POLITICS

Columbia-Funded Legal Group Fights for Release of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago Documents Report in Wake of University’s $221 Million Settlement With Trump

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The Knight Institute is appealing a judge’s ruling that releasing the report—on a case that was thrown out and dismissed—would be a ‘manifest injustice’ to Trump Top left: Columbia Universoty logo (Wikimedia Commons) Right: Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Bottom left: Knight Institute logo (knightcolumbia.org) The Knight First Amendment Institute, an activist legal group funded

New York Times Coverage of Michigan Synagogue Attack Prompts Bipartisan Backlash

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The New York Times is drawing bipartisan condemnation for its coverage of an attack on a synagogue in Michigan that critics faulted for seeming to justify the attack. “Synagogue Attacker Lost Family Members in Lebanon Airstrike” was the headline of a print Times news article, published Saturday, March 14, 2026. In print, the Times failed

US Agencies Terminated or Reduced 95 Wasteful Contracts Worth $2 Billion: DOGE

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times U.S. federal agencies have terminated or descoped 95 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2 billion over the previous four weeks, saving $757 million in taxpayer funds, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a March 14

Illinois Senate primary race is test of Pritzker’s sway, Democrats’ views of ICE, outside spending

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The race to fill the seat of retiring Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has been heating up in the days leading up to Tuesday’s 2026 Democratic primary and could set the tone for other midterm primaries on issues like President Trump’s deportation policies and outside spending. And another factor in the race is Gov. JB Pritzker’s

Illinois Senate primary race is test of Pritzker’s sway, Democrats’ views of ICE

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The race to fill the seat of retiring Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has been heating up in the days leading up to Tuesday’s 2026 Democratic primary and could set the tone for other midterm primaries on issues like President Trump’s deportation policies and outside spending. And another factor in the race is Gov. JB Pritzker’s

Judge Orders DHS to Submit Internal Documents Over Concerns About ICE Detainees’ Due Process

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Monday to turn over data in response to claims that it corrupted bond hearings for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees. While U.S. District Judge Clay Land described in his order these