New York City Mayor Eric Adams, several college and university administrators across the country, and some law enforcement members have blamed “outside agitators” for the disruption in now weekslong pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the country. The anti-war student protesters want their universities to disclose ties to Israel and sever all economic and academic ties […]
El expresidente Donald Trump dijo que la orden de silencio en su juicio de Nueva York lo priva de testificar. “Bueno, no me permiten testificar, supongo que estoy bajo una orden de silencio, ¿verdad?”, dijo Trump el 2 de mayo al final del día en la corte de Manhattan. Trump añadió, “No me permiten hablar” […]
Student protests against the Israel-Hamas war have roiled college campuses across the U.S. for weeks, with many protesters demanding divestment from companies with ties to Israel or weapons manufacturers. Those calls have so far been denied, although some universities have agreed to enter discussions with students. But what is divestment, exactly? At New York’s Columbia […]
Former President Donald Trump at May 1 rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan — battleground states with high numbers of manufacturing jobs — highlighted his vision for the economy. Trump made misleading statements about tax cuts and jobs filled by immigrants in the U.S. illegally, but spoke more accurately on the rising costs of food, including chicken. […]
El gobernador republicano de Florida, Ron DeSantis, advirtió a los padres sobre una enmienda estatal sobre el aborto, que ampliaría el acceso legal al aborto y anularía su prohibición después de las seis semanas, según la ley que entró en vigor el 1 de mayo. En Naples, horas antes de que el presidente Joe Biden […]
Is a billionaire bankrolling student protests at universities across the country? “We all knew it but now it’s confirmed … ” read one April 26 Facebook post that shared a screengrab of a New York Post headline and linked to a story. The Facebook post also included the New York Post article’s first sentence: “George […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., warned parents about a state abortion amendment that would expand legal access to abortion and overrule a six-week abortion ban that went into effect May 1. In Naples, hours before President Joe Biden spoke in Tampa April 23 about abortion, DeSantis told a crowd that Biden was coming to Florida to […]
It may be the most controversial dog death since “Old Yeller” — the faithful stray dog turned rabid — that had to be put down in the 1957 Disney classic film. Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s story about killing her dog Cricket ignited a heated debate among people of all political persuasions April 26 when The […]
Before signing into law a measure allowing religious chaplains in public schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the initiative brought Florida closer to what the nation’s founders wanted for educating youth. “When education in the United States first started, every school was a religious school. That was just part of it. Public schools were religious schools,” […]
Is the Chinese Communist Party operating “sleeper cells” on American soil? That’s what Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a recent social media post. Stefanik, who as House Republican Conference chair is the third-highest party official under Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., decried Chinese nationals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in a March 17 post on X. […]
After the nation’s leading gender equity law, Title IX, received a long-anticipated update, the reviews are in — and they’re as mixed as a can of machine-shaken paint at Sherwin-WIlliams. Civil rights advocates at the Southern Poverty Law Center praised the revisions as “bolstering protections for LGBTQ+ students.” Meanwhile, one sexual violence researcher said the […]
En sus mítines de campaña, el expresidente Donald Trump usualmente repite una declaración imprecisa, infundada: Países mundialmente están vaciando sus prisiones e instituciones mentales y enviando a esas personas como migrantes a los Estados Unidos. La forma en que se dijo la declaración y los países incluidos han cambiado, pero varias organizaciones de noticias han […]