Education May 15 Harvard thought its faded Magna Carta was a cheap copy. It’s actually more than 700 years old The university had purchased the stained faded document for less than $30.
Politics May 05 Pence says Constitution is ‘what makes us one people’ in acceptance speech for Profile in Courage Award Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday repeatedly invoked the Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
Education Apr 22 Harvard sues Trump administration over ‘arbitrary and capricious’ freeze of $2 billion in grants A White House spokesman said Monday after the suit was filed in federal court that Harvard has failed to meet basic conditions for receiving taxpayer funds.
Nation Apr 19 250 years after the start of the Revolutionary War, a divided America battles over its legacy Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolutionary War began 250 years ago, as the country looks back to its war of independence and asks where its…
Politics Apr 18 Federal judge blocks Trump’s passport policy affecting transgender Americans A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
Politics Apr 17 ICE agents smashed car window in seizing Guatemalan man who’s seeking asylum, family says A lawyer for the family says agents weren't looking for Juan Francisco Mendez when they grabbed him Monday in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as he drove to a dental appointment.
Education Apr 15 Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University over campus activism The hold on Harvard's funding marks the seventh time President Donald Trump's administration has taken the step at one of the nation's most elite colleges, in an attempt to force compliance with Trump's political agenda.
Politics Mar 27 Tufts student from Turkey threatened with deportation, latest Palestinian supporter swept up in crackdown Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was swiftly moved out of Massachusetts, a demonstration of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is sending immigrants who are taken into custody to detention centers or deporting them altogether before…
Politics Mar 17 Doctor who was deported to Lebanon supported Hezbollah leader, Homeland Security officials say The department's statement, posted on social media, provides a possible explanation for Dr. Rasha Alawieh's deportation, which has sparked widespread alarm, especially after a federal judge ordered that she not be removed until a hearing could be held.
Politics Mar 13 Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice The judge on Thursday approved the plea agreement, but has not yet addressed his sentence.