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“Having the Southern Poverty Law Center label you, a black woman, as an ‘apologist for white supremacy,’ it sort of makes you like kryptonite for any universities that would be looking to hire you,” Carol Swain told JNS.
A “misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated.
“This is extremely concerning and painful not only to the City of New York in general, but specifically to a very close-knit community,” Eric Adams said.
Katrina Armstrong said on Friday that she stepped down after the “singular honor to lead Columbia University in this important and challenging time.”
“My position, then as now, emphatically rejects the ideology, lifestyle and behaviors which the LGBTQ term represents,” wrote one of the university’s most senior rabbis.
Reps. Tim Walberg and Burgess Owens wrote to Barnard, Bowdoin, Northwestern, Pomona and Sarah Lawrence for answers about their alleged failure to combat antisemitism on campus.
“I think it’s the same reason they gave to Jesus just before they crucified him,” former lecturer Dwayne Booth wrote on social media.
“Safeguarding higher education is a commonsense, bipartisan priority,” the Jewish Federations of North America stated.
“Such evasion networks bolster Iran and Hezbollah, undermining Lebanon,” read a statement from the U.S. State Department.
The seized funds were used to launder more than $1.5 million in virtual currency since October 2024, per the U.S. Justice Department.
“The department must champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first,” Reed Rubinstein testified before a Senate panel.
U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander’s father, Adi, is due to attend Auburn University’s upcoming game as a guest of Athletes for Israel.
The effort marks the first major test for the chamber’s Democrats on Israel policy in the new term.
