NYPD Arrests Keffiyeh-Clad Columbia Alum Who Set Up Tent Outside Main Campus Gate

The New York Police Department arrested a keffiyeh-clad Columbia University alumna who set up a tent outside a main campus gate on Monday afternoon. She was engaged in an anti-Israel protest alongside roughly two dozen masked agitators, including about 10 who chained themselves to the entryway. UPDATE: The NYPD has arrested an anti-Israel protester at

Harvard Sues Trump Over Funding Freeze

Ivy League university charges admin with violating law that governs federal grants and loans Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) and Alan Garber (Harvard) Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, arguing that the administration violated its constitutional rights when it froze more than $2 billion in Harvard grants and contracts. Without

How Junk Food Took Hold in the US and What RFK Jr. Is Doing About It

INDIANAPOLIS—“It’s not food. It’s food-like substances.” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the many manufactured food products offered that are high in calories but low in nutritional value. “So, strawberry flavoring in food, but there’s no nutrients. It’s sugar.” Kennedy said. “Your body is craving that, but it doesn’t get filled

2 House Judiciary Democrats Urge Chief Justice to Call for More Security for Judges

The federal judiciary’s policymaking body also has warned that the court system is underfunded and vulnerable amid rising threats to judges. Two top House Judiciary Democrats have called on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to request more help from Congress to protect federal judges and court personnel, citing an alarming surge in threats

Student loan borrowers in default face garnished wages

Washington — The Education Department will soon begin collecting payments for student loans that are in default, including through wage garnishment for potentially millions of borrowers, the department announced Monday. Beginning May 5, the Education Department will begin involuntary collections through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which claws back delinquent debts by withholding payments such