The mask ban, along with other policy changes beefing up disciplinary actions over illegal protests, also comes as a crucial blow to Columbia’s antisemitic groups.
British national who celebrated Oct. 7 and called on classmates to take their 'cue from the armed resistance in Palestine' sues Trump administration over order to expel pro-Hamas visa holders.
Janitor at Hamilton Hall said Columbia did not investigate the ordeal because the swastikas were considered 'free speech' and were 'written in chalk and could be erased.'
Columbia’s 'apparent failure' to protect Jewish students 'raises very serious questions about the institution’s fitness to continue doing business with the United States government,' said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
'The fact is that October 7 changed the world … we saw the potential of a future for Palestine liberated from Zionism,' Samidoun's Charlotte Kates told Columbia students.
Federal civil rights investigation found evidence that GW faculty retaliated against Jewish students who lodged a complaint against an anti-Israel prof.
An investigation released last year by the watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch documented at least 55 attacks that were carried out by PASF members since 2020.
Current and former US officials who worked with the aid group say they watched for years as it funneled millions of dollars to anti-Israel advocacy groups and entities linked to terrorism.
An antisemitism watchdog group said it has identified a list of pro-Hamas student visa holders who could be subject to deportation and is assisting the Trump administration with its efforts.
'This appointment was no oversight—it represents a deliberate choice that aligns with the university's ideology,' explained Business School Professor Avi Friedman.
The order signed by the US president fully restores tough American sanctions on the Yemen-based terror group that the Biden administration lifted in 2021.
Biden-Harris administration reportedly reviewed intel detailing Iraq's central role in a billion-dollar Iranian oil smuggling scheme but largely ignored it, giving Iran a 'free pass' to evade US sanctions.
To settle the civil rights complaints, the university system agreed to develop voluntary campus 'climate surveys' and take other underwhelming measures.
'Biden tried to prevent us from winning this war in every way he could,' says Israeli historian Gadi Taub. 'Now that we’re winning in defiance of him, he’s pretending that he was with us all along.'
'It's truly heartbreaking to see what's happening to all of our Jewish friends in this country by a lot of ignorant people who don't understand that Hamas equals terrorism,' said Pam Bondi.
Senior faculty member laments that new mandatory curriculum fosters 'an environment in which Jewish patients are hiding their identity when they come to receive care.'
State Dept. reportedly told Congress that sanctions are 'not consistent with the U.S. government’s expressed willingness to partner with the PLO and PA leadership.'
The Iranian rial traded at 703,000 to the dollar, signaling Iranian fears that Trump could punish Iran with harsh sanctions over its yearlong war on Israel.