The student published an op-ed calling for her university to cut off financial ties with Israel. U.S. District Judge William Sessions issued an order on April 18 ruling that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk be moved to Vermont from Louisiana per her request. Ozturk, 30, a Turkish national involved in pro-Palestinian activities, was detained by
Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, a spokesperson for the vice president said, in a rare meeting after the two men have tangled sharply over immigration and the Trump administration’s plans to deport migrants en masse. Francis has made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy and his
More than 75,000 workers accepted the buyout program, which was part of efforts to shrink the size of the federal bureaucracy. Shortly after taking office, the Trump administration offered federal employees a deal many couldn’t refuse: resign voluntarily and receive full benefits and paid leave lasting until September. More than 75,000 workers eventually accepted the
When a book’s dust jacket describes its author as an “award-winning investigative reporter” and the author begins by describing his work as “an investigative history of the modern Roman Catholic Church,” readers might expect that, by the end of the book, something strikingly new would have been revealed. But in this case (to borrow from
Jonathan Rauch is asking all the right questions. “Why should secular Americans, including many who feel they have a beef with organized religion, care about the state of Christian America?” for one. For another, “What happens to our liberal democracy if American Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions
REVIEW: ‘Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist’ by Liz Pelly Countless luxuries have become such commonplaces that we thoughtlessly forget them. We can control the temperature of our rooms with the click of a button, get deliveries of fresh food right to our door, and we have basically
The trio, in a statement posted by Dan Caldwell, said they still don’t understand why they were placed on leave. A trio of former Pentagon employees spoke out on April 19 after being placed on leave this week in connection with an ongoing investigation into leaks within the Department of Defense. This week, a Defense