Tens of thousands of people across the United States and around the world gathered to protest against President Donald Trump’s policies on May Day 2025, staging more than 1,100 protests under the banner of the “50501” movement — shorthand for 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement. In the United States, organisers framed this year’s International…
A U.S. judge on Wednesday will hold a hearing over a Columbia University student’s challenge to his arrest by immigration authorities, a case that has become a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s pledge to deport pro-Palestine college activists. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman is due to hear from lawyers for student activist Mahmoud Khalil, 29,…
Federal immigration authorities on Saturday arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who played a significant role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in New York. Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University, had been involved in major protests against Israel on the university campus. Several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered Khalil’s university-owned apartment Saturday night…