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Francis Rooney's gift to Notre Dame will endow an institute in the College of Arts & Letters committed to the preservation of American democracy through research, teaching and public engagement. Rooney quit the House after two terms when he started having fund-raising troubles as he opposed Trump initiatives.

Amy Coney Barrett was President Trump's third conservative nominated to the Supreme Court, paving the way in 2022 to overturn 50 years of abortion rights at the federal level.

The city of South Bend's Office of Sustainability has been planning to receive $3 million in federal grants to fund a new rooftop solar program for up to 150 income-qualified households.

New Day Intake Center organizers haven't sought federal money to build their new low-barrier facility and won't need it, but Trump's executive order ending support for their "housing first" approach could hurt the center's odds at winning federal money for operations once it opens.

St. Joseph County Council Republicans Amy Drake and Andy Rutten say its time for the county to follow the Supreme Court's and Trump administration's leads on ending affirmative action.

The St. Joseph County Health Department says the cuts were required because it's lost millions of dollars in previously committed state and federal funding this year.

Former South Bend Mayor and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa for a town hall rallying against the Trump administration's moves so far this year.

Two downtown Elkhart retailers told CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian that they're seeing people pull back on spending as President Trump's tariffs and trade wars create uncertainty.

South Bend's Office of Diversity and Inclusion says its talk Thursday is booked solid but they plan more talks each quarter, with the next coming in June.

The South Bend Redevelopment Commission Thursday will consider earmarking $1.3 million to demolish the long-abandoned South Bend Range factory — if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will clean up of the site.