The shutdowns, ‘one of the regime’s most powerful tools of repression,’ have allowed Tehran to violently crack down on protests People gather during protest on Jan. 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images) A coalition of advocacy groups petitioned House Foreign Affairs Committee leadership to immediately advance three pieces of bipartisan legislation that would help
MacFarlane said the move will allow him to do ‘independent, unfiltered reporting’ R: Scott MacFarlane (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Former CBS News “Justice Correspondent” Scott MacFarlane exited the Tiffany Network earlier this month, saying he sought “independence.” He’s now joining the left-wing media company MeidasTouch, which got its start as an anti-Trump political action committee that
The president threatened to ‘obliterate’ the Islamic Republic’s power plants after Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz Donald Trump (Alex Wong/Getty Images) President Donald Trump announced that he will postpone U.S. airstrikes on Iranian energy infrastructure while the two sides engage in talks aimed at ending the ongoing military engagement, indicating later Monday morning that
‘Dean Chemerinsky’s email is wrong, and we will be addressing the issue with the university,’ Brandeis Center lawyer Paul Eckles says L: Erwin Chemerinsky (law.berkeley.edu) R: A demonstration at the University of California, Berkeley (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A Jewish legal advocacy group is accusing the University of California, Berkeley’s law school dean of violating the
The Ivy League school has said it will blacklist student groups for affiliating with CUAD and claimed no recognized groups were doing so Columbia University protest (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), a recognized student group, says it is working “to plan actions and liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest [CUAD],”
An exhibit on loan from the Jewish Museum in Milwaukee is now at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where it is getting new and important attention. “Blacklisted: An American Story” tells viewers it “explores the Hollywood blacklist and the federal government’s loyalty investigations. … Through powerful personal stories, rare artifacts, and film clips,
Antonin Scalia’s jurisprudential legacy has flourished far beyond what anyone might have reasonably imagined at the time of his death 10 years ago. By keeping his Supreme Court seat open through the 2016 presidential election, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell gave lots of conservatives who were leery of Donald Trump one strong reason to vote