First Thing: IRS reportedly plans to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

Probably illegal move is latest Trump attack on higher education. Plus: the rancher's dog who led a two-year-old Arizona child to safety

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The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly planning to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status in what would probably be an illegal move amid Donald Trump's concerted attack on the independence of US institutions of higher education.

What else is happening with students? Several international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, arguing the government denied them due process when it suddenly took away their permission to be in the US.

How did El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, reacted to the meeting? He posted images of the meeting minutes before Van Hollen shared his post, saying: Now that he's been confirmed healthy, he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador's custody."

Why was he deported? Trump officials have said that Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian citizen living in Maryland, has ties to the MS-13 gang, but his attorneys say the government has provided no evidence of that and Abrego Garcia has never been charged with any crime related to such activity.