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Ben Smith

The Trump Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO), accusing it of implementing a racially discriminatory charging policy that may violate the Constitution. At the center of the probe is a new internal directive instructing prosecutors to...

Federal immigration authorities have detained Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist, and recent Columbia University graduate, in what appears to be an escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism among visa and green card holders. Khalil, who played a central role in student protests demanding Columbia divest from Israel, was taken into custody over the weekend.