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Another Columbia student targeted by ICE says she wasn’t involved in protests on the night of her arrest

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Days after federal immigration agents showed up to Ranjani Srinivasan’s apartment – prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody – the student is disputing the Trump administration’s account of her story. Srinivasan, 37, an Indian national and Fulbright Scholarship recipient at

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‘Rules aren’t clear anymore’: Trump crackdown on student protesters sends shock waves across US universities

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In the days after immigration officers detained a pro-Palestinian activist on campus, the head of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School has been inundated with inquiries from students seeking answers to basic questions. “I have been individually counseling students on whether or not they should travel abroad,

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Start your week smart: Trump’s tariff chaos, deadly tornadoes, government shutdown averted, news quiz, Selection Sunday

By Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s according to Dollar General, whose “core customers” earn less than $40,000 a year. The discount chain is considered a bellwether of low and middle-income shoppers’ spending. Here’s what else you need to

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Start your week smart: Trump’s tariff chaos, deadly tornadoes, government shutdown averted, news quiz, Selection Sunday

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s according to Dollar General, whose “core customers” earn less than $40,000 a year. The discount chain is considered a bellwether of low and middle-income shoppers’ spending. Here’s what else you need

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Jewish Voice for Peace member protest March 13 inside Trump Tower in New York in support of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.

Amid bursts of resistance, Trump administration squeezes colleges over pro-Palestinian protests as activist remains detained

By Chelsea Bailey, Gloria Pazmino and Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is tightening its grip on efforts to quash pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses, even as a protest over the detention of activist Mahmoud Khalil flared at the president’s New York City residence and resistance efforts continue in the courts and beyond.

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Man last known to be seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student tells prosecutors how he rescued her from rough water

By Holly Yan, Jessica Hasbun, Alaa Elassar and Ruben Correa (CNN) — The man last known to be seen with a University of Pittsburgh student before she vanished from a beach in the Dominican Republic gave more details to local prosecutors about the last time he saw her, Dominican news station Noticias SIN reported. Sudiksha

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Demonstrators from human rights organization Jewish Voice for Peace holds a civil disobedience action inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13.

Protesters arrested after storming Trump Tower to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil

By Chelsea Bailey, Jeff Winter, Omar Jimenez, John Miller, Mark Morales and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 100 people were arrested after protesters gathered at Trump Tower in Manhattan Thursday to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained by ICE over his involvement with pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University. The protest,

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