President Biden cast the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and his framing of former President Trump’s response, as the impetus for his 2020 White House run – but Biden now faces his own “Charlottesville moment.” Biden has repeatedly and emphatically condemned the riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 for spewing “antisemitic bile,” even saying the protests motivated his run for the …
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Students at Columbia University have been instructed that classes have shifted to virtual or hybrid amid ongoing safety concerns stemming from anti-Israel protests. The new guidelines said all courses on the Morningside main campus have moved to hybrid learning “until the end of each school’s Spring 2024 semester.” “Safety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students’ …
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Police began removing anti-Israel protesters from an encampment on Yale’s campus early Monday after a week of protests calling for the university to divest from military weapon manufacturers. Police arrested 47 protesters in the encampment near Beinecke Plaza, a Yale University spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. Students who were arrested are being referred for Yale disciplinary action, …
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Days after the University of Southern California (USC) announced it would cancel its valedictorian speech, along with all outside speakers during this year’s commencement ceremonies, protesters gathered on the school’s campus on Sunday to show support for the student. USC announced it would not be allowing biomedical engineering major Asna Tabassum to give her valedictorian speech during the main stage …
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Harvard University has closed Harvard Yard at the heart of its campus and is restricting access to the outside area until Friday, according to a report, a move that comes as anti-Israel protesters take over open areas of other Ivy League campuses. Signs posted on the gates of Harvard Yard on Sunday said that the area was closed to non-Harvard …
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., reiterated his criticisms of activists calling for cease-fire in Gaza, and slammed fellow Democrats for their “crazy” response to the attacks Iran has launched against Israel, in an interview with Fox Digital. “It is not appropriate or legal or helpful to advance your argument if you show up in a Starbucks with a bullhorn and start …
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During an Earth Day news conference, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., switched gears and called the student-led protests happening across college campuses across the country “peaceful.” “Today also serves as a reminder of the power of organizing, of what we can accomplish [when] young people, climate advocates, labor organizers and working people of all backgrounds come together to demand the future. …
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Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, sent a letter to Columbia University leaders demanding they take action against the anti-Israel protests on campus that have made Jewish students feel unsafe. Foxx’s letter on Sunday was addressed to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Columbia Trustees Co-Chairs David Greenwald and Claire Shipman. “I am gravely concerned …
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Fox News host Sean Hannity criticizes President Biden for trying to “buy” college students’ votes by paying off their student loans as many protest against Israel on campuses like Columbia University. MICHAEL RAPAPORT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS AT COLUMBIA, SAYS THEY’RE ‘BULLIES,’ ‘COWARDS’ SEAN HANNITY: Things have gotten so bad, a rabbi at Columbia University calling for students now …
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Despite multiple efforts on Monday to get an answer from the White House, officials remained silent on the issue of whether President Biden intends to deploy the National Guard to break up anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. Fox News Digital asked the White House whether it would comment on the situation at Columbia University and if it required federal intervention, …
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