President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday instructing all federal agencies to identify civil and criminal authorities available to combat antisemitism.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders cracking down on campus antisemitism and stripping federal funds from K-12 schools that teach critical race theory.
The program director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Nonviolent Action Lab, gave Harvard his two-weeks notice on Wednesday in protest of the University’s decision to define certain criticisms of Israel as antisemitic.
A new senior official in Trump’s Justice Department warned universities allowing continued antisemitic behavior on campus to expect a letter from him
Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski attends the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
In a related executive order signed this week, Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase capacity at the Migrant Operations Center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This is aimed at housing asylum seekers and individuals who enter the U.S. illegally before their cases are processed.
Virginia Senate Democrats rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments, including Kenneth Marcus, a former assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education nominat
State university officials began the effort in response to social media outrage over test questions about terrorism. The effort has infuriated professors.
Kash Patel answered questions at his confirmation hearing about ties to people known for promoting antisemitism.
The D.C. fire chief has said that recovery is now underway, as bodies are pulled out of the Potomac River. With many of Trump’s executive orders and policy memos disrupting the normal function of government, could this disaster have been prevented by a competent administration?
Last week, just days after his inauguration, Donald Trump eliminated the membership of a key committee that handles aviation security. And on Wednesday night, a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area.
An executive order signed this week would push colleges and universities to combat antisemitism specifically by monitoring and reporting international students.