The university has largely complied with the administration’s demands, but has adjusted them in meaningful ways. One department offers a window into that effort.
Top academics in the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department at Columbia University, including Professors Timothy Mitchell and Gil Hochberg, the department’s chair, say the school is committed to the program’s autonomy.
The aftermath of the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., in January. The peak of California’s fire season, when fires are most abundant and the most acres burn, occurs from June through October.
He was a master of long form narratives, often involving high-stakes topics. He reported for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine.
The question for the justices is whether the centers may pursue a First Amendment challenge to a state subpoena seeking donor information in federal court.
The precise question the Supreme Court agreed to hear in the case involving First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which runs five centers that say they “offer free medical services and material support to women facing unplanned pregnancies,” is a narrow one.
In a handout image from Ukraine’s government, Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister, signed the minerals deal in Washington in April.
Iran is often portrayed as one of the world’s most dangerous actors. But with attacks on its defenses, nuclear sites and proxy militias, Israel has exposed a compromised and weakened adversary.
Seeking adult fans with money to spend, companies like Mattel and Lego are working with artists to make exclusive — and expensive — versions of their products.
The debut of American Bitcoin, a mining firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has heightened the ethical concerns swirling around the Trump presidency.
Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.
Group14 Technologies, a start-up, slowed the construction of a battery materials factory in Moses Lake, Wash., after its customers in China balked at paying higher tariffs.
Legislation being advanced by Republicans in Congress would substantially increase the tax bills for many foreign companies that operate in the United States, raising more than $100 billion over a decade.
Maj. Erica Vandal’s superiors called her “a superb officer.” The president said transgender soldiers like her lack the “honesty,” “humility” and “integrity” to serve.
In his first interview since losing his job at ABC News, the longtime TV correspondent, newly popular on Substack, says he does not regret his social media post criticizing the Trump administration.
As the sixth week of the Sean Combs trial began on Monday morning, the judge overseeing the case dismissed a juror over concerns about inconsistencies in how he described where he lives.
The French-Israeli relationship has always been turbulent, but the prospect that President Emmanuel Macron may recognize a Palestinian state has brought tension to a new level.
The 150-million-year-old specimen is valued at up to $6 million by Sotheby’s. Some paleontologists worry this auction and earlier ones are driving fossil market speculators.
Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.
Zohran Mamdani, a front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, will announce a second cross-endorsement with Michael Blake, a former state lawmaker.
The handful of notable firms that were targeted by the president for punishment but chose to fight have uniformly won. Nine others have nonetheless pledged almost $1 billion in free legal work.
Several law firms chose to capitulate to President Trump’s demands in the face of threats to lift security clearances, cancel contracts and bar entry to government buildings.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
Records show that air traffic controllers handling Newark Liberty International Airport flights have grappled with equipment outages since at least 2023, an anxiety-causing situation they call “plug and pray.”
A temporary injunction remains in force, but Harvard hoped the judge would issue a more lasting block of the president’s proclamation against foreign students’ enrollment at the university.
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.
Dozens of others were injured overnight across Israel, the authorities said. Israel was striking military sites in Iran and the four-day-old conflict showed no sign of slowing.
A manhunt ended after a man suspected in the killing on Saturday of a state lawmaker and her husband was arrested on Sunday. Here is how the events unfolded.
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