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Mahmoud Khalil, the Great Rorschach Test

Plus: Ukraine attacks Russia with drones, Newsom's revisionist history, and more...

Reason

Department of Education to lay off nearly half its workforce – as it happened

Education secretary Linda McMahon announced hundreds of staff were subject to the ‘reduction in workforce’. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

Threaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump

The president has slashed $400m in funding from Columbia University. He wants to stifle criticism of Israel – but the real target is dissent, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

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DOJ official dismissed after she refused to reinstate gun rights for Trump ally Mel Gibson: Report

Attorney argued chain of events was highly unusual and went against DOJ protocol

The Independent UK

Elon Musk blames Ukrainians for outage attack on X

He tells Fox News that DOGE has been ‘tough sledding,’ reveals he has a crew of 100, soon to be 200, and claims without evidence there’s “half a trillion dollars’ of fraud in the Social Security system.

The Independent UK

National Institutes of Health to cancel grants designed to study vaccine hesitancy: report

Reported rollback comes as Trump administration faces scrutiny for its handling of a measles outbreak among the unvaccinated

The Independent UK

Trump warns that ICE arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia University will be ‘first of many’

Student leader accused immigration officials of conducting ‘open repression of student activism and political speech’

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The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for "Pro-Terrorist" Speech [Updated]

It's both unjust and unconstitutional.

Reason

Fear on Columbia campus as Trump admin arrests student for deportation over Gaza protests

Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident, was detained at his university-owned residence on Saturday evening by immigration authorities

The Independent UK

US added to human rights watchlist for ‘narrowing’ freedom and now ranks near Serbia and Congo

Nonprofit organization says the U.S. is now considered a country with ‘faltering’ civic freedoms

The Independent UK

Harvard hits pause on hiring after Trump slashes funding at fellow Ivy League school Columbia

The Trump administration pulled $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University last week over its demonstrations in defense of Gaza

The Independent UK

Trump promises more protester arrests

Trump celebrated the arrest of Mahmoud Kalil, a former student at Columbia University, in a post to Truth Social

Salon

Trump calls arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ‘first of many to come’

President says in post his administration ‘will not tolerate’ actions of protesters at Columbia and other US universities

The Guardian - US

‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activist

Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil a ‘targeted, retaliatory’ attack on his first amendment rights, say civil rights groups

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International Business Times

Trump Admin Detains Pro-Palestinian Campus Protest Leader

Immigration officers have arrested a leader of the protests at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza, authorities said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.

The Guardian - AU

Trump administration briefing: President downplays market volatility; US placed on civic decline watchlist

US president ducks question on whether he thinks the US will face a recession; watchdog fears US seeing a rapid decline in civic freedoms – key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance

Al Jazeera

Mahmoud Khalil, student leader of Columbia protests, arrested

A US immigration enforcement agent said Khalil’s permanent residency was also being revoked, according to a lawyer.

The Independent UK

ICE agents detain leader of Columbia pro-Palestine protests in front of heavily pregnant wife

Arrest comes after reports State Department plans to use AI to monitor student political views and revoke visas

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The Guardian - US

Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says

Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war

The Independent UK

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents

International Business Times

Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million In Grants Allocated To Columbia University

The review and subsequent cancellation of funding have raised questions about the administration's approach to university funding.

Reason

Downplaying Antisemitism at Columbia

The Trump Administration has announced that it's suspending $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University in response to Columbia's… The post Downplaying Antisemitism at Columbia appeared first on Reason.com.

The Guardian - US

Trump administration briefing: defending Putin, Columbia cuts and Doge’s power over EPA spending

From Donald Trump’s latest remarks to actions taken against crucial government agencies – key US politics stories from Friday at a glance

International Business Times UK

US Cancels $400 Million to Columbia University: Northwestern, Portland State and More May Be Next

The US has cancelled £314 million ($400 million) in federal funding to Columbia University over antisemitism allegations, with four other universities now under investigation for similar concerns.

The Independent UK

Trump administration cancels $400M in grants and contracts with Columbia University

The Trump administration says it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University

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