Illinois Runs a Scholarship That Excludes White Applicants. It Could Get the State’s Top Universities Defunded.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education runs a scholarship program for graduate students that explicitly excludes white applicants, a move lawyers say is unconstitutional and could jeopardize the federal funding of more than two dozen participating universities, including Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. The program, Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI), was

Lawyer for Radical Columbia Grad Student Repped Al Qaeda Members—Including ‘Close Associate’ of Bin Laden 

When Hamas-supporting Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil appeared in court on Wednesday, he was represented by, among others, Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer perhaps best known for defending al Qaeda terrorists. The Syrian-born Khalil had his green card revoked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign

Fighting Irish: Trump, With Ireland’s Leader in Tow, Takes Aim at EU, Russia, and the Education Department

Most heads of state don’t enjoy an annual invitation to the Oval Office, but Ireland’s does. When prime minister Micheál Martin arrived for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day visit, he was warned about the Donald Trump-sized trap he was walking into. Martin faced a “diplomatic balancing act” in talks with Trump, according to Reuters. Politico

Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Promotes Fundraiser For Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody

The fundraiser has received nearly $270,000 and will bankroll ‘long-term justice efforts’ to ‘hold those responsible for his unlawful detention accountable’ Rep. Ilhan Omar and daughter Isra Hirsi (@houmanhemmati/X) Isra Hirsi, the daughter of “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), championed a fundraiser supporting Mahmoud Khalil, the student activist and foreign national facing deportation

Iran Rejects Trump’s Diplomacy, Setting Up Showdown as War Talk Escalates

‘Iran’s retaliation is decisive and definite, and the one who will be the loser would be America,’ Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei says L: President Trump R: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Al Drago; Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) The White House on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to take military action against Iran if the country

EXCLUSIVE: The Most Explosive Revelations From Jake Tapper’s New Book About Biden’s Decline (Part 1)

CNN host Jake Tapper was widely denounced last month for promoting his forthcoming book about how former president Joe Biden and his Democratic allies plotted to cover up “evidence of his serious decline” in an ultimately futile attempt to stay in power another four years.  Many pointed out that Tapper and other prominent media figures

New Jersey Gubernatorial Hopeful Speaks at Rally Featuring CAIR Leader Who Justified Oct. 7

Newark mayor Ras Baraka also hosted notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan in 2017 Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka (Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Queen Latifah) New Jersey gubernatorial candidate and Newark mayor Ras Baraka (D.) spoke Tuesday at an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement rally that featured the Council on American-Islamic Relations New Jersey (CAIR NJ), an anti-Semitic