Columbia Encampment Leader Known for Owning ‘Emotional Support Rabbit’ Among Students Expelled for Storming Hamilton Hall

Aidan Parisi, the son of a longtime State Department official who emerged last spring as a Columbia University encampment leader and is best known for owning an “emotional support rabbit,” was among the students Columbia expelled for storming Hamilton Hall, he announced Thursday night. Parisi, a graduate student in Columbia’s School of Social Work, wrote

US Export Bank Quietly Approves $5 Billion Loan to French Company With Ties to Foreign Adversaries, Sparking Conservative Criticism

A federal agency quietly approved a $5 billion loan on Thursday to fund a liquefied natural gas facility in Mozambique owned by TotalEnergies, a French company that has a history of working with foreign adversaries, including Iran, Russia, and China. The U.S. Export-Import Bank’s decision to finance TotalEnergies’ LNG project is facing backlash from conservatives

Get the Chuck Outta Here: Democrats Are Finally United (Against Themselves)

‘A deep sense of outrage and betrayal’ Grok AI Democrats in Congress have finally unburdened themselves from the state of disarray plaguing their party since losing the 2024 election—by uniting in outrage against one of them their own. Democratic politicians and activists are livid after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said he would

Trump Shuts Down Pentagon Office Linked to Russiagate Probe

Grassley ‘thrilled’ that Trump is ‘abolishing this wasteful and ineffective office’ Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth at a Cabinet meeting (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) President Donald Trump has shut down a little-known Pentagon office that paid more than $1 million to an FBI source who spied on the Trump campaign as part of its 2016 investigation

‘Psychological Warfare’: Hamas Says It’s Willing To Release Last Living American Hostage While Rebuffing Hostage Deals

Netanyahu says terror group ‘has not budged a millimeter’ on proposal from White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff Donald Trump with the family of Edan Alexander on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Hamas says it is willing to release the last living American hostage, Edan Alexander, as well

Catfight: House Dems Urge AOC To Primary Schumer After Funding Bill ‘Betrayal’

Several House Democrats have privately called on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) to launch a primary challenge against Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer after he backed a Republican-led funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Even centrist Democrats are outraged by Schumer’s decision, with some “so mad” that they are “ready to write checks for

Republicans Introduce Bill To Block California’s EV Mandate

House and Senate Republicans are introducing legislation Friday modifying the Clean Air Act of 1970 to revoke California’s authority to issue vehicle emissions rules that are stricter than federal rules. The Stop California from Advancing Regulatory Burden Act, introduced by Rep. Troy Nehls (R., Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), would immediately dismantle California’s