Harvard Corporation Reverses Course, Awards Degree to Rhodes Scholar and 10 Other Leaders of Anti-Israel Encampment

Asmer Asrar Safi trashes Harvard for bankrolling ‘the annihilation of Palestinians’ after receiving degree L: Asmer Asrar Safi (Twitter) R: Anti-Israel Harvard protest in Oct. 2023 (Reuters/Brian Snyder) Harvard University’s highest governing body, the Harvard Corporation, reversed its decision to withhold degrees from 11 students who participated in an unlawful anti-Israel encampment, including a Pakistani

Schumer, Jeffries Endorse Harris for President

The endorsements came after the vice president secured the backing of a majority of delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced on June 23 they are supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries were among the last

Democratic U.S. Senator Menendez To Resign Aug. 20, Local Media Reports

Democratic senator Bob Menendez (N.J.) will resign effective Aug. 20, a New Jersey Globe journalist citing three sources familiar with the plans posted on X on Tuesday, following the lawmaker’s convicted of corruption last week. (Reporting by Susan Heavey and Jasper Ward; Editing by Doina Chiacu) Original News Source – Washington Free BeaconRunning For Office?

Schumer Announces Senate Floor Vote on Bills Protecting Children Online

Both bills passed through the Senate Commerce Committee last year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced that he will bring two bills related to children’s online safety and privacy to a floor vote this week. One of the bills, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), requires social media companies to take

Biden Remains ‘Intensely Focused’ on Next Six Months, Blinken Says

The secretary of state spoke to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden is intensely focused on the work that remains in the next six months, including bringing peace to the Middle East and dealing with the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

Judge Blocks Ohio Election Law That Limited Who Could Return Disabled Voters’ Absentee Ballots

‘This is a win for democracy,’ ACLU’s Freda Levenson said. A federal judge in Ohio has struck down an election law that made it illegal for nearly anyone other than a relatively narrow group of close relatives to return an absentee ballot on behalf of someone with a disability. Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan of the