#Jamal Khashoggi’s widow granted political asylum in US 

#Jamal Khashoggi’s widow granted political asylum in US 

The widow of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who was murdered in 2018, has been granted political asylum in the U.S., according to The Washington Post. “Thank you to ⁦@RepDonBeyer @timkaine @danapriest @washingtonpost for your powerful help in getting me political asylum and telling the truth. Not done yet in getting #JusticeforJamal @JKhashoggi,” Hanan Elatr…

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#House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

#House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said Wednesday that the House Education Committee will expand its investigation into Harvard President Claudine Gay to include allegations that she committed plagiarism in academic work. The Education Committee previously held a hearing on campus antisemitism featuring Gay and the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania and MIT. At that hearing,…

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#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee  

#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee  

A group of Democratic senators asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include members with backgrounds in civil rights, medical ethics and disability rights on the agency’s new Digital Health Advisory Committee. The FDA announced the nine-member committee in October to help explore issues related to digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and…

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#JD Vance opposes sale of US Steel to Nippon

#JD Vance opposes sale of US Steel to Nippon

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Monday that he opposes the sale of American-based manufacturing company U.S. Steel Corp. to Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel.  “Today, a critical piece of America’s defense industrial base was auctioned off to foreigners for cash,” Vance said in a statement, adding that he had “warned of this outcome months ago.”  “U.S….

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#As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces

#As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces

The scenes of Jewish students experiencing antisemitism on college campuses are frightening. But colleges are also workplaces, and the antisemitism that Jewish staff and faculty are experiencing is no less frightening for its intensity, their inability to avoid it and their greater and more particularized fear of retaliation. The agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination…

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