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Columbia Law School Dean Gillian Lester backed the school’s graduates Tuesday after a group of conservative judges said they wouldn’t hire them following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests on the campus. Lester said in a statement that Columbia Law graduates are “consistently sought out by leading employers in the private and public sectors, including the judiciary,”…

A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer discharged a gun while clearing a Columbia University building that had been taken over by protesters earlier this week, authorities said. The Emergency Service Unit (ESU) officer “accidentally” fired a round while searching the first floor of the building, according to the department, which added that only law…

University of Texas (UT) at Austin, demonstrators arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on Wednesday will not be charged, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza’s office confirmed Thursday. The prosecutor’s office said it has decided not to move forward with the 46 trespassing cases it has reviewed from the protest, citing a lack of probable cause. “Legal…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) mentioned that the pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Texas at Austin should be in jail, and arrests were happening. “Arrests are ongoing and will keep happening until the crowd leaves. These protesters should be in jail,” Abbott wrote on the social platform X. Texas state police detained at…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) visit to Columbia University, arguing he’s only furthering divisions by showing up to speak with Jewish students. “I think politicizing this and bringing the entourage to put a spotlight on this is only adding to the division,” Hochul told reporters, per Politico. “A…

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Monday emphasized the need for “repercussions” against those involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. “I mean there are consequences to actions. That’s what some of these folks don’t seem to understand. You can’t call for the eradication of Jews and think everything is going to be just…

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft indicated on Monday that he will stop giving money to Columbia University while pro-Palestinian protests keep happening at his old school for the sixth day. In a statement issued through his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, Kraft stated that he is “deeply saddened at the virulent hate” at Columbia and other schools across the…

Columbia University administrators seem to have only made student protesters angrier over the Israel-Hamas war, both on their campus and at other schools, after choosing to have more than 100 students arrested during pro-Palestine demonstrations on Friday. Under pressure from politicians on both sides, university President Minouche Shafik is facing calls to resign.