A Columbia University professor who has been an outspoken critic of the university’s handling of continuous pro-Palestinian student protests suggested that the university’s administration may be “negotiating” with the protest’s leadership. Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, was seen on Monday in a viral video having a combative exchange with university administrators […]
Starbucks is debuting a new line of “sustainable cold cups” across the United States to tackle carbon emissions just in time for Earth Day on Monday. After four years of experimenting in the Tryer Center, the 20,000-square-foot company’s lab of innovation in Seattle, Starbucks has studied how to have fewer plastics in cold cup designs […]
Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) is requesting President Joe Biden delay his planned trip to Syracuse, New York, as law enforcement officers in the area are reeling from the deaths of two police officers. Biden is visiting upstate New York on Thursday to tout the CHIPS and Science Act, among other stops in the Empire State. […]
Former President Donald Trump is attempting to tie brewing legislation potentially banning TikTok to President Joe Biden as he courts young voters. The House advanced legislation Saturday included in the foreign aid bills, forcing the sale of TikTok from its Chinese owners within a year to avoid a ban in the United States. The Senate […]
Rep. John Carter’s (R-TX) district office in Georgetown, Texas, was vandalized by “anti-Israel activists” on Monday morning, but the congressman said they were ultimately “unsuccessful” in intimidating him. A spokesperson for Carter’s office said that around 8:30 a.m., staff arrived at the district office to find “a disturbing act of vandalism” after activists splattered red […]
An assistant business professor at Columbia University and Israel native, Shai Davidai, was dumbfounded Monday morning after he was barred from entry into the campus’s “liberated zone.” Davidai and other pro-Israel demonstrators were outside the campus gate, hoping to enter, video footage posted to X showed. The encampment was set up at the university in […]
Newly selected WNBA player Angel Reese has called for “young women” to be protected in sports, likely referring to the debate on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Reese, a former Louisiana State University Tigers player, posted the statement on social media Monday morning. However, she did not elaborate and say from what women in sports […]
NEW YORK — Attorneys for Donald Trump unveiled their defense strategy during opening arguments in his hush money case on Monday, largely choosing to dispute the laws under which prosecutors have charged Trump rather than the allegations themselves. For the defense’s opening statement, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the jury that Trump was not involved […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) denied an apology from celebrity father Mohamed Hadid after a report emerged that he had sent the New York Democrat several homophobic and racist messages. Hadid, who is Palestinian and is the father of models Bella and Gigi Hadid, has been outspoken over his opposition to Israel, even comparing the Jewish […]
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) gave Columbia University President Minouche Shafik advice while visiting the campus on Monday, encouraging her to ask the former presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania “what not to do” when it comes to handling the rise of antisemitism. Moskowitz spoke during a press conference with Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), […]
