‘The university has made its position clear by platforming and empowering a known radical antisemite to indoctrinate impressionable minds,’ writes Avi Friedman (Alex Kent/Getty Images) Columbia Business School professor Avi Friedman has resigned, citing the university’s decision to appoint a Hamas-praising professor, Joseph Massad, to teach a course on Zionism, according to a letter obtained
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and cutting funding to UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Gaza, which has been widely criticized following reports that its staffers were involved in terrorism. The order, which will reinstate policies
The Trump administration had argued that the issue was moot. WASHINGTON—District of Columbia District Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order following a Feb. 3 hearing over the spending freeze directed by the Trump administration. AliKhan’s order stated, among other things, that she thought the legal challenge was likely to succeed in claiming that
The Trump administration had tried to argue the issue was moot. WASHINGTON—District of Columbia District Judge Loren Alikhan said she was inclined to issue a temporary restraining order following a Feb. 3 hearing over the spending freeze directed by the Trump administration. She’s expected to release an order later in the afternoon to coincide with
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Trump’s federal spending pause ’must be choked off’ as part of the government funding deal. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday published a 10-part plan for House Democrats to resist President Donald Trump’s moves to overhaul federal bureaucracy. In a letter addressed, “Dear colleague,” Jeffries indicated
The ‘fascist takeover’ has begun Liberal journalists are crying again after the Department of Defense took away their special cubbies at the Pentagon. Last week NBC News, the New York Times, NPR, and Politico were ordered to vacate their dedicated workspaces in an effort to “broaden access … to outlets that have not previously enjoyed the
‘We will pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people,’ interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin wrote to Musk. The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia released a statement Monday assuring he will take legal action against any attempts to impede Elon Musk and