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‘I could be next’: international students at Columbia University feel ‘targeted’ after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
For students who aren’t US citizens, a new reality includes feelings of surveillance, fears of being arrested and reluctance to visit family. It was 4am and a Columbia University master’s student ...The Guardian - Mar. 19 -
Columbia University in crosshairs as video of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest released
Newly-released video shows the moment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took legal permanent resident and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil into custody from his Columbia ...CBS News - Mar. 14 -
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson. It was never about eliminating antisemitism. It was always about ...The Guardian - 3d -
Columbia University disciplines student protesters who seized campus building last year
Columbia University says it has suspended or expelled some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests in the spring of 2024. The university says it has also ...NBC News - Mar. 13 -
John Bolton: ‘Stunning’ no one on war plans group chat said ‘we ought to get off Signal’
Former national security adviser John Bolton said it was “stunning” that none of the Trump administration officials on a war planning group chat suggested they not use Signal. Bolton joined ...The Hill - 2d -
Watch live: White House holds briefing amid aftershocks from Signal leak
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Trump administration counters criticism over a recent Signal chat about a military strike in Yemen that ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump Official Pushes Congestion Pricing Deadline Back a Month
New York was defiant in the face of the Trump administration’s demand that the tolling program end by Friday. Now, Washington is willing to wait a month.The New York Times - Mar. 20 -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 19h -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 19h -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 19h -
Democratic senators want an investigation into Trump's Education Department cuts
Democratic senators sent a letter demanding an investigation into the Trump administration’s "disastrous" efforts to dismantle the Education Department.NBC News - 19h -
Democrats demand answers over White House’s ‘careless’ Signal blunder
Senators interrogate US intelligence community after Atlantic editor was added to group chat on Yemen war plans. US politics live – latest updates Democratic senators demanded answers from ...The Guardian - 2d -
Detained Georgetown University grad student never made pro-Hamas statements, attorney says
A Georgetown University graduate student from India who was taken into custody this week and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration never made any pro-Hamas or antisemitic comments, ...NBC News - Mar. 21 -
Schumer blasts Trump officials for war plans Signal chat
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) panned the Trump administration over Monday’s “stunning” report that top officials used an unauthorized messaging platform to discuss planned attacks ...The Hill - 3d -
Poll before Signal scandal shows public unhappy with Trump appointees
Roughly half of American voters are disappointed in President Trump’s nominees for his administration, according to new polling taken just before the White House weathered controversy over top ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump shifts Greenland approach amid blowback, Signal scandal
What looked like a Trump administration charm offensive in its gambit to take over Greenland, billed as a cultural heritage tour led by second lady Usha Vance, has turned into something different ...The Hill - 1d -
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Leader, Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Deportations
President Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for the young leader.The New York Times - Mar. 18 -
Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil speaks out as he faces deportation
Mahmoud Khalil is a green card holder who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and is now facing deportation by the Trump Administration. NBC News' Tom Llamas spoke to ...NBC News - Mar. 13 -
As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight
The president wants to punish schools like Columbia University for allowing campus protest. College megadonors don’t seem to mind.The New York Times - Mar. 14 -
Signal group chat leak: judge orders Trump administration to preserve all messages from 11-15 March – as it happened
This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage here . Top aides to Joe Biden “aggressively” warned Democratic donors last summer that if the then president was forced ...The Guardian - 9h -
Columbia University loses $400mn in US government grants
Federal agencies say the ivy league institution failed to protect Jewish students from harassmentFinancial Times - Mar. 7 -
Columbia University is being denied due process
Investigations are “ongoing,” no judgment has been rendered and yet the sentence has already been pronounced.The Hill - Mar. 16 -
Justice Dept. Will Investigate California Universities Over Race in Admissions
California banned affirmative action decades ago. The Trump administration says it plans to investigate whether schools there are still considering race.The New York Times - 11h -
Justice Dept. Will Investigate California Universities Over Race in Admissions
California banned affirmative action decades ago. The Trump administration says it plans to investigate whether schools there are still considering race.The New York Times - 11h -
Hearing to be held for Mahmoud Khalil and other Columbia students
A hearing will be held on Tuesday for detained Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and seven other students who are attempting to block the university from sharing private ...NBC News - 2d -
Trump hasn't asked Waltz to resign, but Signal chat is "still a hot potato," official says
The Trump administration is still monitoring the fallout from the disclosure of attack plans, as a watchdog inquiry looms.CBS News - 11h -
Trump hasn't asked Waltz to resign, but Signal chat is "still a hot potato," official says
The Trump administration is still monitoring the fallout from the disclosure of attack plans, as a watchdog inquiry looms.CBS News - 11h -
Rubio says "we're going to keep doing it" after arrest of Columbia activist
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who is a green card holder, is being threatened with deportation.CBS News - Mar. 16 -
The Memo: Trump ratchets up confrontation with judiciary
President Trump and his administration ramped up their confrontation with the judiciary to extraordinary heights Monday, demanding that a judge whose ruling had incurred their disfavor should be ...The Hill - Mar. 17 -
Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil cannot be removed from U.S. as protesters call for his release
As hundreds of demonstrators rallied in New York City on Monday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a federal judge just steps away blocked the Palestinian activist and Columbia University ...NBC News - Mar. 10 -
Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers say
Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate be released from custody. Mahmoud Khalil felt as though he was being kidnapped when he was handcuffed and shackled and rushed ...The Guardian - Mar. 14 -
Education Department says 60 universities under investigation for antisemitism
The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating 60 universities for antisemitism, according to letters sent on Monday. The department said the 60 institutions are ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Trump vows to find, apprehend and deport student 'terrorist sympathizers'
President Trump on Monday said the arrest of a Columbia University student who led pro-Palestinian protests would be the first “of many to come.” Trump on Truth Social touted the arrest by ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Trump immigration crackdown enters new waters with arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
The arrest of a Columbia University graduate marks a significant escalation in President Trump's immigration crackdown, with a lawful permanent resident who has not been charged with any crime now ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Risch says Signal scandal is 'going to be investigated'
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday that there's going to be an investigation into top Trump administration officials who carried out ...The Hill - 2d -
Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia, House Education Committee over student records
Detained activist Mahmoud Khalil filed a lawsuit Thursday against Columbia University and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to stop the school from giving student disciplinary ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Intelligence Officials Face a Fresh Round of Questions About Signal Leak
Democrats on a House committee appeared in lock step as they confronted one of the most notable blunders of the Trump administration.The New York Times - 1d -
Signal group chat is only the latest dangrous intelligence lapse
The Trump administration is weakening the intelligence community’s ability to both keep Americans safe and compete with our adversaries.The Hill - 23h -
Judge rules Columbia protester can’t be detained as she fights deportation
White House blocked from deporting Yunseo Chung, green card holder and student who sued Trump administration. A federal judge in Manhattan blocked immigration officials from detaining Yunseo Chung, ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump demands Colorado take down ‘purposefully distorted’ painting
President Trump is demanding that Colorado take down it’s “purposefully distorted” painting of him hanging in the State Capitol. “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one ...The Hill - 4d