POLITICS

Columbia Activist Who Endorsed Hamas’s ‘Anticolonial Liberation Movement’ Self-Deports After Trump Admin Pulls Visa

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A Columbia University doctoral student who expressed support for the “anticolonial liberation movement in Palestine” used the Trump administration’s revamped “CBP Home” app to self-deport to Canada about a week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked her student visa, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian national and doctoral candidate

Trump and Hochul Have ‘Productive Conversation’ in White House Meeting

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The two discussed the redevelopment of Penn Station, congestion pricing, tariffs, and energy policy, according to the governor’s office. President Donald Trump and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday held a productive discussion in the Oval Office on various topics, according to Hochul’s office. “Governor Hochul and President Trump covered a broad range of

DOGE Says 239 ‘Wasteful’ Government Contracts Canceled, Saving $400 Million

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The Elon Musk-led advisory body gives update on the federal government’s cost-cutting progress. The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said that over two days this week, federal agencies canceled 239 “wasteful spending” contracts that saved more than $400 million. “Over the last two days, agencies terminated 239 wasteful contracts with a total ceiling

DNI Nominee Yanked By Trump Admin Likens Himself to Christ on Cross

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Daniel Davis has accused Israel of pursuing ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Gazans and blamed Oct. 7 on Jewish state (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Daniel Davis, the onetime pick to serve as deputy director of national intelligence who was yanked from consideration this week over his anti-Israel views, likened himself to Christ on the cross as he tacitly

10 Senate Democrats Join Republicans to Advance Funding Bill to Avoid Shutdown

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Congress has until midnight tonight to avert a government shutdown. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on March 14 advanced a House-approved bill to keep the government open hours before a shutdown is set to begin. After days of speculation about its ultimate fate in the upper chamber, the Senate invoked cloture on the bill in a 62–38