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Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes

Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department

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Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appears in immigration case

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil has appeared briefly in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center

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Georgetown researcher arrest escalates Trump speech crackdown, scholars say

Georgetown fellow Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen, was targeted over his personal views on Palestine, supporters say.

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Judge tells Columbia and Barnard to refrain from turning over student disciplinary records for now

A federal judge has ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing next week on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students for a temporary restraining order

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"A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia"

by "Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, and 15 other scholars."

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The Trump Administration and Columbia University

A threat to academic freedom

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Georgetown University scholar has been detained by immigration officials, prompting legal fight

A Georgetown University scholar has been detained by immigration officials, prompting his lawyer to seek urgent relief in federal court

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US universities face choice to surrender or fight back against Trump’s ‘takeover’

‘Extraordinary fear’ takes hold at universities as Trump campaign threatens investigations or loss of federal funds

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The Latest: DOGE official to take USAID leadership role despite department helping to dismantle it

According to an email obtained by The Associated Press, a senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle

The Independent UK

‘I could be next’: international students at Columbia University feel ‘targeted’ after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

For students who aren’t US citizens, a new reality includes feelings of surveillance, fears of being arrested and reluctance to visit family

The Guardian - US

US court rejects Trump bid to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil deportation challenge

Judge Jesse Furman says effort to deport Palestinian rights advocate is ‘exceptional’ and requires ‘careful’ review.

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Federal judge says Columbia student activist's case should be heard in New Jersey

A Columbia University student activist who was detained by the U.S. government over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations has the right to challenge the legality of his detention

The Independent UK

Judge rejects Trump administration’s attempt to throw out lawsuit from arrested Palestinian Columbia student

Mahmoud Khalil’s case is being transferred from Louisiana to New Jersey

The Independent UK

Detained Columbia University student calls arrest ‘anti-Palestinian racism’

Khalil was arrested on 8 March for his role in campus protests against Israel and was later transferred from New York to Louisiana, a move his lawyers argue was politically motivated.

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‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

Salon

It won't end with Mahmoud Khalil

"Secret police abducting people in the middle of the night is never a good sign for any minority," one student said

The Independent UK

Detained Columbia University student disputes government's 'bedbugs' claim in court papers

A detained Columbia University student says the subject of bedbugs never arose after he was arrested and flown to a Louisiana detention center by authorities who now say bedbugs helped force the long journey that made him fear he was being immediately deported

International Business Times

Trump Treatment Of Columbia Puts US Universities On Edge

Hit by massive funding cuts and a crackdown on student protesters, Columbia University is under fire from US President Donald Trump, putting the world of higher education on tenterhooks.

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Socialist Candidate for NYC Mayor Flooded with Donations After Viral Confrontation with Trump Border Czar

A Democratic Socialist candidate in the New York City Mayoral race has reported meeting impressive fundraising goals throughout his campaign, with donors flooding in after a video of him confronting President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, went viral.

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Forced to flee US, Indian student says wrongly accused of ‘Hamas support’

Ranjani Srinivasan, the Chennai-based doctoral candidate at Columbia University who left the United States after their student visa was suddenly revoked, is still bewildered that her peripheral involvement in pro-Palestine protests has led to her being disenrolled from the university.

The Guardian - US

How antisemitism avoided the fate of antiracism

The promotion of Israel’s national narrative remains exempt from Trump’s wholesale attack on DEI

The Guardian - US

The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil

The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstated

The Guardian - US

A graduate’s arrest and Trump’s ‘pincer attack’ on higher education

The administration is cutting funds and threatening what it sees as liberal bastions, such as Columbia University, where it detained Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian activism

Salon

How the right hijacked Jewish resistance

Mahmoud Khalil and the Purim story

The Independent UK

After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent

International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension

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