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Trump’s Assault on Students
The Trump administration’s threats against international students represent the intersection of three lines of attack: a war on universities, a war on immigrants and a war on dissent.
A Student’s Immigration Ordeal
A doctoral student from Iran was detained, labeled a national security threat and eventually chose voluntary deportation after a harrowing ordeal. His fiancee has stayed behind to continue studying. Their story reveals how Trump’s immigration policies are upending academic lives.
Trump’s Incredible Shrinking Peace Plan
Trump once claimed he could end the war in Ukraine in a day, but is now growing weary of negotiations. Given the underlying resilience of U.S. ties to Europe, that may be a good thing for Ukraine.
What Kash Patel’s Children’s Books Reveal About the MAGA Movement
The head of the FBI, Kash Patel, is also a children’s author. His “Plot Against the King Trilogy” is surprisingly revealing about the mindset and motivations of a man who now has the power to root out what he sees as America’s enemy within — the so-called “Deep State.”
Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center
Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, was arrested by masked federal agents and is now in an ICE detention facility in Texas, where he provides short tutorials on Gandhi for his fellow prisoners. A Georgetown colleague reflects on a recent visit with him.
Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism
Key factions in the MAGA coalition feel disenfranchised and angry today. As the afterglow of Trump’s victory fades and economic turmoil sets in, what some have called the “MAGA civil war” indicates a vulnerability within Trump’s personality cult at the top of the Republican Party.
Partners in Crime
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has earned an invitation to the White House for his spectacular, performative incarceration of U.S. deportees. The highly curated images of the transfer are advertising for the services of the Salvadoran prison system, for sale to the Trump administration and beyond.