Arielle Zuckerberg’s firm raises $181,818,181.80 to back ‘magically weird’ tech founders

A venture capital firm co-led by Arielle Zuckerberg has announced a new $181.8 million fund that will back “magically weird” tech startup founders and seek to support “life and creation.” The number — it’s actually $181,818,181.80 —  is no accident. Two of the three main venture capitalists behind the new fund at the firm, called […]

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3 more New York City yeshivas lose status and funding over secular education standards

Parents at three more New York City yeshivas are being told to find another school for next year as the State Education Department clamps down on schools flouting requirements for secular education instruction. The schools will lose their legal status and will not receive any public funding for meals, transportation, textbooks orother programs after June […]

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DHS arrests Georgetown researcher who is married to the daughter of a Hamas official

Federal officials have detained a Georgetown University researcher who they said was “spreading Hamas propaganda,” expanding the number of arrests under the Trump administration’s push to crack down on perceived antisemitism on college campuses. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national who is a postdoctoral fellow, was arrested on Monday, according to a petition filed by […]

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In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protester arrested at Columbia University nine days ago, wrote that he was a “political prisoner” in a letter sent from a Louisiana detention center. Khalil was arrested March 9 by ICE and has been threatened with deportation for leading activities that the Trump administration says were “aligned to Hamas.” He was […]

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In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protester arrested at Columbia University nine days ago, wrote that he was a “political prisoner” in a letter sent from a Louisiana detention center. Khalil was arrested March 9 by ICE and has been threatened with deportation for leading activities that the Trump administration says were “aligned to Hamas.” He was […]

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US Justice Department announces ‘JTF 10-7,’ a task force dedicated to prosecuting Oct. 7 terrorists

A U.S. Justice Department task force will seek redress for victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in the latest Trump administration move aimed at demonstrating support for Jews and Israelis. The task force, announced Monday by Attorney General Pam Bondi, will bring together federal attorneys and FBI agents and intelligence analysts to […]

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Citing Jewish group’s targeting, Cornell grad student files suit against deportations of pro-Palestinian activists

A Cornell University graduate student has filed suit against the Trump administration’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian campus protesters, saying that the push represents an illegal infringement on protected speech. Momodou Taal is a Gambian-British national who has been a protest leader at the upstate New York university. Cornell briefly suspended him in both April 2024 […]

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