POLITICS

Columbia Student Protester Sues Trump Admin After Permanent Legal Status Revoked

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The student’s lawyers have also filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent her arrest. A Columbia University student filed a lawsuit on March 24 against President Donald Trump and top administration officials, to block any potential deportation efforts over her participation in pro-Palestinian protests. Those protests had been described the Department of

US Intel Report: Corruption Is An ‘Endemic Feature’ of Chinese Communist Party

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The report reflects a ‘first step’ that U.S. officials are taking to expose Chinese communist authorities’ corruption and Achilles’ heel, an expert says. Corruption is an “endemic feature” of China under communist rule due to the opaque political system in the party-state and the lack of checks and balances, according to a recent U.S. intelligence

House Panel to Consider Bill for Concealed-Carry Permit Reciprocity

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The NRA is prioritizing its support for the bill this Congress, while the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys will continue its opposition to the plan. For the sixth Congress in a row, bills to require states to honor out-of-state concealed weapons permits are in both chambers of Congress. The House Judiciary Committee will mark up its

UC San Diego, Aiming To Expand Its Hispanic Student Population, Turned to a Race-Based ‘Latinx Cluster Hire Initiative’

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For nearly a decade, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has worked to grow its Hispanic undergraduate population. As part of that effort, the university launched the “Latinx Cluster Hire Initiative,” a race-based plan to recruit 14 faculty members “across a set of diverse candidates including intersecting identities,” according to a proposal obtained by