Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities
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Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on the Trump administration. As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised…

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Harvard University said on Monday that it had rejected policy changes requested by the Trump administration that would have placed “unprecedented” demands on the institution, setting up a showdown between the administration and the nation’s wealthiest university. A letter to Harvard from the…

Trump Administration Freezes  Billion for Cornell and 0 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
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Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern amid civil rights investigations into both schools, two U.S. officials said. The funding pause involves mostly grants from and contracts with the Departments of Agriculture,…

Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump
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Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In his attacks on law firms, universities and other American institutions, President Trump is relying on an illusion. The illusion is that the institutions are powerless to fight back and that they face a choice between principle and survival. These institutions do not…

Vandalism of Muslim Prayer Room at N.Y.U. Is Investigated as Hate Crime
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Vandalism of Muslim Prayer Room at N.Y.U. Is Investigated as Hate Crime

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A prayer room used by Muslim students at New York University was struck by vandals who etched and drew graffiti on the walls and soaked Islamic prayer mats with urine, according to N.Y.U. officials and members of the university’s Muslim community. The soiled…

Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines And then there was a German green card holder at Boston’s Logan Airport who was allegedly stripped and deprived of sleep and his medications by Customs and Border Protection — actions that could fit the legal definition of torture. (The agency has denied…

New Columbia President Attacked by Stefanik Over 2023 Text Message
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New Columbia President Attacked by Stefanik Over 2023 Text Message

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Claire Shipman is only days into her job as acting president of Columbia University but is already being targeted by a prominent House Republican who questions her commitment to fighting antisemitism on campus. Ms. Shipman, in a private text message in December 2023…

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say
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Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s tariffs could drive up prices. His efforts to reduce the federal work force could increase unemployment. But ask economists which of the administration’s policies they are most concerned about and many point to cuts to federal support for scientific research. The…

Who Is Claire Shipman, the New Interim President of Columbia?
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Who Is Claire Shipman, the New Interim President of Columbia?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Capitol Hill last April, Claire Shipman, then a co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, testified that she agreed there was a “moral crisis on our campus,” with students and faculty members acting in unacceptable ways that threatened Jewish and Israeli students….

Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave
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Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two of the leaders of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the director and associate director, will be leaving their positions, according to two professors with direct knowledge of the moves. The department had been under criticism from alumni that it had…