How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention
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How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Crowds of masked student protesters raging against the war in Gaza filled the Columbia University lawns last spring, while counterprotesters and journalists surrounded the tent city that had been erected there. One man stood out. He was Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student in…

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up at a Columbia University apartment searching for Ranjani Srinivasan, who had recently learned her student visa had been revoked.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…

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…

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,…

Hearing for Columbia Student Mahmoud Khalil to Address Basic Constitutional Questions
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Hearing for Columbia Student Mahmoud Khalil to Address Basic Constitutional Questions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A judge on Wednesday is expected to scrutinize the constitutional issues at play in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and permanent legal resident who was arrested over the weekend and taken to a Louisiana detention center. The judge,…

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…

Trump Pulled 0 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
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Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been…

Columbia Professor Katherine Franke Says She Was Forced to Retire Because of Activism
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Columbia Professor Katherine Franke Says She Was Forced to Retire Because of Activism

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University and one of its longtime law professors, Katherine Franke, have severed ties after an investigation stemming from her advocacy on behalf of pro-Palestinian students. It was the latest fallout from student and faculty activism related to the Gaza War on a…