Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
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Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Former President Barack Obama urged universities to resist attacks from the federal government that violate their academic freedom in a campus speech on Thursday. He also said schools and students should engage in self-reflection about speech environments on their campuses. “If you are…

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….

Venezuelan T.P.S. Holders Will Ask Judge to Maintain Deportation Protections
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Venezuelan T.P.S. Holders Will Ask Judge to Maintain Deportation Protections

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Immigrant rights lawyers on Monday will urge a federal judge in San Francisco to delay two decisions by the Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that would prevent migrants from Venezuela from staying in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status program. The…

Opinion | 20 Years Ago, Democrats Found a Way Out of the Wilderness. They Can Again.
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Opinion | 20 Years Ago, Democrats Found a Way Out of the Wilderness. They Can Again.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump is misreading his mandate. He ran on lowering the cost of living, but the price of eggs is going up and he is plotting to increase health care premiums. He disavowed Project 2025, but seems to be implementing it page by…

Trump Administration Abruptly Clears Out Migrants It Sent to Guantánamo
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Trump Administration Abruptly Clears Out Migrants It Sent to Guantánamo

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Thursday transferred all of the Venezuelan migrants it had brought to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, suddenly emptying a detention operation that it had just as abruptly started this month. Two passenger planes operated by Global…

Hurricane, Dog Who Protected Obama White House From Intruder, Dies at 15
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Hurricane, Dog Who Protected Obama White House From Intruder, Dies at 15

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hurricane, a fierce but affectionate Secret Service dog who subdued an intruder on the North Lawn of the White House in 2014, protecting President Barack Obama and lifting the spirits of an embattled Secret Service, died on Feb. 12 in Alexandria, Va. He…

Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago
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Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has been busy upending the federal government, reorienting U.S. foreign policy, threatening trade wars and winning confirmation for his Cabinet choices. But he has managed to find time for a project closer to home: He has told associates that he wants…

Opinion | ‘Puerility, Provocation and a Strain of Nihilism’: 3 Writers on What Binds Trump and Musk
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Opinion | ‘Puerility, Provocation and a Strain of Nihilism’: 3 Writers on What Binds Trump and Musk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Bethany McLean, an author of “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” and Nate Silver, the author of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything” and the newsletter Silver Bulletin, to…

Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral
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Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday brought together five current and former presidents. But photos of the group later shared to social media by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Carter Center left one of them out of frame: President-elect Donald J….