The Trump administration cancelled $400 million in grants to the university and has probed 60 other institutions over alleged failures to combat anti-Semitism. As the 2024–2025 academic year winds down, higher education institutions across the nation will be watching Columbia University closely. On March 7, President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded $400 million in federal grants
The Trump administration cancelled $400 million in grants to the university and has probed 60 other institutions over alleged failures to combat anti-Semitism. As the 2024–2025 academic year winds down, higher education institutions across the nation will be watching Columbia University closely. On March 7, President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded $400 million in federal grants
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump nominated Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to the central bank’s top regulatory post as vice chair for supervision where she is expected to oversee an agenda of relaxed rule-writing and bank oversight. A former community banker and frequent critic of overzealous bank regulation, Bowman would replace Michael Barr, who stepped down from
U.S. warplanes began striking targets across Yemen on March 15, resuming a campaign to deter Houthi attacks on vessels in the surrounding waterways. As the sun set on the Red Sea on March 15, several F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets launched from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, on their
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says local entities are required to participate in federal immigration enforcement. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced he will investigate a city council that voted to not approve an agreement between the police department and federal agents to enforce immigration laws. The Fort Myers city council’s 3-3 vote on March 17
Plummeting reading and math scores are often blamed on COVID-19, but negative trends in U.S. public school performance compared with that of other developed countries predate the pandemic. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reported at least six years of steady decline in reading and math scores on domestic standardized tests leading up to
Plaintiffs suing the Trump administration over use of a war authority to deport alleged gang members warned that failing to block the president from its use would mean anyone could be treated as an enemy alien. The lawyers for Venezuelan migrants suing the government said Tuesday in an appellate court filing: “The implications of the