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George Mason’s President Put Race at the Center of His Hiring Policies. When Trump Took Office, He Said He Did Nothing Wrong.

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Immediately after taking office in July 2020, George Mason University president Gregory Washington announced a flurry of race-conscious initiatives aimed at changing the way the school hired, promoted, and paid faculty members. They included plans to “recognize the invisible and uncredited emotional labor that people of color expend” during the school’s tenure process and to

Trump’s Columbia Deal

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Columbia University and the Trump administration announced a $221 million settlement agreement on Wednesday, putting an end, for now, to the standoff between the two that had thrown the Ivy League school into a financial crisis. The deal was controversial both inside and outside the Trump administration. While the president is getting a pound of

Trump Admin Walks Away From Ceasefire Negotiations With ‘Selfish’ Hamas, Recalls Diplomats From Qatar

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Special envoy Steve Witkoff said in a statement that ‘Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith’ Special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The United States recalled its diplomatic team from Qatar on Thursday, ending two weeks of intense ceasefire negotiations with Hamas after the terror

Rand Paul Costs Taxpayers $75 Million With Failed Effort To Block Trump UN Nominee Mike Waltz

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The Trump administration will release funding for UN agencies in exchange for the Democratic ranking member’s vote Rand Paul / Getty Images Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) voted against advancing Mike Waltz’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a move that cost American taxpayers $75 million in funds that will now go to

Biden Sells Memoir for Millions of Dollars Less Than Obama, Clinton Payouts: Report

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Barack and Michelle Obama received $60 mil, while Bill Clinton received $15 mil (cropped, Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images) Joe Biden has sold his presidential memoir’s publishing rights for around $10 million, falling millions of dollars short of the sums that the Obamas and Bill Clinton received for their memoirs, according to a report Wednesday evening.

$221 Mil Deal With Trump ‘Won’t End Columbia’s Torture,’ Professor Wails in NYT Op-Ed

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Prof. Suresh Naidu urges Columbia to shift more research work overseas Suresh Naidu (sipa.columbia.edu), Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A Columbia University professor in a Wednesday New York Times op-ed condemned the school’s $221 million settlement with the Trump administration over campus anti-Semitism, urging Columbia to move more of its research abroad in response. “This

WaPo Purge Continues: Phil Bump and Other Resistance Hacks Take Buyouts, But Some Refuse To Leave

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Out: Catherine Rampell, columnist who praised Doug Emhoff’s sex appeal. On the clock: Karen Attiah, terrorist sympathizer who wants to ‘crush men’s hopes and dreams.’ Philip Bump is leaving the Washington Post. The annoying resistance columnist announced his decision to take a buyout from the Post last week on Bluesky, the social media app for