Month: March 2025
March 21, 2025
Politics
Trump’s terror designation for Mexican drug cartels allows slain DEA agent’s family to sue narco group and ‘hold his killers accountable’
The lawsuit filed in California federal court by Camarena’s widow, children, and siblings seeks to hold gangsters Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and the...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Columbia, Barnard ordered to refrain from turning over student disciplinary records until Mahmoud Khalil hearing
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records. A federal judge on...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Wisconsin Trump voter stands by his support of president after ICE detains his Peruvian wife on return trip from honeymoon
The concerned husband said he initially thought Trump’s administration would only deport immigrants with a criminal history or those who had crossed the border illegally. The concerned husband said...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reveals another $580 million in DOGE savings from bloated Pentagon budget
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled another $580 million worth of cuts to programs Thursday that he claimed were either wasteful" or didn't align with the administration's agenda. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Trump admin deadline set to expire as ‘productive’ talks continue with embattled Columbia, putting $400M in fed funding at risk
The federal government and Columbia University are still engaged in zero-hour discussions over whether the Ivy League school intends to bend to President Trump's demands or let Thursday's deadline...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing personal info from Social Security Administration: ‘Fishing expedition’
District Judge Ellen Hollander’s temporary restraining order compels DOGE staffers to delete any personally identifiable data they may have collected from SSA and any software installed at the agency. ...
March 20, 2025
Health Care
Hawley has pointed questions for Dr. Oz on abortion, trans care
The Missouri Republican, alone, isn’t enough to block Oz’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, even if Democrats join him. The Missouri Republican, alone, isn’t...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Trump is moving to gut the Department of Education — here’s what it does
President Trump is taking dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a nearly five-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 under...
March 20, 2025
Politics
US-funded international media is worth the tiny cost — we can’t surrender to America’s enemies in the war of ideas
From my first stint leading Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — the iconic Cold War broadcaster turned 21st-century digital-media company — I recall FSB agents taunting our journalists across the...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Columbia student who praised Mahmoud Khalil arrest in WSJ op-ed received death threats: ‘These people are ridiculous’
"I know a lot of people at CU agree with me but they're petrified to say anything because you get this mob of people who will go after you...