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Columbia University, Trump administration reach deal over funding

In a statement, the university said will pay a $200 million fine over three years to settle allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students on campus.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, May 21, 2025.
Hussein al-Sheikh, Vice President of the Palestinian Authority, pictured in his Ramallah office, December 2023; illustrative.

US Amb. Huckabee meets with Palestinian VP in Ramallah

 (Illustrative) US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff over a backdrop of Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Witkoff to travel to Middle East, Hamas deal may lead to IDF withdrawal

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. April 12, 2025.

Judge in Trump-Harvard case questions tie between antisemitism allegations and federal funding cuts


Israel to take 'kinetic action' on Hamas if Gaza hostages not freed, Boehler tells CNN

Israel has "a new sense of ability to get something done," following the successful airstrike campaign against Iran, Boehler told CNN's Jake Tapper.

 Adam Boehler speaks at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference, May 20, 2025

Ex-Epstein lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, calls for release of additional Epstein materials

"I think the judge should release it, but they are not in the grand jury transcripts," Dershowitz said on Fox.

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

US Senate passes Trumps billion dollar cut to foreign aid, public broadcasting

The US Senate approved President Donald Trump's plan for $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funding early on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 13, 2025.

Antisemitism envoy post remains unfilled six months into Trump’s term

The US Senate has yet to confirm the antisemitism envoy, as the Trump administration warns of a global rise in Jew-hatred.

 Donald Trump and Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an Oct. 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida on Oct. 07, 2024

Trump admin. officials debate FEMA efficacy after Texas floods

The Trump Administration argued that it was shifting to empower state governments to provide citizens with relief, but climate experts say that would be harmful.

 A person watches as machinery is used to clear debris along the banks of the Guadalupe River after catastrophic floods in Center Point, Texas, U.S., July 11, 2025.

Secret Service botched operation to stop Trump assassination attempt, Senate c'mttee says

The bipartisan Senate committee called for stronger disciplinary actions for the agents present at the July campaign rally in Butler, where Trump was targeted.

 Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania after an assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Dan Bongino considering resigning from FBI over bungled Jeffrey Epstein probe - CNN

Bongino is reportedly furious at US Attorney-General Pam Bondi's handling of the Epstein files.

 Radio host Daniel Bongino speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. June 10, 2020.

One California worker dead, hundreds arrested after cannabis farm raid

The raid is the newest escalation in President Donald Trump's campaign for mass deportations of immigrants in the US illegally.

 A vehicle with the message "ICE, ICE Baby!" written in the dust on the rear windscreen stands near U.S. federal agents blocking a road leading to an agricultural facility where U.S. federal agents and immigration officers carried out an operation, in Camarillo, California, U.S., July 10, 2025.

Trump arrives in Texas to survey flood damage as questions over response swirl

"It's a horrible thing," Trump told reporters as he departed the White House. "Nobody can even believe it, such a thing - that much water that fast."

 U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump shake hands with Kerrville police officers, as they visit a scene of devastation along the banks of the Guadalupe River, after catastrophic floods, in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 11, 2025.

US State Department to fire over 1,300 employees as Trump admin. aims to shrink federal gov't

As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government, at least 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers have had their positions terminated, CNN reported.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025.

'They want to make an example out of me': Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump admin. over arrest - CNN

“From the moment that I was detained, I knew that I would eventually prevail,” he said. “What I simply did is protesting a genocide.”

 Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil gestures next to his wife Dr. Noor Abdalla and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at Newark airport, a day after he was released from immigration custody, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 21, 2025.