Columbia student protesters demand divestment. This is what universities have gotten away with in the past One of the core demands over the past week by a pro-Palestinian student group at Columbia University has been for the school to divest investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Columbia’s endowment is valued at …

Far-right network OAN retracts false story about Michael Cohen’s affair with Stormy Daniels The far-right cable network One America News retracted a story and apologized Monday after it falsely claimed former President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was the person who had an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels and secretly used her to “blackmail” ” Trump Organization. …

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee warns that camping on campus is illegal The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee warned protesters who set up camp on its campus Monday that “camping on campus is illegal” and violates state code. “The vast majority of protests on the UWM campus in recent months have been peaceful and lawful, and UWM is steadfast in respecting the right …

Video shows protesters being detained at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Police in Richmond responded to protesters on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus Monday. Video from CNN affiliate WWBT shows people being detained. Dozens of protesters gathered near the university’s library in an area they called a “liberation zone,” according to WWBT. Videos from the coalition showed officers in riot …

Some UT-Austin protesters were arrested for trespassing and others for disorderly conduct, officials said Some of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UT-Austin on Monday were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, while others were charged with disorderly conduct after refusing to disperse, university officials said in a statement. Protesters set up encampments that included “an enclosure of barricaded tables tied with …

“They broke the rules.” 9 arrested in University of Florida campus protest, school officials say Nine people were arrested Monday evening at the University of Florida campus protest in Gainesville, Florida, according to Cynthia Roldán Hernández, UF director of public affairs. “They know the rules, they broke the rules, and they will face the consequences,” Steve Orlando, a UF spokesman, …

Dozens of protesters were arrested at the University of Texas at Austin, organizers said Dozens of people were arrested on Monday in protests on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, according to the University Defend Palestine Encampment, which also claimed that officers used force to detain people. The camp was formed on the school’s South Mall Lawn …

Cornell said it suspended the students after they rejected an offer to move the camp to an alternative location Cornell University suspended students after campers on campus refused to move to an alternate location, President Martha E. Pollack said in a message Monday. “Last Thursday, a group of individuals formed a camp in the Arts Quad,” Pollack said. “A group …

Columbia has rejected the anti-Palestinian narrative, the chief student negotiator told CNN In a conversation with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Columbia student lead negotiator Mahmoud Khalil, discussed what he called the “anti-Palestinian narrative” at the school amid pro-Palestinian protests. “Over the past six months, these students, they have witnessed the killing of over 34,000 Palestinians in Gaza and despite all of …

Protesters have been arrested on more than 20 campuses in at least 16 states Hundreds of people have been arrested on college and university campuses from coast to coast as schools prepare for spring commencement ceremonies. The University of Southern California — where nearly 100 protesters were arrested on April 24 — canceled its major commencement event. Protesters have been …