A federal judge has halted the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil. The ruling came late Monday, delaying the Trump administration’s efforts to remove him from the country. Judge Jesse Furman ordered a hearing for Wednesday in New York City. President Donald Trump took credit for Khalil’s arrest. Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Kh...
The arrest of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil has divided American Jews. Some support the move, while others fear it threatens civil liberties. Some Jewish groups, such as the Anti-Defamation League or ADL, praised the arrest, citing concerns over campus protests supporting Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The ADL praise...
A top U.S. architectural body has canceled a journal issue on Palestine and fired its interim executive editor, citing rising risks. The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) scrapped the fall 2025 edition of the Journal of Architectural Education. The canceled issue was set to explore Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its impac...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republicans to support an over $1.5 trillion spending bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown, calling it a “very good” bill “under the circumstances.” “All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. He emphasized the...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the U.S. will revoke visas and deport foreign nationals who express support for Hamas. The move has been called “Catch and Revoke”. It will use AI to scan social media accounts of international students for pro-Hamas content. AI will also track foreign nationals to detect their support [&hellip...
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and release nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance. This was the order of Judge Amir Ali of the Federal District Court in Washington, DC which the Trump administration was appealing to. The frozen funds of the US Agency for […]
ANKARA (AA) – Two polls following President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech to a joint session of Congress showed broad public approval, according to the White House. A joint poll by CBS News and YouGov found that 76% of viewers approved of the president’s address, said the White House on Wednesday. Similarly, a poll by […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The FBI’s highest-ranking official in New York City has stepped down under pressure, following scrutiny over a Trump administration directive, according to a CBS report. James Dennehy, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s largest field office, confirmed his departure in an email to colleagues, saying he was instr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President Donald Trump announced on Monday that five cryptocurrencies will be added to the country’s strategic reserves. The five cryptocurrencies are Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), he explained on the social media platform Truth. Mentioning his promise before the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday he expedited the delivery of $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. “I have signed a declaration to use emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel,” Rubio said in a statement. “The dec...
