Jun 21 WATCH: Mahmoud Khalil speaks at Newark airport after release from immigration detention By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters Saturday at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport a day after leaving a federal immigration facility in Louisiana. A former Columbia University graduate student and symbol of Trump’s clampdown on campus protests, he… Continue reading
Jun 21 WATCH: 'Justice prevailed but it's very long overdue,' Mahmoud Khalil says after his ordered release By Sophie Bates, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after 104 days by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump ’s clampdown on campus protests. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 7:02 Carla Hayden on her time as a pioneering librarian of Congress and getting fired by Trump By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport, Daria Nastasia Dr. Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump in May. Geoff Bennett recently spoke with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration’s ongoing efforts to reshape key institutions and why she intends to… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 11:17 Capehart and Ponnuru on Trump's stance on Iran and the rise in political violence By Eliot Barnhart, Ian Couzens Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Ramesh Ponnuru, editor for the National Review, join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including attacks on elected state officials, President Trump's consideration of U.S. military involvement in Iran and the… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 6:25 Federal agents are denied access to Dodger Stadium in latest immigration clash By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins One of LA's most prized civic institutions - the Los Angeles Dodgers -- is now caught up in the debate over high-profile immigration raids taking place across the region after the Dodgers said ICE agents requested access to their stadium… Continue watching
Jun 20 Federal appeals court blocks Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms By Sara Cline, Jack Brook, Associated Press A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. Continue reading
Jun 20 WATCH: Trump says Gabbard and U.S. intelligence are 'wrong' about Iran's nuclear plans By Associated Press Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers in March that U.S. spy agencies believed that Iran hadn’t made a decision to build a nuclear weapon. Speaking to reporters after touching down in New Jersey, Trump was asked about… Continue reading
Jun 20 Federal judge blocks Trump administration effort to keep Harvard from hosting foreign students By Collin Binkley, Albee Zhang, Associated Press The order from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston preserves Harvard's ability to host foreign students while the case is decided, but it falls short of resolving all of Harvard's legal hurdles to hosting international students. Continue reading
Jun 20 Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transportation money By Michael Casey, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Twenty states sued after they said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. Continue reading
Jun 20 Judge orders Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention center By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Khalil was the first arrest under President Donald Trump's crackdown on students who joined campus protests against Israel's devastating war in Gaza. Continue reading