legality of his deportation.

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Trump escalates crackdown on top US university, reports say

The Trump administration is considering placing Columbia university under a consent decree, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, a dramatic escalation in the federal government’s crackdown on the Ivy League institution.

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US can deport activist for his beliefs, claims government

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has argued Columbia university activist Mahmoud Khalil could be deported for his beliefs alone.

Faced with a deadline to submit evidence for its attempt to remove Khalil, the federal government instead submitted a brief memo, signed by Rubio, citing the Trump administration’s authority to expel noncitizens whose presence in the country damages US foreign policy interests. The memo does not allege criminal conduct and argues instead Khalil can be deported for his beliefs.

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Court rules noncitizens must register with US government

A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that noncitizens in the US must register with the federal government, in a move that could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country.

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House passes bill on proving citizenship to vote

The US House approved a bill on Thursday that would require people to prove they are citizens when they register to vote, which opponents claim could disenfranchise millions of Americans.

The bill, sponsored by the Texas Republican Chip Roy, calls for people who register to vote or update their registration to show documentary proof of citizenship, which could be a passport or birth certificate. While the bill says Real IDs, which have enhanced security standards, could be used if they indicate whether the applicant is a US citizen, these IDs ordinarily do not include that information, and lawful residents who are not citizens and ineligible to vote can still get Real IDs.

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Speaker muscles through Trump budget framework

The House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, muscled through a multitrillion-dollar budget framework that paves the way for Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, a day after a rightwing rebellion threatened to sink it.

The resolution passed in a 216-214 vote, with just two Republicans – fiscal conservatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana – joining all Democrats in opposition.

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What else happened today:

• More than 600 international students and recent graduates in the US have had their visas revoked or their legal status changed by the state department, according to data aggregated from around the country.

• Almost $4m in federal funding has been stripped from an Ivy League university’s prestigious climate research department because the Trump administration has determined it exposed students and other young people to “climate anxiety”.