Brian Murphy served on the board of a group that pushed to free inmates because of ‘structural racism’ Brian Murphy (Senate Judiciary Committee/Twitter) At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) introduced Biden judicial nominee Brian Murphy as a “staunch and committed advocate” for fairness in the criminal justice system. Murphy’s advocacy includes
The Biden administration on Monday confirmed that the Afghan suicide bomber who killed more than a dozen U.S. service members at the Kabul airport in 2021 had been freed from a prison abandoned during the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R., Texas) in a Monday statement said a
Former president’s longtime friend, Columbia professor Rashid Khalidi, warned Israel supporters would ‘infest’ the Trump admin The co-chair of Columbia University’s Board of Trustees, Claire Shipman, told a congressional panel on Wednesday that the proliferation of anti-Semitism on the school’s Manhattan campus is “shocking.” Shipman’s husband, Jay Carney, served as press secretary under former president
Chemical weapons are typically associated with Middle Eastern warzones, not Ivy League colleges. So when one of them was allegedly deployed at Columbia University, it ignited a media frenzy. Pro-Palestinian protesters told the Columbia Spectator they had been sprayed with “skunk,” a crowd-control chemical developed by the Israeli Defense Forces, at a rally in January.
It seems not even a criminal investigation can stop Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) from spending campaign cash on her husband. Bush paid $15,000 to her husband, Cortney Merritts, during the first three months of 2024, a Federal Election Commission filing released Monday shows. Merritts is at the center of a Department of Justice investigation
A group of GOP lawmakers is pressing the Biden administration to clarify its stance on a set of sanctions waivers that have enabled Iran and Russia to build out portions of Tehran’s most contested nuclear sites, providing Moscow with cash that is powering its war on Ukraine. Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), chair of the
The suspect in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month that killed a senior adviser to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) is an 18-year-old migrant who entered the United States illegally, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported on Tuesday. “[Elmer Rueda-Linares] entered the United States March 12, 2021, at or near the Rio Grande City, Texas, Port