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…

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….

What We Know About the Detentions of Student Protesters
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What We Know About the Detentions of Student Protesters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration is trying to deport pro-Palestinian students and academics who are legally in the United States, a new front in its clash with elite schools over what it says is their failure to combat antisemitism. The White House asserts that these…

Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation
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Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 21-year-old Columbia University student who has lived in the United States since she was a child sued President Trump and other high-ranking administration officials on Monday after immigration officials tried to arrest and deport her. The student, Yunseo Chung, is a legal…

Trump Administration Lodges New Accusations Against Mahmoud Khalil
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Trump Administration Lodges New Accusations Against Mahmoud Khalil

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests while a Columbia University student, was detained this month, the Trump administration argued he should be deported to help prevent the spread of antisemitism, invoking a rarely used law. Lawyers for Mr. Khalil, a legal…

Trump’s Deportation Agenda Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists
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Trump’s Deportation Agenda Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines U.S. immigration agents wearing masks arrested a Georgetown University academic outside his home in Virginia. They detained two German tourists for weeks when they tried to enter the country legally through the southern border. They knocked on doors at Columbia University apartments, searching…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey
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Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A New York federal judge on Wednesday transferred the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration this month, to New Jersey, where his lawyers will continue their efforts to seek his release. Mr. Khalil, a leader of…

Legal Experts Question Trump’s Authority to Cancel Columbia’s Funding
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Legal Experts Question Trump’s Authority to Cancel Columbia’s Funding

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump issued an ultimatum to Columbia University — canceling $400 million in funding and demanding an overhaul of its admissions and disciplinary rules — it launched the institution into an extraordinary crisis. According to legal scholars, it may have also violated…