Columbia Activists Give New President Shipman Her First Test. Plus, Will Doug Emhoff Have to Hire an Ugly Secretary?

This shall not pass: A group of student activists with Columbia’s Jewish Voice for Peace handed the school’s new president, Claire Shipman, a test on Wednesday when they chained themselves to a campus gate and chanted “globalize the intifada.” The students said they were protesting the Columbia trustees “who collaborated in the kidnapping of Mahmoud

EU Warns of Countermeasures as World Leaders Respond to US Tariffs

The EU said the global economy will ’massively suffer’ under Trump’s new tariffs. The European Union will unveil countermeasures to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs if negotiations with the White House stall, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on April 2, as leaders around the world responded to the new levies. Trump

Disability Rights Groups Sue Social Security Administration, DOGE Over Layoffs

The lawsuit claims the recent mass layoffs will harm Americans with disabilities who depend on Social Security benefits. Disability rights groups filed a lawsuit on April 2 against the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and Elon Musk, alleging that recent mass layoffs and the elimination of critical offices within the

Columbia ‘Environmental Justice’ Lecturer Endorses Palestinian ‘Resistance in All Its Forms,’ Calls for an End to Zionism

A Columbia University “environmental justice” lecturer endorsed Palestinian “resistance in ALL its forms” shortly after the Oct. 7 terror attack and called for an end to Zionism, a Washington Free Beacon review of her social media posts found. She also described Hamas’s underground tunnels as “an essential form of resistance.” The lecturer, Hadeel Assali, runs

GOP Victory in Florida Special Elections Prompts Mixed Reactions

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are weighing in after Republicans won a pair of congressional races in Florida but underperformed in the GOP strongholds. Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won the special election races on Tuesday night. Patronis will replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida’s 1st congressional district after defeating Democrat

7 Takeaways From Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Roll Out

WASHINGTON—Just 72 days after taking office, President Donald Trump announced on April 2 sweeping trade policy changes, introducing what he called “reciprocal tariffs” for all countries and declaring it “Liberation Day in America.” For decades, the United States has kept low trade barriers, promoting free trade agreements with minimal or zero tariffs—at least on its