Columbia University president Minouche Shafik’s abrupt resignation on Wednesday came in the wake of her months-long struggle to respond adequately to the protests, disorder, and anti-Semitic displays that engulfed the Ivy League campus in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Classes were moved online. The school’s main graduation ceremony was canceled. Alumni
A professional left-wing activist and trust fund heir who joined Columbia University students in storming and occupying a university building last April also has an active law license in New York, records show. He’s set to keep it, too, even if he’s convicted on the charge he’s facing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. James
Since she was handed the Democratic nomination for president late last month, Vice President Kamala Harris has struggled to comprehensively answer a relatively simple question: If elected, what will her administration do? Although Harris has not been completely silent on issues of policy, her campaign still lacks a comprehensive platform, with no issues section appearing
Harris has vowed to ban price gouging and continue lowering drug costs, while Trump leans into energy production. As the 2024 presidential race tightens with just 80 days left before the election, financial security and inflation remain top issues among voters. Amid this, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are presenting dueling
Along with a surge of combat aircraft and warships, President Biden dispatched three of his top Mideast advisers, including CIA Director Bill Burns, to the region this week to try to delay Iranian and Hezbollah military retaliation against Israel, and to use that borrowed time to craft an offramp from the collision course that ultimately
The former president said energy production needs to ramp up to bring prices down throughout the economy. Former President Donald Trump held a press conference on Aug. 15 outside his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to discuss the impacts of inflation on American consumers. “We will stop inflation. We will make America affordable again,” he
Trump expected to resume outdoor rallies protected by bulletproof glass, sources say – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. Secret Service is arranging for former President Donald Trump to resume outdoor campaign rallies by surrounding his podium with bulletproof glass, two federal law enforcement officials told CBS News. Trump has only done indoor rallies