Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
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Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University is now the epicenter of the American culture war. The Trump administration is targeting a former Columbia student — and the university itself — as a test case for its new authoritarian regime. The story of Columbia isn’t simply about Mahmoud…

Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
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Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to undermine independent sources of information and accountability. The leader tries to delegitimize judges, sideline autonomous government agencies and muzzle the media. President…

How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her
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How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning. Three federal immigration agents showed up at a Columbia University apartment searching for Ranjani Srinivasan, who had recently learned her student visa had been revoked. Ms. Srinivasan, an international…

D.H.S. Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University
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D.H.S. Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Department of Homeland Security officials searched two dorm rooms at Columbia University, days after the immigration authorities arrested and moved to deport a pro-Palestinian activist and recent graduate of the university. Columbia’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, said in a note to students and…

Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year
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Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University — embroiled in crisis after the Trump administration revoked $400 million in grants and contracts for the school’s “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students” — announced on Thursday a range of disciplinary actions against students who occupied…

Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret
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Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration last weekend, and seven current students asked a federal court on Thursday to block the school from producing student disciplinary records to a House committee that demanded them last month. The committee’s…

Opinion | Three Opinion Writers Assess the Damage of Trump’s First 50 Days
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Opinion | Three Opinion Writers Assess the Damage of Trump’s First 50 Days

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg and contributing Opinion writer Frank Bruni join Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, at the halfway mark of President Trump’s first 100 days in office, to reflect on how he is changing the country. Below is an edited, condensed…

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia
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New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation. The activist,…

Mahmoud Khalil Is Moved to Immigration Detention in Louisiana
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Mahmoud Khalil Is Moved to Immigration Detention in Louisiana

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The activist Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian student movement at Columbia University, has been transferred to Louisiana after federal immigration officials arrested him over the weekend, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website. Mr. Khalil is being held…

ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
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ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal immigration authorities on Saturday detained a well-known activist who played a major role in Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian student movement last year, his lawyer said on Sunday. The arrest of the activist, a legal permanent resident of the United States, was a significant…