The campus police chief at Arizona State University has been placed on leave for his alleged actions during anti-Israel protests. Michael Thompson was put on administrative leave as university officials review complaints filed against him stemming from April 26 and 27, the school told Fox News Digital in a statement. “ASU Police Chief Michael Thompson has been placed on paid …
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Officers at the University of Arizona were forced to deploy tear gas or another chemical agent to disperse anti-Israel protests on the campus, officials said. In the early hours of Friday morning, University of Arizona Police declared an unlawful assembly at University Park and urged people to “leave immediately” or “avoid the area” entirely. Later, the police department’s X account …
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A union representing custodians at Columbia University says it is gearing up to sue the Ivy League school for its response to the anti-Israel protests, in which its members allegedly were targeted by “spoiled” and “bratty” agitators who temporarily took over a campus building. TWU International President John Samuelsen told ‘Fox & Friends’ on Thursday that his rank and file …
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Ohio’s Republican Attorney General is pushing back against critics after warning that anti-Israel protesters wearing masks are facing potential prison time due to a little known state law. “The First Amendment protects you and saying whatever it is you have to say. Even hateful things are protected by the First Amendment,” Ohio AG Dave Yost told Fox News Digital this …
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Arizona State University officials say a postdoctoral research scholar remains on leave as the school investigates his videotaped confrontation with a hijab-wearing woman at a pro-Israel rally last weekend. Sunday’s event was held near the university’s Tempe campus and attended by Jonathan Yudelman, a scholar at ASU’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. Yudelman was identified on multiple …
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Ithaca, New York-based Cornell University’s president, Martha E. Pollack, announced on Thursday that she will retire on June 30, as the campus grapples with anti-Israel protests, much like schools across the nation. Cornell University Board of Trustees Kraig H. Kayser said in a prepared statement that Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff will step in as interim president starting on July 1, …
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As Trump-Biden 2.0 heads toward the party conventions, the major issues on which their contest will be decided have stabilized. An “October surprise” is still possible but very unlikely. The two candidates have both served as president and both have been under intense scrutiny for at least a decade for former President Donald Trump and five decades for President Joe …
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FIRST ON FOX: Under new legislation being proposed by a Republican senator, universities could be rendered ineligible for federal monetary assistance if they don’t promptly remove encampments, such as those erected during anti-Israel demonstrations across the country. Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, will introduce The Encampments or Endowments Act on Thursday in response to the various escalating protests professing anti-Israel sentiments …
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The undergraduate student body at Emory University in Atlanta has passed a no confidence vote against the school’s president following anti-Israel protests there that have resulted in more than two dozen arrests. A University spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the referendum, which was facilitated by the Emory Student Government Association, involved the participation of 3,401 of its 8,102 undergraduate …
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The University of Chicago announced Tuesday that an anti-Israel encampment which has been interfering with the “free expression, learning, and work of others” at the campus has been completely dismantled. Video captured police earlier this morning tearing down tents and barricades and dragging away Palestinian flags that were set up on its Main Quad. Protesters later were seen locking arms …
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