Former congresswoman Katie Porter (D.) announced Tuesday that she is running next year for governor of California, touting herself as a leader who has “the backbone to fight for what’s right.” Her spokesman told the New York Times, however, that she will drop out of the race if Kamala Harris decides to run. “What California
Columbia professor Joseph Albernaz sent his English students a somber message on Monday afternoon: “I am sickened at the news of the ICE detainment of a student, and I do not believe this is acceptable or normal at a university or in society,” he said, referring to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke a visa
When the Trump administration announced it was investigating California’s long-troubled high-speed rail project, the top official overseeing it pressed back. Though the project has more than tripled in price to $106 billion, the official said that “every dollar is accounted for.” While the money is indeed accounted for, that accounting does not paint a rosy
Some Columbia University professors canceled in-person classes on Monday in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the student activist and foreign national whom the Trump administration moved to deport over his pro-Hamas campus organizing. The cancellations—which came amid a pressure campaign from the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter—put the professors at odds with Columbia’s provost,
The Democratic Party has a long history of failed marriages Getty Images / Instagram Chris Murphy has a new (and younger, but not necessarily more attractive) lover less than four months after ditching his wife. The prominent social media user and Democratic senator from Connecticut is reportedly dating Tara McGowan, the Soros-funded dark money operative
Harvard University announced Monday that it is implementing a hiring freeze as the Trump administration threatens to withhold federal funding over the Ivy League school’s response to anti-Semitic protests on campus. “Effective immediately, Harvard will implement a temporary pause on staff and faculty hiring across the University,” school leaders wrote in an internal message, citing
The District spent $3 million of COVID-19 recovery funding on the plaza A Washington, D.C., maintenance crew began dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza, which will be replaced with a project celebrating America’s 250th anniversary that includes artwork by local artists. The move comes after House Republicans pressured Mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) to remove the plaza,