In text messages, the 20-year-old described himself as a “Jew hater,” and called Jewish people “worthless,” court documents revealed.

The Education Department said Columbia University no longer appeared to meet accreditation standards after concluding that the school is in violation of anti-discrimination laws, the latest effort by the Trump administration to target elite schools over their handling of pro-Palestinian protests.

Columbia students rally for peer Mahmoud Khalil, detained by ICE over pro-Palestinian activism, at the 2025 commencement ceremony.

Celeste Gamble was in Columbia University’s Butler Library, studying for her final exams, when about a hundred student protesters launched an occupation of the reading room. It was the latest eruption of ongoing pro-Palestine protests on campus.

By Dr. Evelyn Uddin-khan When Columbia University succumbed to political pressure and betrayed its students to law enforcement, many former students were shocked and bewildered at this selling of its students for money.

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"No Kings" protests against the Trump administration are taking place today in and around New York City as part of nationwide demonstrations. The protests coincide with Saturday's military parade in Washington,