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From left, Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University; Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania; Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University; and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Here's the latest fallout at Harvard, MIT and Penn after the antisemitism hearing

6:49pm December 11, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Calls for Harvard and MIT presidents to step down remain firm while a growing number of students and faculty are coming out in support of their school leaders.

People carrying signs in support of the Voting Rights Act line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

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Civil rights groups appeal court ruling that threatens Voting Rights Act enforcement

6:24pm December 11, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Civil rights groups are appealing a federal court ruling that could make it harder to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act.

Poland elects new prime minister, ending right-wing party's rule

6:05pm December 11, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party leaves government today following its defeat in last month's national election. Donald Tusk will become prime minister.

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Seeking more U.S. aid, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit Washington

6:05pm December 11, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

Ukrainian President Zelensky is coming to Washington Tuesday to make a plea for Congress to approve more money to help in the country's war against Russia.

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Following testimony, Harvard University's board meets over president's tenure

6:05pm December 11, 2023

by Elissa Nadworny

Harvard faculty sign letter of support for the president as fallout continues from the testimony of three college presidents on Capitol Hill.

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Harvard student journalist on the fallout of university president's testimony

6:05pm December 11, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Miles Herszenhorn, a junior at Harvard's student newspaper covering the fallout of university president Claudine Gay's testimony before congress.

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Undated photo posted by Jack Teixeira's mother on Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021 on her Facebook page.

The Air National Guard disciplines 15 members in wake of Discord intel leak

5:42pm December 11, 2023

by Tom Bowman

The Air Force says it's disciplining 15 members following it's investigation of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman accused of classified leaks online.

Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court on Dec. 7 in New York.

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Special counsel asks Supreme Court to decide whether Trump has immunity

5:30pm December 11, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to decide whether Trump enjoys absolute immunity from election interference charges.

A jury was seated Monday to decide what kind of punitive damages Rudy Giuliani, left, the former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, should pay in a civil case brought by two Georgia election workers who accused him of defamation.

Jury will decide amount Giuliani will pay to 2 Georgia election workers for defamation

2:56pm December 11, 2023

by Bill Chappell

How much should it cost to defame two innocent citizens in the service of a dangerous fallacy that sought to undermine a U.S. presidential election?

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's ban on conversion therapy of minors.

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High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand

9:59am December 11, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."