Harvard University’s newest appointee to its anti-Semitism task force has called Israel an “apartheid regime” and defended disgraced former Harvard president Claudine Gay amid calls that she be fired for her failure to condemn anti-Semitic protesters at the school. Interim Harvard president Alan Garber tapped Derek Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, to serve on
President Joe Biden on Friday announced student debt cancellation of nearly $5 billion for an additional 74,000 borrowers, including more than half who earned forgiveness after 10 years of public service as teachers, nurses, and firefighters. The White House announcement brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris administration to $136.6 billion for more
The South Carolina senator, appointed by Nikki Haley, will throw his weight behind Trump ahead of that state’s Republican presidential primary. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a one-time rival to former President Donald Trump, is planning to endorse him at an event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Jan. 19. On Friday, an official at Mr. Scott’s
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has appealed the Maine Superior Court decision to defer to the U.S. Supreme Court on matters of former President Donald Trump’s eligibility as a candidate. On Jan. 17, the court had disagreed with Ms. Bellows and wrote that the high court could well address all of the issues raised
Bob Casey, Sherrod Brown signed onto letter from left-wing lawmakers trashing ‘hasty designation of Houthi rebels’ L: Sen. Sherrod Brown (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) R: Sen. Bob Casey (Mark Makela/Getty Images) In 2021, Sens. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) and Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) praised President Joe Biden for his “positive” and “welcome” decision to pull the
Two California school districts are under federal investigation amid accusations against the districts of anti-Semitism. Although it is unclear whether the inquiries are specifically about anti-Semitism, the Department of Education in the past week opened probes into the San Francisco Unified School District and the Oakland Unified School District, both of which have received criticism
What began as a social media campaign calling on candidates in races across the country to pledge their support for pulling the COVID-19 vaccine off the market has grown into a Political Action Committee (PAC) dedicated to funding campaigns that support the cause. Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a practitioner in Texas and founder of Coalition