Biden Breaks Silence on Campus Unrest: ‘Violent Protest Is Not Protected’

The president said pro-Palestinian protesters ‘do not have the right to cause chaos.’ President Joe Biden on May 2 decried the violence stemming from pro-Palestinian protesters across American college campuses. “Violent protest is not protected,” he said in an unscheduled speech from the White House, affirming his dedication to both the right to free speech

Senate Resolution Condemns Explosion of Anti-Semitism on Campus

University encampments ‘have been a hotbed of blatantly anti-Semitic rhetoric and action,’ Sen. Tim Scott says Anti-Israel protesters at Northwestern (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A coalition of nearly 20 Republican senators on Thursday introduced a measure blaming university leadership across the country for an explosion of anti-Semitic violence on campus that has endangered Jewish students and

Biden says “order must prevail” on college campuses amid protests

President Biden on Thursday said “order must prevail” on college campuses, as some of the pro-Palestinian protests have turned violent, insisting it’s his responsibility to protect the “rule of law” as much as freedom of expression.  But Mr. Biden told reporters Thursday that “no,” the National Guard should not intervene on college campuses. He also

Northwestern Jewish Students Recount ‘Scary and Shocking’ Campus Anti-Semitism in Meetings With Lawmakers

Jewish students at Northwestern University met with members of Congress on Wednesday to recount how anti-Israel protests have turned into “shocking and scary” anti-Semitic hate-fests, with demonstrators defacing the Star of David and chanting that Jews should “go back to Germany.” “At the encampment, I was told to go back to Germany and get gassed,”

Prosecutors ask judge to hold Trump in contempt for more gag order violations

Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York urged the judge on Thursday to penalize the defendant for more alleged violations of a gag order limiting what he can say about those involved in the case. At a contentious hearing with Trump looking on, lawyers from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office