Democrat Mallory McMorrow Joins 2026 Michigan Senate Race: ‘We Need New Leaders’

The state senator said that she’s frustrated with the current leadership of the Democratic Party. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow launched her bid for the Michigan Senate on Wednesday, calling for change within the Democratic Party. The Michigan Democrat said she is entering the 2026 race because she believes new leadership is needed in Washington. McMorrow,

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

Judge in Boston to hold hearing on detained Tufts Ph.D. student

A federal judge in Boston is holding a hearing Thursday regarding a Tufts University Ph.D. student taken into custody in Massachusetts and moved by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to Louisiana last week. The government claimed in a filing Tuesday that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, had already been removed from