Biden Changes Tone, Says He Would Be ‘Happy’ To Debate Trump

President down in polls in six of seven swing states (Morry Gash/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images) President Joe Biden said Friday that he would be “happy” to debate former president Donald Trump ahead of the November election. Radio host Howard Stern raised the question during his interview with Biden. “I am somewhere, I don’t know when,

Columbia Lets 48-Hour Deadline Slide With No Action Against Student Protesters

‘There is a rumor that the NYPD has been invited to campus this evening. This rumor is false,’ school officials said late Thursday NYPD, Columbia protesters face off (Reuters/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo) MANHATTAN—More than a week after its formation, the “Gaza Solidarity” tent encampment at Columbia University lives on, with school president Minouche Shafik letting her

Exclusive: Notes from Princeton Activists Show Coordination Between Campus Radicals and Outside Groups Aimed at Outfoxing University Administrators

Organizers of the Columbia University encampment advised activists at Princeton on how to take over their own campus, giving them tips on disrupting university operations and stressing that there is “safety in numbers,” according to documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The tips were dispensed last week during a meeting between Aditi Rao, a

Columbia Student Protesters Urge Reporters To Leave Campus, Schedule Presser for 12 Hours After Expiration of School’s Negotiation Deadline

‘We will remain in this encampment until we achieve all of our demands,’ international student Mahmoud Khalil says Pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia University (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) MANHATTAN—As the “Gaza Solidarity” tent encampment at Columbia University lives on for a ninth day, student organizers spoke to reporters Thursday afternoon, urging them to leave campus before

Putting the DEI in the DIB

Defense experts and sensible law and policymakers are focused on whether the United States can get itself on a war footing if Xi Jinping invades Taiwan. Comparisons have been drawn to Franklin Roosevelt’s “Arsenal of Democracy” and the “greatest generation” that mobilized America’s industrial might into a defense industrial base (DIB) that could equip the

Ilhan Omar and Daughter Show Face at Columbia Protest

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and her daughter Isra Hirsi, a Barnard student who was arrested and suspended from Columbia University last week for her role in anti-Israel protests on campus, attended another anti-Israel demonstration at Columbia together on Thursday. Omar posed for a photograph with her daughter and answered a reporter’s question near the

As California Voters Sour on Cash Reparations, State Dems Push Subsidized Property Taxes and Expedited Business Licenses Instead

Experts say the proposals may be unconstitutional California state senator Steven Bradford (R) (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) California Democrats are finding ways to make reparations to black descendants of slaves that don’t include direct cash payments, as voters overwhelmingly reject the idea of money handouts. Instead, they are moving ahead with ideas like subsidized property taxes