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Mahmoud Khalil reunites with family after more than 100 days in Ice detention
Mahmoud Khalil reunites with family after more than 100 days in Ice detention
Columbia graduate and legal US resident was targeted by White House for speaking out against the Israeli war in Gaza
Mahmoud Khalil – the Palestinian rights activist, Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident of the US who had been held by federal immigration authorities for more than three months – has been reunited with his wife and infant son.
Khalil, the most high-profile student to be targeted by the Trump administration for speaking out against Israel’s war on Gaza, arrived in New Jersey on Saturday at about 1pm – two hours later than expected after his flight was first rerouted to Philadelphia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Mahmoud Khalil reunites with family after more than 100 days in Ice detention
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Leftwing values will defeat the right. That's what Keir Starmer can learn from Australia | Marc Stears
Leftwing values will defeat the right. That's what Keir Starmer can learn from Australia | Marc Stears
Anthony Albanese’s Labor party rejected divisive far-right rhetoric and won with a message of fairness, equality and respect, says Marc Stears, the director of the UCL Policy Lab
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Leftwing values will defeat the right. That's what Keir Starmer can learn from Australia | Marc Stears
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news: The Trump administration tried to fire several board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. They sued to stop it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings
The media organization said that the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
news: The Trump administration tried to fire several board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. They sued to stop it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
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The Trump administration has threatened to block Harvard University from enrolling international students unless the school hands over detailed information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the government’s fight against higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Trump administration has threatened to block Harvard University from enrolling international students unless the school hands over detailed information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the government’s fight against higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
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Breaking News: China announced an additional 50% tariff on U.S. imports, matching the extra charge President Trump had imposed on Chinese goods.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
Trump Tariffs Live Updates: China Hit With 104% Tariffs as Stocks Slump
After President Trump imposed a 104 percent tariff on Chinese goods, Beijing announced a levy on U.S. goods of 84 percent. Stocks and bonds slumped as Europe also prepared to retaliate against the Uni...
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Breaking News: China announced an additional 50% tariff on U.S. imports, matching the extra charge President Trump had imposed on Chinese goods.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
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President Trump has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to rid higher education of what he calls its woke ideology. Our reporter spoke to the president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber, who has vowed to fight.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
President Trump has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to rid higher education of what he calls its woke ideology. Our reporter spoke to the president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber, who has vowed to fight.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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Yesterday, every single Republican & 30 Democrats supported Trump's $8.8 billion bomb shipment to help Netanyahu continue his annihilation of the Palestinian people.
That isn't what the American people want.
Below are my floor remarks to stop the sale.
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
That isn't what the American people want.
Below are my floor remarks to stop the sale.
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Speech on Senate Vote to Block $8.8 Billion Sale of Heavy Bombs to Israel » Senator Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON, April 3 – After filing Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to block the sale of two of the most egregious Trump Administration offensive arms sales to Israel, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt...
www.sanders.senate.gov
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yesterday, every single Republican & 30 Democrats supported Trump's $8.8 billion bomb shipment to help Netanyahu continue his annihilation of the Palestinian people.
That isn't what the American people want.
Below are my floor remarks to stop the sale.
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
That isn't what the American people want.
Below are my floor remarks to stop the sale.
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
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The U.S. is ending funding that provided contraception to nearly 50 million women, many in the world’s poorest countries. The change stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty.
Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The U.S. is ending funding that provided contraception to nearly 50 million women, many in the world’s poorest countries. The change stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty.
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Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. nyti.ms/4iXMx8m
April 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. nyti.ms/4iXMx8m
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The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday.
University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program
Michigan, once at the forefront of school diversity efforts, is rapidly changing course amid campus pushback and broad scrutiny by the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday.
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Musk and Trump are trying to dismantle the VA by laying off 83,000 employees.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
March 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Musk and Trump are trying to dismantle the VA by laying off 83,000 employees.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
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Sanders and AOC tell packed arena Trump is ‘screwing over’ working class
Sanders and AOC tell packed arena Trump is ‘screwing over’ working class
Progressive political stars say president and billionaire Elon Musk are turning US into oligarchy at rally in Arizona
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sanders and AOC tell packed arena Trump is ‘screwing over’ working class
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Blood, sweat, tears and body shaming: a cartoonist’s guide to becoming a mother
Blood, sweat, tears and body shaming: a cartoonist’s guide to becoming a mother
A comic artist illustrates the screamy horror of first-time parenthood
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Blood, sweat, tears and body shaming: a cartoonist’s guide to becoming a mother
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.