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Columbia reels as Trump opens war on campus antisemitism with arrest, canceled grants

President Trump launched his attack on campus antisemitism with a stunning one-two punch at Columbia University, but warned Monday that the campaign to root out "pro-terrorist" activity in academia has only just begun.

March 10, 2025

California Republicans urge Newsom to walk the talk by supporting girls’ sports bill

Now that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said that it's unfair for biological males to compete against female athletes, state Republicans are hoping he'll support their girls' sports bill.

March 7, 2025

Musk amplifies campaign urging Trump to pardon convicted George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin

A conservative website is calling for President Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, arguing that the former Minneapolis police officer was wrongly convicted of killing George Floyd in a case that galvanized the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and riots.

March 6, 2025

‘Deeply unfair’: Newsom breaks with Democrats on transgender athletes

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that allowing male-born athletes in female sports is "deeply unfair," breaking ranks with his fellow Democrats on an issue bedeviling the party ahead of his expected presidential run.

March 6, 2025

Missouri AG wants DOJ to probe whether staff exploited Biden’s cognitive decline in final days

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the Department of Justice to investigate whether staffers of former President Joseph R. Biden took advantage of his cognitive decline to issue "radical" policies at the end of his term without his full understanding.

March 6, 2025

Delaware legislator asks feds to defund state unless it follows Trump order on women’s sports

A complaint filed with the Justice Department asks the Trump administration to cut off federal funding to Delaware or require the blue state to comply with the president's executive order "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports."

March 5, 2025

NEA, ACLU bring lawsuit against Trump administration’s attack on DEI in education

The nation's largest teachers' union sued the Trump administration over its effort to erase diversity, equity and inclusion programs in education, arguing that the policy violates the First Amendment and infringes on academic freedom.

March 5, 2025

Federal judge rejects female athlete’s plea to block male-born runner from girls’ field

A federal judge refused to suspend a male-born athlete from competing in girls' sports in Pennsylvania, rejecting a request from a teenage girl who placed second to the transgender student at a cross-country meet.

March 5, 2025

Trump vows to jail, deport campus agitators, cut funding over ‘illegal protests’

President Trump promised to imprison or deport campus agitators and halt federal funding to schools that allow "illegal protests," weighing in hours after his administration threatened to suspend federal grants to Columbia University over its handling of campus antisemitism.

March 4, 2025

Trump antisemitism task force targets Columbia’s federal contracts, grants

The Trump administration is considering suspending millions in federal contracts and grants to Columbia University over its lackluster response to campus antisemitism.

March 3, 2025

Senate Democrats block GOP bill to keep male-born athletes out of female sports

Senate Democrats sank afor now bill Monday barring male-born athletes from competing in female scholastic sports, defying a rising tide of public opposition to transgender players competing based on gender identity instead of biological sex.

March 3, 2025

Trump administration opens girls’ sports probe into Washington state school district

The Department of Education announced Monday a Title IX investigation into a Washington state school district accused of discriminating and retaliating against a female basketball player who refused to play against a male-born opponent.

March 3, 2025

George Washington University probes threat against professor behind Trump Gaza rebuilding plan

George Washington University has launched an investigation into threatening fliers targeting a professor over his plan to redevelop the Gaza Strip, a proposal shared last year with the Trump campaign.

March 3, 2025

Life Leadership Conference seeks to bring together post-Roe pro-life movement

The fall of Roe v. Wade came as a seminal victory for the pro-life movement, but navigating the aftermath hasn't been easy as fired-up pro-choice advocates redouble their efforts at the ballot box, state legislatures and federal government.

February 28, 2025

Pennsylvania transgender runner to race in girls’ state finals despite Trump executive order

The recent updates to Pennsylvania's gender policy on high school sports won't stop a transgender athlete from racing against girls in the state championships.

February 26, 2025

Washington Post opinion page will pivot to ‘personal liberties,’ ‘free markets’ under Bezos overhaul

The Washington Post's famously left-wing editorial page will undergo an about-face under a dramatic policy change announced Wednesday by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, prompting the resignation of the opinion editor.

February 26, 2025

Lara Trump delivers ratings smash with debut of Fox News Channel show

President Trump isn't the only member of the family who knows how to deliver when it comes to television ratings.

February 25, 2025

Wisconsin Gov. Evers defends proposal subbing ‘inseminated person’ for ‘mother’

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defended his budget proposal replacing the word "mother" with "inseminated person" in state law, saying he was concerned about legal clarity on artificial insemination and accusing Republicans of "lying."

February 25, 2025

Rachel Maddow rips MSNBC for dropping shows anchored by ‘nonwhite hosts’

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow took on her own network for shaking up its prime-time lineup, saying the decision to scrap shows helmed by Joy Reid and other minority hosts "feels indefensible."

February 25, 2025

Barnard College expels two students over anti-Israel classroom protest at Columbia

Barnard College has expelled two students over a protest in which masked activists disrupted a class on modern Israel at Columbia University, passing out leaflets with antisemitic imagery and refusing repeated requests to leave.

February 24, 2025