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Columbia University president steps down amid Trump’s crackdown

The resignation comes after Columbia caved to demands from Trump, who claims the school failed to fight antisemitism.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order targeting Jenner & Block

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order targeting major law firm Jenner & Block Friday.  Judge John D. Bates, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, barr…
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Columbia’s president steps aside for new leadership at embattled university

Interim president Katrina Armstrong to transfer to medical center with appointment of board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman
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State Department formally notifies Congress of dissolving USAID; court allows cuts

The State Department on Friday formally notified Congress of the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with the remaining operations and programs run by the diplomatic agency.
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RT by @mikenov: Attorney General Pamela Bondi, #FBI Director Kash Patel, and the heads of the agencies that form the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force held a press conference yesterday at #FBIWFO’s office in Virginia to announce the arrest of an alleged MS-13 leader. ow.ly/hznZ50VqSz2

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Here’s what to know about Claire Shipman, Columbia’s new acting president

Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, has replaced Katrina Armstrong as acting University president, board of trustees chair David Greenwald, Law ’83, announced in a Friday evening email.
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JD Vance felt the cold in Greenland but he had no warm words for European allies

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10 Best ‘Breaking Bad’ Performances, Ranked

Breaking Bad was an all-time great show and featured many legendary performances, including those given by Aaron Paul, Bryan Cranston, and Anna Gunn.
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Retaliatory strike. Ukraine’s Air Force attacks Shahed launch site in Bryansk region

Ukrainian defenders carried out an airstrike on the Pogar border checkpoint in Russia’s Bryansk region, from where the Russian army had been launching its kamikaze drones, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “On March 27, 2025, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully struck the Pogar border checkpoint ne…
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US authorizes first home test for three common sexually transmitted infections

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted authorization to market the first test that can be performed entirely at home for detecting three sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The home test, developed by privately held company Visby Medical, does not require mailing samples to a lab like other existing home-based STI tests. The new test for common STIs chlamydia,