It is hard now even for Democrats to defend illegal immigration, given that the Biden administration allowed in more than 10 ...

A monthslong delay in appointing a replacement for Nikolas Kerest has left Vermont without even an acting or interim U.S. attorney, a predicament shared by only one other district in the country.

At the same time, corporate donations have declined as companies tighten their budgets.” Donations will be matched through ...

Vermont State Police Sgt. Daniel F. Bennett, center, speaks during a panel on fair and impartial policing on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Judd Hall at Vermont State University, Randolph Center. Photo by ...

The fatal flaw in the criminal cases against Donald Trump: credibility. Ex-special prosecutor Jack Smith’s legal team was expecting to file the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case in the nation’s ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seemingly at the behest of the vehemently Islamaphobic Laura Loomer, has detained well-known British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi in the middle of his U.S.

In an amicus brief signed last week, a total of 55 student media outlets and newsroom leaders argued the Trump administration’s arrest of international students largely for pro-Palestinian speech was ...

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Mahmoud Khalil has garnered the most headlines during the crack-down on pro-Palestinian dissenters, yet he is not the only one. Americans are often mystified when doubt is cast on America being ...

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the detention cases of Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, and Rümeysa Öztürk, TC ’20, on Tuesday. Mahdawi was detained by Immigration and ...

Over 100 people dressed in black gathered at the 116th Street and Broadway gates on Monday to support Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, ahead of his Tuesday hearing—at which a ...

Judge William Young of the Federal District Court in Boston is a Reagan appointee who has been on the bench for 47 years. Last June, he received a threatening postcard. Handwritten in all caps, it ...