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Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators

One day after Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., questioned Columbia University administrators about the mistreatment of students protesting Israel’s war on Gaza, the school suspended Omar’s daughter and two other students for participating…

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2 Jurors Dismissed in Trump Hush Money Trial as Prosecutors Ask for Trump to Face Contempt

NEW YORK — Two jurors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial were dismissed Thursday, one after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial and the other over…

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New York Times Brass Moves to Staunch Leaks Over Gaza Coverage

Since Israel began its war on the Gaza Strip after the October 7 attacks, internal strife has wracked the New York Times. The intensity of the debate reached its zenith in late…

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Bob Graham, Ex-Senator and Florida Governor, Dies at 87

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and…

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Solidarity Forever: Building Movements Amid Today’s Crises

“None of us benefit from a burning planet,” says activist and documentarian Astra Taylor on this week’s Deconstructed. Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix join Ryan Grim to discuss their new book, “Solidarity: The…

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Speaker Johnson’s Foreign Aid Plan Is Under Fire. His Speakership Is Too

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s grip on his fractious conference appears to be slipping after he unveiled a plan to bring separate bills funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan to the House…

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Charges Against Trump and Jan. 6 Rioters at Stake in Supreme Court Case

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday is taking up the first of two cases that could affect the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his…

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How the U.S. Rallied to Defend Israel From Iran’s Massive Attack

As President Joe Biden and his national security team met in the Situation Room at the White House on Saturday evening, watching in real time as hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones…

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NYC Jails Flagrantly Deny Young People’s Legal Right to Education

Last June, New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke to graduates at Rikers Island who received their high-school-equivalence diplomas while serving in jail. “When you get your diplomas today,” Adams told the…

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