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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

ICE Agents Arrest Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia University Protests

Khalil’s arrest is the first publicly known deportation effort under Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined protests against the war in Gaza.

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Demonstration on the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, in New York City

Facing Trump’s Threats, Columbia Investigates Students Critical of Israel

The new disciplinary office is raising alarm among students, faculty and free speech advocates, who accuse the school of bowing to President Trump’s threats.

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Linda McMahon, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Education, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing in Washington

Trump Vowed to Leverage Federal Money To Fight Antisemitism. He’s Starting at Columbia

Trump said on social media that federal funding will be stopped for any school or college that allows “illegal protests.”

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Supreme Court Turns Back Challenges to Laws Keeping Abortion Opponents Away From Clinics, Patients

Anti-abortion activists said the measures violate free-speech rights and should be on their “deathbed” after the justices overturned Roe v. Wade.

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A coalition of pro-Palestinian University of Michigan students and supporters protest in the street

ACLU Sues University of Michigan Over Campus Bans for Pro-Palestinian Protesters

The lawsuit accuses the university of violating protesters' right to free speech, and also argues that the university “abused its authority to ban people from public property.”

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Columbia University encampment continues, in New York

Trump Administration Opens Antisemitism Investigations at 5 Universities

The new investigations were opened the same day the Justice Department announced a new task force to root out antisemitism on college campuses.

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Family of environmental activist Manuel Paez Teran sue the City of Atlanta for more information about his death by law enforcement

Family of ‘Cop City’ Activist Who Was Killed by Troopers Files Lawsuit

The lawsuit says GBI Special Agent Ryan Long planned a “raid” that targeted protesters for expressing their political beliefs, violating their First Amendment rights.

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White Adidas Soccer Ball on Grass

NH Court To Hear Cases About Transgender Girls Playing Girls Sports and the Right to Protest Them

A federal judge ruled earlier this year that the teens can try out for and play on girls school sports teams as they seek to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act on behalf of all transgender students in New Hampshire.

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