The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran. The latest attack brings the number of people who
Travelers wait in line at a TSA security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on March 20, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told Congress on March 25 that airports might close if the partial government shutdown continues. “At this point, we have to look at all options
Harvard students will soon be able to take a class about the meaning of Harvard, which is very Harvard—even more so because the new course will be taught by Claudine Gay, the former university president who resigned in disgrace amid plagiarism accusations and criticism of her response to anti-Semitism on campus. More than two years
A panel of appeals court judges handed the Trump administration a major legal victory on Wednesday in its quest to detain large swaths of immigrants living in the country illegally, saying that people who entered the United States without inspection and admission can be detained without bond. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of
The University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday named as its next dean of public health the head of a Harvard University center that was hit with numerous anti-Semitism allegations in a university report last year. Kari Nadeau, the chair of the environmental health department at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will leave
A Harvard Business School professor who participated in a library protest in favor of student anti-Israel protesters is planning to teach a “case” in her class on Friday about divesting from Israeli and other companies because of “their possible complicity in the crisis in Gaza.” A copy of the 26-page “case” obtained by the Washington
The proposed amendment to the state’s constitution would give Democrats a 10-1 advantage in Virginia’s congressional districts Abigail Spanberger (Win McNamee/Getty Images) When Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D., Va.) ran for office last year, she campaigned as a “moderate” and told voters she had “no plans” to gerrymander her state’s congressional districts. Now, she’s pushing for