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House Republicans Call for University Leaders To Testify as Anti-Israel Protests Sweep Nation
House Republicans on Tuesday called for the presidents of Yale University, the University of Michigan, and the University of California, Los Angeles, to testify in front of Congress amid anti-Israel protests across college campuses nationwide.
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Jacky Rosen Pledges To Combat Overpriced Drugs as She Rakes In Cash From Big Pharma
Sen. Jacky Rosen boasts that she "took on big drug companies" to stop them from jacking up prices. The Nevada Democrat also took on close to a quarter million dollars in donations from those same companies.
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US Greenlit Taliban's Kabul Takeover and Had No Contingency Plan When Hell Broke Loose, Former Envoy Says
The Biden administration gave the Taliban terror group a "green light" to seize control of Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul, in mid-August 2021, setting the stage for the terror group to retake control of the country amid America's botched withdrawal, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
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Anti-Israel Protesters at UNC Replace Stars and Stripes With Palestinian Flag
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill replaced the American flag in the center of campus with a Palestinian flag, as protests continued at the school Tuesday despite dozens of arrests and detainments.
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Biden Announces $6.1 Billion Student Loan Relief for Art Institute Attendees
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 317,000 borrowers who were enrolled at any Art Institute campus from January 2004 until October 2017.
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Anti-Israel Group Encouraged Columbia Protesters To Re-Create 'The Summer of 2020' Hours Before Students Stormed a Building
A New York City charity encouraged anti-Israel activists to recreate the violent protests of "the summer of 2020," just hours before rioters stormed and occupied a building on Columbia University’s campus.
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David Trone's Financial Disclosures Don't Add Up. Experts Say That Could Land Him in Legal Trouble.
It’s unclear how much Rep. David Trone’s stake in Indiana Fine Wine & Spirits is worth, but it’s enough that the Maryland Democrat pledged it as collateral for a loan worth up to $25 million in August 2020.
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Police Sweep Columbia's Campus, Arrest Students Who Seized University Building
MANHATTAN—New York City police officers entered Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest students who seized a school building, a move that came after president Minouche Shafik declined for days to bring police to campus as unsanctioned protesters refused to leave their "Gaza Solidarity" encampment.
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'Liberation Education,' 'Student Intifada,' and Masked Guards: Here's What Columbia's Hamilton Hall Looks Like Hours After Takeover
MANHATTAN—The student takeover of Columbia University's Hamilton Hall continued into Tuesday afternoon, hours after protesters stormed the building and barricaded its entrance. While the exact number of students inside is unknown, Columbia communications head Ben Chang said "dozens" are occupying the hall, while a student protest leader put the number at 60 during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
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House Poised To Vote To Codify Official Definition of Anti-Semitism in Face of Left-Wing Objections
The U.S. House could vote to codify an official and widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism as early as Wednesday, but some Democratic lawmakers are objecting. They prefer a far narrower definition crafted by progressive critics of Israel.
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WFB EXCLUSIVE: We Finally Found a 'Free Palestine' Protester Who Is Actually Kind of Hot
The Washington Free Beacon spent days analyzing news coverage, social media posts, mug shots, and other photos in an effort to find at least one conventionally attractive idiot among the anti-Semitic mob. Demoralized and exhausted, we almost threw in the keffiyeh. Then we saw footage from the University of Texas.
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State and Women's Groups Sue Biden Over Title IX Revamp
Red states and women’s groups hit President Joe Biden with three lawsuits Monday over his far-reaching overhaul of the federal Title IX ban on sex discrimination in schools and universities. The rule, slated to take effect August 1, replaces sex with gender identity in what the lawsuits say will allow males into female spaces and could punish staff or students who “misgender” a trans-identifying colleague or peer.