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Rally on National Mall expected to draw thousands in support of Palestinian rights

Thousands of protesters are expected to turn out for a rally in the nation's capital Saturday in support of Palestinian rights and an immediate end to Israeli military operations in Gaza.

Missouri gubernatorial candidate with KKK ties can stay on GOP ticket, judge rules

A judge ruled Friday that a gubernatorial candidate in Missouri with alleged ties to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) can stay on the Republican ticket. The Missouri GOP attempted to kick Darrell McClanahan out from participating in the August Republican primary, but Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied the request, The Associated Press...

Hogan argues abortion pivot during Maryland Senate race not ‘a major transformation’

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), the GOP nominee for retiring Democratic Sen. Cardin's seat in Maryland, argued Friday that his recent pivot on abortion, is not “a major transformation.” Hogan said he supports "restoring Roe as the law of the land" and called himself "pro-choice" in an interview published Thursday in The New York...

Did colleges give away the store in deals with student protesters?

Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully negotiated to end the pro-Palestinian encampments — among them Northwestern, Brown, Rutgers and Johns Hopkins —...

Congress can help colleges counter antisemitism through free speech

The recent shocking torrent of antisemitism has awakened Americans. More and more are speaking up. The First Amendment provides them — as well as faculty and students — with opportunities to educate the public about Israel, Jewish history and antisemitism.

Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate

Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I'm gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday. “I am, no I really am. I don't want him coming in like the State of the Union, he...

Higher education is failing — and our democracy is suffering 

Educators must grapple anew with the question of how to teach democracy, so that students master both the theory and the hands-on practice of it.

Judge rules man who stabbed ex-cop Derek Chauvin in prison can represent self at trial

The inmate who is charged with stabbing former Minneapolis police office Derek Cahuvin in an Arizona prison is allowed to represent himself in court, a judge ruled. John Turscak, the federal inmate who attacked Chauvin, stabbed him 22 times with a makeshift knife at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tucson last November. Chauvin killed...

Democrats can still jettison Biden as an ‘August Surprise’

A growing number of Democrats see Biden as becoming the political version of “Groundhog Day.” Every night they go to sleep dreaming of having a new nominee and every morning they wake up to the same old Biden.

Senate GOP looks to Trump to keep hold of House majority 

Senate Republicans believe the party’s chances of retaining its slim House majority will sink or swim with former President Trump in November as Democrats remain cautiously bullish of winning back the chamber despite chaos in the House GOP conference over the past year. Republican lawmakers have oozed confidence for months about the potential of winning...

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