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State Department official defends canceling visas of pro-Palestinian academics The official testified at an ongoing trial that Trump’s deportation drive targets antisemitism and support for terrorism, not ideology or speech.

July 11, 2025 Josh Gerstein

(Politico) A top State Department official vigorously defended the Trump administration’s drive to cancel the visas of pro-Palestinian academics, arguing that the effort does not abridge free speech and targets students who are supporting terrorism or promoting antisemitism. John Armstrong, State’s top […]

Trump officials used shadowy website to target pro-Palestinian academics for deportation, court records show The unsealed court records also reveal how deeply involved Trump aide Stephen Miller was in the effort to revoke the visas of pro-Palestinian academics.

July 9, 2025 Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

(Politico) As the Trump administration identified pro-Palestinian academics to target for deportation, it relied heavily on an anonymously-run pro-Israel website that has been criticized for doxxing, according to newly unsealed court documents and testimony at an ongoing trial. To support President Donald […]

Trump’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian activists goes to trial The case challenging the administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian academics marks the first major trial of Trump’s second term.

July 6, 2025 Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

(Politico) At least five times in recent weeks, federal judges have forcefully rejected President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian student activists, issuing one stinging ruling after another to declare the efforts unconstitutional — with one judge comparing the deportation drive to […]

Death penalty upheld for soldier who killed 13 in base shooting

September 11, 2023 Zamone Perez

(Military Times) A top military court delivered a unanimous decision to uphold the death penalty conviction of ex-Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and wounded dozens of others at then-Fort Hood, Texas. On Nov. 5, 2009, Hasan walked into a […]

Biden leaves American Muslims wanting

September 12, 2022 Cheyanne M. Daniels and Sarakshi Rai

(Hill) When President Biden was elected in 2020, Muslim Americans hoped to see a change in representation in government. At the time, hate crimes against Muslims were on the rise, and anti-Islamic rhetoric was surging, which critics attribute, in part, to former President […]

Appeals court revives Muslim family’s case over airport searches Calling it 'heartless,' a three-judge panel blasted the government’s suggestion that the Jibril family book another flight and face additional invasive searches to find out if they are on the terror watch list.

December 21, 2021 Brad Kutner

(Courthouse News) The D.C. Circuit gave a Muslim family a second chance Tuesday in their lawsuit claiming they were wrongly placed on the federal terrorist watch list and subjected to unconstitutional searches on a religious trip. Mohammed Jibril, a U.S. citizen of […]

Appeals court upholds constitutionality of terror watchlist

March 30, 2021 Matthew Barakat

(AP) A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a challenge to the constitutionality of the government’s terrorist watchlist, ruling that the government deserves wide latitude in establishing programs designed to protect national security. A group of two dozen Muslim plaintiffs sued in […]

Appeals court weighs constitutionality of terror watchlist

January 26, 2021 Matthew Barakat

(AP) A panel of federal appellate judges expressed concerns about ordering wholesale changes to a government watchlist of roughly 1 million individuals labeled as “known or suspected terrorists,” despite a lower court finding that the list was constitutionally flawed. The 4th U.S. […]

Fifth Circuit throws out challenge to Texas ban on boycotting Israel

April 27, 2020 Cameron Langford

(Courthouse News) In litigation challenging a Texas law blocking state agencies from hiring companies boycotting Israel, the Fifth Circuit ordered dismissal of the case Monday but declined to decide if the law is constitutional. Bahia Amawi, a Palestinian U.S. citizen, had worked […]

Tigers owner now says he will meet with ‘various faith communities’

August 16, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Norwich Bulletin) Connecticut Tigers owner E. Miles Prentice III, who on Thursday refused to meet with a Muslim group he said was tied to terrorism, on Friday released a statement saying he would meet with leaders of faith communities. “For many baseball […]

Tigers owner refuses to meet with Muslim rights group, says it supports terrorism

August 14, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Norwich Bulletin) The owner of two minor league baseball teams is refusing to meet with a Muslim civil rights group, accusing it of supporting terrorists. The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sought a meeting with E. Miles Prentice, owner […]

‘Your story will be written’: Ilhan Omar’s stormy rise

April 18, 2019 Briana Bierschbach

(MPR) Growing up in Somalia, Ilhan Omar’s bedtime stories were about Araweelo, a tiny queen who ruled over a kingdom where all women were leaders and all men were peasants. Araweelo’s folklore spread throughout Africa, and even long after she died, women […]