Columbia University Sanctions Nearly 80 Students Amid Pressure Over Gaza Protests Columbia University has issued disciplinary sanctions against nearly 80 students involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests, as the institution seeks to restore $400 million in federal funding suspended by the Trump administration. The crackdown follows months of political pressure from President Donald Trump, who has […]
At least 40 to 50 students, their hands cuffed with plastic zip-ties, were seen being loaded into New York Police Department vans and buses outside Butler Library as NYPD officers swept through the six-story building to round up other protesters who refused to leave. Police arrived on campus in force at the request of Columbia […]
Friday’s announcement was made in a joint statement by the departments of Justice, Education and Health and Human Services as well as the General Services Administration. The Trump administration declined to specify the grants and contracts affected or its evidence of antisemitic harassment. The announced cuts would come out of what the administration said was […]
A potential remedy for Google to avoid antitrust actions could involve terminating the agreement, which makes its search engine a default on Apple devices, Wall Street analysts said on Tuesday. Google pays Apple $20 billion annually, or about 36% of what it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser, for the privilege, according […]
President Nemat Minouche Shafik has faced an outcry from many students, faculty, and outside observers for summoning New York police to dismantle a tent encampment set up on campus by protesters against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. After a two-hour meeting on Friday, the Columbia University Senate approved a resolution that Shafik’s administration had […]
