In a big setback for free speech rights in America, Louisiana Immigration Judge Jamee Comans delivered a shameful verdict Friday: recent Columbia grad student and legal permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil, detained by ICE for weeks, could be deported under an obscure section of law that allows the secretary of state to remove noncitizens who can ...Read more

At the time I’m writing this, the Trump administration has terminated the visas of six international students at UNC-Chapel Hill. Six more at UNC Charlotte. Three at Duke University. Two at North Carolina State University.

All in all, more than 650 student visas have been revoked nationwide, according to a database maintained by Inside Higher...Read more

In the Oval Office Monday, Salvadoran strongman Nayib Bukele and wannabe American strongman Donald Trump sat together and, among other things, explained why Maryland father Kilmar Abrego García, sent illegally to Bukele’s CECOT mega-prison at Trump’s behest.

The leaders laughed at the suggestion that they should comply with a court order ...Read more

Last Tuesday, the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt new, stricter guidelines on cellphones that essentially require students to keep them turned off in the lockers or other storage areas and be allowed to use them only in case of emergency — and even then only with the express permission of a school ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump’s name won’t be on the ballot when Californians elect a new governor next year. But he’ll still be the favorite target of Democratic candidates.

That will be especially true of Xavier Becerra, 67, the latest entry in the race.

The former secretary of Health and Human Services in the Biden ...Read more

The unqualified and unfit Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is putting in place his long-held quack theories, which will harm the health of Americans.

Echoing the warning of paranoid Gen. Jack D. Ripper, from “Dr. Strangelove,” who asked “Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and ...Read more

The Supreme Court’s strategy for dealing with President Donald Trump’s illegal executive actions is gradually revealing itself: carefully uphold the rule of law while seeking to avoid direct confrontation.

In a cautious, compromise-based 9-0 decision, the justices upheld a federal district court order directing the Trump administration to �...Read more

The Trump White House isn’t responding to queries from reporters who put pronouns in their email signatures. Wait, what? If you’re confused about what this is all about, you’re not alone. The New York Times had to includes a pretty basic explanation for even its elite readership.

“The practice of including pronouns, such as ‘he/him’...Read more

On March 31, word began to leak that DOGE was targeting the National Endowment for the Humanities. A few days later, it began rescinding grants made during the Biden administration and moving forward with a plan to cut 80% of the NEH staff.

Grantees received the same email. “Your grant no longer effectuates the agency’s needs and priorities...Read more

The new Bloomberg Originals documentary "Can’t Look Away," which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch. It should be.

The film lays bare what many parents already know: Social media is rewiring their children’s brains, creating a generation of short attention spans and social anxiety...Read more

The Trump administration, in forcing the IRS to share its secret-by-law tax information with immigration enforcement authorities, is breaking with decades of precedent and almost certainly violating federal law.

The IRS leadership, including Acting Commissioner Melanie Krause, is headed for the exits for such a lawless breach.

There are a lot ...Read more

For years I tried, and mostly failed, to tell the story of my childhood molestation.

I played a kind of literary hide-and-seek. To throw the reader off my trail, I threw my voice. I became a practiced ventriloquist. My first dummy was a poem, and even though my poetry tends toward the confessional, I couldn’t bring myself to confess openly. I...Read more

Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer, offering the chance for anyone — rich and poor alike — to access great novels, nonfiction and literature without spending a dime. Budgetary concerns notwithstanding, throwing library funding into limbo is a terrible idea.

Amid a flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump creating ...Read more

A tragic death sparked national attention, turning into a call to strengthen immigration enforcement to enhance public safety. In response, the Laken Riley Act emerged as a significant piece of legislation in the ongoing debate over immigration policy in the United States.

It purports to provide protection from crime but, in fact, could have ...Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has never been afraid to challenge conventional wisdom — sometimes aligning with scientific consensus, often rejecting it.

Now, as secretary of Health and Human Services, Kennedy has the power to shape national health care policy. And many will measure his leadership with one critical question: Can he reverse America’s...Read more

More than 1 million Californians and Texans are about to face a new level of financial surveillance from the federal government. Although cash transactions over $10,000 have long been reported under current law, now many transactions of as little as $200 will have to be reported in 30 ZIP Codes along the border with Mexico.

Financial ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s campaign and allies spent $21 million of campaign spending on attack ads against transgender people. With that level of spending, I was shocked to find out it was not a top concern for voters of either party, but it continued to prevail as a campaign priority.

Opponents of transgender participation in sports continue ...Read more

Donald Trump’s first term as president was characterized by an unprecedented volume of false and misleading statements — exceeding 30,000, according to multiple news organizations.

As he advances through the first 100 days of his second term, his administration appears to be intensifying this pattern, amplifying a misinformation apparatus ...Read more

I’m not Jewish, but my wife is, and, thus, a recent Monday evening found us in the audience for a screening of “Blind Spot” at Southwestern University, our local, 1,500-student liberal arts institution in Georgetown, Texas.

Georgetown is home to more Jews than one might expect, and many showed up for the movie. “Blind Spot” documents ...Read more