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A man holds up a Palestinian flag as activists and students surround piled barricades at an encampment at at George Washington University early Monday.

As student protesters get arrested, they risk being banned from campus too

10:00am April 29, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Students continue to protest at campuses across the country, despite the risk of arrest. Some schools now threaten demonstrators with disciplinary action, while others promise the opposite.

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5:16am April 29, 2024

International arrest warrants could be issued for Israel's top officials. Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. colleges show no sign of letting up. Spain's prime minister may announce he's stepping down.

There have been clashes at pro-Palestinian protests across U.S. campuses

5:16am April 29, 2024

Hundreds of arrests were made on college campuses over the weekend as protests continued over U.S. involvement with Israel's war in Gaza.

Students protest the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Protests and encampments have sprung up on college and university campuses across the country to protest the war.

Nearly 300 people arrested at campus protests against the war in Gaza this weekend

10:15pm April 28, 2024

by Luke Garrett

Police took more than 250 protesters into custody in Arizona, Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri this weekend, as the war in Gaza continues to embroil campuses across the nation.

Jewish students at Columbia meet with Speaker Mike Johnson

5:26pm April 28, 2024

by Barbara Sprunt

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University this past week amid protests surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. Johnson met with Jewish students who expressed concerns for their safety.

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Bernie Sanders is pictured in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 3 in Washington, D.C. Sanders accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using claims of antisemitism as a deflection of criticism of the war.

Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism

5:06pm April 27, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions.

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People flutter a Palestinian flag in Lisbon during a Dec. 8, 2023, demonstration in support of the Palestinian people and demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.

A student club is suing its school, saying its pro-Palestinian views were censored

8:31am April 27, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard."

Gaza solidarity encampments sweep college campuses, police responses heighten

8:12am April 27, 2024

Protests against the war in Israel are sweeping campuses and show no signs of letting up. We hear from the demonstrators on what they hope to achieve and how university administrators are responding.

Activists and students participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University on Thursday.

Pro-Palestinian campus protesters face looming deadlines and risk of arrest

10:03pm April 26, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.

The latest on student debt relief — and how young voters are feeling about it

5:19pm April 26, 2024

A look at where things stand on student loan forgiveness — and how Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to offer debt relief to student borrowers.