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The Crisis Playbook for Universities in Trouble

Schools under scrutiny as Cornell is often follow a sort of public relations playbook, adding rules, hiring outside investigators and sometimes making leadership changes.

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In comments this week, Cornell’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, acknowledged anger and “a loss of trust” in Cornell’s leadership.
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Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

© Alex Kent/The New York Times

The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.
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Judge Prohibits Further Tree Cutting at East Potomac Golf Course for Two Weeks

The ruling barred major modifications at the D.C. course while a federal judge seeks testimony from Interior Department officials about whether they ignored a court order.

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A tree marked with caution tape at the East Potomac Golf Links on Tuesday.
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They Pushed an Anti-Abortion Pill Law. Now, They’re Being Sued Under It.

A Texas mother is suing the president of Students for Life of America and others in the group over an Instagram post that appeared to boast about ordering abortion pills in Houston.

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“I want justice for what these laws have taken from women like me,” said Maria Puerto, the plaintiff, using a pseudonym.
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Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE

A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

Members of the Department of Government Efficiency visited the U.S. African Development Foundation in March 2025.
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Cornell and Toxic Frat Culture

A U.S. campus lawsuit points to a global pattern: how male impunity, silence and institutional failure enable sexual violence.

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Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University.
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Answer for Tree Removals at D.C. Golf Course

During a four-hour hearing, a federal judge demanded answers from the Trump administration about who authorized the removal of hundreds of trees at the East Potomac Golf Links.

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Workers cutting down trees at the East Potomac Golf Links on Saturday.
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Federal Judge Bars Trump Administration From Airing Publicly Funded Ads

A group of liberal organizations sued last week over the ads that praised the administration.

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President Trump had pressed for the publicly funded ads to be run.
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More Than 500 Trees to Be Cut Down at D.C. Golf Course That Trump Wants to Redo

The National Park Service notified a court of the plan as part of continuing litigation over the president’s proposal to create a “champion-level” course.

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Workers used a tree harvester to cut down a tree at East Potomac Golf Links while golfers played the course on Saturday.
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The Controversial Class That M.I.T. Is Paying a Professor Not to Teach

Michel DeGraff, a vocal pro-Palestinian activist, can’t be easily fired because he has tenure. But he has been kicked out of his department.

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Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor at M.I.T., was pushed out of the university’s linguistics section.
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Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch

The county is home to Arlington National Cemetery, the military gravesite that is central to the legal battle over the planned arch.

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A model of a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, to be built near Arlington National Cemetery, was on display at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in June.
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Embrace or Ban Greek Life? Cornell Case Renews an Old Debate on Campuses

A sexual assault case at Cornell revived a long-running national conversation about whether fraternities and sororities are beneficial or harmful.

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Students at Cornell University on Monday protested the school’s response to allegations of sexual assault on campus.
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?

The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.

© Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times

Musicians with the National Symphony Orchestra still arrive at the Kennedy Center almost every weekday morning for rehearsals, entering through a parking lot door.
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Students at Lincoln University, an HBCU, Sue Missouri for $549 Million, Citing Funding Disparities

The case argues that Missouri persistently underfunded Lincoln University, treating it different than the University of Missouri.

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The Lincoln University campus in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records

Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.

© Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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