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a demonstrator holds a sign in support of the Palestinians during a Board of Regents meeting at the University of Washington

21 University of Washington Students Suspended for Pro-Palestinian Protest

The school said the occupation resulted in “significant damage” to the building and equipment housed in it.

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Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Clash With Security Guards at Columbia University

Police said at least 80 people had been taken into custody, though it wasn’t clear how many came from the demonstration inside the library and how many were outside the building.

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Michigan Drops Charges Against Pro-Palestinian Campus Protesters

Attorney General Dana Nessel said she believed the cases were strong but suggested her office was worn down by criticism and other factors.

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Trump Re-Ups His Threat to Strip Harvard University’s Tax-Exempt Status

Trump’s battle against Harvard is part of a broader campaign the administration is framing as an effort to root out antisemitism on college campuses.

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A Palestinian Student at Columbia Is Released After Arrest at His Citizenship Interview

In his release order, the judge said Mohsen Mahdawi has raised a “substantial claim that the government arrested him to stifle speech with which it disagrees.”

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Protests continue at Columbia University in New York during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

College Journalists Wrestle With Transparency as Students Fear Deportation for Speaking Out

Students are being asked to remove previously published content amid what critics have described as unprecedented attacks on campus speech.

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Harvard Sues Trump Administration To Stop the Freeze of More Than $2 Billion in Grants

The suit called the funding freeze “arbitrary and capricious,” saying it violated its First Amendment rights and the statutory provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

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Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City

Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, was the first person arrested under President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined campus protests against the war in Gaza.

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