1 week ago Conservatives fighting ‘antisemitism’ are actively targeting US Jews. Why? | Josh Schreier

The pro-Israel campaign to ‘protect’ Jews by punishing anti-Zionist speech often targets Jews. That is no surpriseThe Trump administration claims that its moves to defund universities, arrest and deport students and force schools to demote or monitor professors are meant to combat antisemitism, protect Jewish students and remove “Hamas-supporting” foreign nationals from the country. American pro-Israel groups including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Hillel International, Aipac and the Heritage Foundation have united behind Republican measures to crack down on higher education and its putative antisemitism. Religiously identified groups such as the Orthodox Union and Christians United for Israel have joined the chorus, celebrating the punishment of supposedly antisemitic students and professors. Whatever their varied pasts, today’s pro-Israel groups are not about protecting American Jews. Instead, they are allies in Maga’s war on free speech, academic freedom and the US’s democrat...

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1 week ago Trump administration opens investigation on UC Berkeley over foreign funding

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government

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2 w. ago DOGE puts entire AmeriCorps leadership on leave as future of disaster volunteer group in jeopardy

The community service program that sends young adults to work on projects across the U.S. is the latest target of the Trump administration 's campaign to slash government spending

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2 w. ago Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support

Kristi Noem demands university’s records on foreign students’ ‘illegal’ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt statusDonald Trump has declared that Harvard University should no longer receive federal funds, calling it a “joke” that “teaches hate and stupidity”, while his administration said the pre-eminent US university could lose its ability to enrol foreign students.Harvard made headlines on Monday by becoming the first university to stand up against a series of onerous demands from the Trump administration, setting the stage for a showdown between the federal government and one of the US’s most prestigious institutions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support

President calls elite university a ‘joke’ and threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status as $2bn in funding frozenDonald Trump has declared that Harvard University should no longer receive federal funds, calling the pre-eminent university in the US a “joke” that “teaches hate and stupidity”.Harvard made headlines on Monday by becoming the first university to stand up against a series of onerous demands from the Trump administration, setting the stage for a showdown between the federal government and one of the US’s most prestigious institutions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says Harvard should no longer receive federal funds as university pushes back – US politics live

President doubles down on cutting public funding for leading US university in fresh social media rantDonald Trump has gone on yet another rant about Harvard University on his social media platform Truth Social this morning.It comes as the US education department said it was freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to the Ivy League school.Everyone knows that Harvard has “lost its way.” They hired, from New York (Bill D) and Chicago (Lori L), at ridiculously high salaries/fees, two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our Country, to “teach” municipal management and government.These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil. Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and “birdbrains” who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called “future leaders.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown

UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visasMore students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration

Harvard University has joined the growing list of institutions targeted by the Trump administration for federal funding cuts

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3 w. ago Trump officials cut billions in Harvard funds after university defies demands

Education department says $2.3bn in funds to be frozen after university rejects slew of demands as political ployThe US education department is freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to Harvard University, the agency said on Monday.The announcement comes after the Ivy League school has decided to fight the White House’s demands that it crack down on antisemitism and alleged civil rights violations, including shutting down diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Columbia student activist and green card holder arrested during citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is among latest Palestinian international students targeted by Trump administration for their activism

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3 w. ago Trump administration cuts $4m to Princeton’s climate research funding

White House claims university’s work exposed students to ‘climate anxiety’ and ‘exaggerated climate threats’US politics live – latest updatesAlmost $4m in federal funding has been stripped from an Ivy League university’s prestigious climate research department because the Trump administration has determined it exposed students and other young people to “climate anxiety”.The government research grants to Princeton University have been cut off because the White House considers its work on topics including sea level rise, coastal flooding and global warming to be promoting “exaggerated and implausible climate threats”, according to the New York Times. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago US student journalists go dark fearing Trump crusade against pro

Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussionsFearing legal repercussions, online harassment and professional consequences, student journalists are retracting their names from published articles amid intensifying repression by the Trump administration targeting students perceived to be associated with the pro-Palestinian movement.Editors at university newspapers say that anxiety among writers has risen since the arrest of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention fighting efforts to deport her. While the government has not pointed to evidence supporting its decision to revoke her visa, she wrote an op-ed last year in a student newspaper critical of Israel, spurring fears that simply expressing views in writing is now viewed as sufficient grounds for deportation. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Bernie Sanders: law firms that cut deals with Trump administration ‘sell out their soul’

Firms that were targeted by president after representing his political rivals show ‘absolute cowardice’, says US senatorLaw firms that cut deals with Donald Trump’s administration after the president issued executive orders targeting attorneys who challenge his priorities are demonstrating “absolute cowardice”, the independent US senator Bernie Sanders has said.“They’re zillion-dollar law firms, and money, money, money” is all that motivates them, the popular Vermont lawmaker who caucuses with Democrats said in a feature interview on the latest CBS News Sunday Morning. “So they’re going to sell out their souls to be able to make money here in Washington.” Continue reading...

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