The Hamas-friendly Gulf state increased its funding from $396 million in 2024 to $1.2 billion in 2025, an unprecedented spike Northwestern University in Qatar. (NU-Q / Facebook) Qatar more than tripled its funding of U.S. colleges and universities between 2024 and 2025 after becoming the largest foreign financier of higher education in the United States
American Express says it regrets having the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a client for years, as hundreds of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice and reviewed by CBS News appear to show he used the company’s travel agency to arrange international flights for multiple women or girls, predominantly from eastern Europe, whose
American freeskier Hunter Hess got to the end of his successful run in Olympic halfpipe qualifying, then leaned into the camera. He bent his left thumb and forefinger into the shape of an “L,” lifted it to his forehead and pointed at it with the other hand. “Apparently,” he explained, “I’m a loser.” The 27-year-old
Raw sewage flows into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., on Jan. 23, 2026. Cliff Owen /AP Photo District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser on Feb. 18 declared a local public emergency following a sewage spill on the Potomac River and requested federal assistance from President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump’s personal plane sits at Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 1, 2026. Nathan Howard/Reuters Florida lawmakers on Thursday completed the approval of a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport in honor of President Donald Trump. The measure, now awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature, comes at the same
Al Jazeera prohibits its staff from referring to al Qaeda, ISIS, and Boko Haram as “terrorist,” “Islamist,” or “extremist” groups, instead requiring reporters to use “neutral terms” like “fighters” and “armed groups,” according to a copy of the outlet’s style guide obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The guide was labeled “2023-2024 Edition” but appears
A person protests outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on June 29, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Several state and university leaders are poised to resist President Donald Trump’s order requiring proof that they don’t discriminate in student admissions, according to public comments submitted before the new regulations take effect next month. Under the