Tesla told workers at its Gigafactory Berlin to stay home Friday after environmental activists said they would protest outside the facility. Tesla announced Tuesday that all work would stop late Wednesday and restart late Sunday. Thursday is a holiday in Germany, so Tesla employees will have four days off. Andre Thierig, senior manufacturing director at the Berlin plant, confirmed […]
As police finally clear the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University appeases its protesting occupiers, the Democratic National Convention set for August in the Windy City ticks ever closer. Unsatiated protesters may have been cleared from some of their camps at college campuses, but the more lucrative target of national Democrats’ […]
WASHINGTON — As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer’s Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos that undermine his reelection campaign. Already, 65-plus organizations in Chicago and elsewhere have formed a coalition to “March […]
CHICAGO — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. University President Paul Alivisatos acknowledged the school’s role as a protector of freedom of speech after officers in […]
Some of those involved in the unruly campus protests against Israel are guests of the U.S., here on foreign student visas, and pressure is mounting on President Biden to start revoking those visas to help schools regain control of their grounds. Experts said the administration has the tools, and Republicans are demanding Mr. Biden now […]
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released an ad Monday putting university leaders on notice that if he is re-elected his administration will not tolerate anti-Semitism on campuses. The online ad, which dropped on Holocaust Remembrance Day, included clips from a speech Trump made as president in 2017 condemning anti-Semitism and remarks he made last fall to […]
Some of President Biden’s big donors are funding pro-Hamas demonstrations on American college campuses. Surprised? Politico thinks voters are dumb, so we’ll pretend to be surprised. Specifically, names like Soros, Gates, Rockefeller, and Pritzker popped up when Politico did a little digging. The premise of the article is that well-funded big donor money sometimes ends […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday. “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, where students are honored individually […]
The United Methodist Church — whose American roots predate the Declaration of Independence by more than 40 years — underwent big changes this week when business session delegates voted to make the church more inclusive for LGBTQ people seeking to marry in the church or join its ordained ministry. Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, the […]
Mitch Landrieu, the national co-chair of President Biden’s reelection campaign, on Sunday defended the president’s response to the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, despite some criticizing him for taking too long. CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Mr. Landrieu why it took Mr. Biden more than a week to address the nation about the protests, even […]
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