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  Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Foreign Donors to U.S. Colleges

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  From Judge Tanya Chutkan (D.D.C.) Thursday evening in Ass'n of Am. Univ. v. U.S. Dep't of Ed. : Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires universities to report foreign gifts and contracts to the Department of Education, making those reports publicly available. Since 2020, the Department has also collected the names of individual foreign donors while stating that it would not publish them.

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  Why Hochul took over Cornell rape case: 'Fresh eyes' needed, attorney says

  Oct 3, 2026 ·NewsNation(Center)

  Andrea Lewis, the president of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, breaks down the Cornell University rape allegations.

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  Cornell students work to change campus culture after rape allegations

  Oct 3, 2026 ·NewsNation(Center)

  Some students are also calling for campuswide changes. The Cornell Student Assembly is leading an initiative to reform the university's consent training programs.

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  Deadline to reduce your student loan interest rate extended: What to know

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  A day before the deadline was set to end, the Education Department extended the window in which student loan borrowers can get a small reduction on their interest rates.

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  Girl Dads, Listen Up: Here’s Why Your Words Matter In Your Young Daughter’s Life

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Girl dads, don’t let your daughters grow up to be victims. My dad has been dead almost 20 years, but I still hear his thunderous, not-to-be-messed-with voice every time I read a story like the Cornell University alleged gang-rape . I think to myself, there but for the grace of Big Jim go I. Big Jim was the OG of girl dads, and if he were still around, I know exactly what kind of counsel he’d be of

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  Minneapolis Activists Used Encrypted Group Chats To Outmaneuver ICE. Now the Feds Want To Prosecute Them.

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  On the morning federal immigration agents shot Alex Pretti in the back, Emmanuel Mauleón, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, was standing on a ladder outside his house, pulling down holiday decorations. That's when his phone started buzzing. Pretti's death would quickly become a national news story. Coming soon after the killing of Renée Good , this was the second time in less than a

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  Cornell rape accusation renews reputation trouble for frats

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  The Cornell University gang rape allegation is the latest in a series of black marks for fraternities, leading critics to question why universities continue to support them. Fraternities, almost as old as the country itself, have been a staple at colleges for young men to come together with the stated goals of teaching leadership,...

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  ‘Digger’ Gives Tom Cruise A Belief System Even Crazier Than Scientology

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Part of Tom Cruise’s contemporary appeal has been, in old-school movie-star fashion, his distance from the dirge of hot topics trending in the news. In catastrophe or calm, we could rely on him to blow up terrorist bunkers, hang off airplanes, and save civilization without lecturing us about it. “Top Gun: Maverick” flew closer to politics, but even that was patriotic escapist fantasy. Cruise’s lat

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  Weekend Plans With Nurse Kate, America’s MAHA Mom

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Weekend Plans is our exclusive lifestyle feature where we highlight the real off-duty routines of the most exciting people in culture. This weekend, mother of four and professional nurse Kate Johnson chats with The Daily Wire in between homeschooling her little ones, debunking wellness myths, and offering her Instagram followers health hacks to level up any day of the week. Need a little motivatio

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  Three college students face federal charges over alleged threats against Trump ahead of campus rally

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  Three University of South Alabama students were arrested Friday over alleged threats against President Donald Trump ahead of his evening rally on the Mobile campus, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News. The students were each charged with threatening the president over social media posts allegedly made in the days leading up to Trump's visit, according to the Lagniappe Daily. The federa

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  'Cornell 7' attorney says his client had consensual sex with Jane Doe

  Oct 3, 2026 ·NewsNation(Center)

  Gillio Lopes was suspended for one academic year following a university probe into the incident at Chi Phi fraternity house.

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  Trump says he will attend Georgia-Alabama football game in Tuscaloosa

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  President Trump announced Friday that he will be returning to Alabama next week for the University of Georgia vs. University of Alabama college football game. He made the announcement while in Mobile, Ala. for a rally as part of his travels to several different states to rally Republicans ahead of the midterms. The game is...

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  DoorDash drone delivery doesn't spell end for drivers, executive says

  Oct 3, 2026 ·NewsNation(Center)

  Northern California customers will be among the first to receive orders by drone.

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  Cotton fires back at Trump, says he won’t support making Daylight Saving Time permanent

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  “Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first," Cotton wrote.

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  News Wrap: New York AG appointed as special prosecutor in Cornell rape case

  Oct 2, 2026 ·PBS NewsHour(Lean left)

  In our news wrap Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to take over the Cornell University rape case, the U.S. is sending an additional aircraft carrier to the Middle East as President Trump weighs further action against Iran and this year's Kennedy Center Honors will take place at Washington, D.C.'s Capital One Arena.

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  Vibe Shift: Self-Awareness Triumphs at Columbia

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  Higher-ed haters (of which, sadly, there are many) would have you believe our elite universities are overrun with self-serious scolds. That students and faculty alike inhabit a cloistered fantasy world, consumed by radical ideologies that preclude them from recognizing how absurd they seem to normal people. An intrepid band of student jokesters at Columbia University would beg to differ. The Colum

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  Letitia James Has Already Suggested the Cornell 7 Are Guilty

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has appointed Attorney General Letitia James to oversee a new investigation into Cornell University's handling of a 2024 sexual misconduct allegation. That matter is the subject of a lawsuit by the alleged victim, known as Jane Doe, whose accusation of gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity house in October of that year has garnered significant media coverage t

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  Why French Students Are Revolting

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Nation(Left)

  June Loper, Harrison Stetler France’s education system is stretched to its limits, as student anger kicks off a hot fall protest season. The post Why French Students Are Revolting appeared first on The Nation .

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  Woman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry was 'failed' by officials, says New York governor

  Oct 2, 2026 ·BBC News(Center)

  The woman, known as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students at a fraternity house at the university in 2024.

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  Amazon investing $1B in data center communities

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in communities where it builds data centers over the next five years, the company announced Friday. The e-commerce and cloud computing giant will put the funds toward free community college and workforce training for residents, as well as energy efficiency upgrades. "We understand why there is apprehension in some...